RN's scrubbing in on c/s???

[LD123]

The supervisor in my LD dept is trying to get rid of all of our surgical techs and is wanting the RN's to train to scrub in on c-sections? Personally I don't want to, I don't think that is within the nsg scope of practice, what do you think?

[littleones]

Our ob unit does only 50-80 deliveries a month. We are considering using ob techs. The problems we are having are that we just finished training as circulators and scrub techs. We are now starting on training to recover our patients after sections. We are also starting a level II nursery. Right now if we go to section we are using an RN as a labor nurse that helps get the patient ready for the section, an RN as a circulator, an RN to catch the baby, and an RN for our scrub techs. We only staff 4 RNs on the floor. My concern is that the patients on the floor are not getting cared for properly while everyone is in doing the section. It makes sense to have the labor nurse circulate but can one person get the pt ready to go back, then get the pt back to the csection suite, scrub the patient, and count instruments all in a timely manner? What do other hospitals do? Help!