rotating postpartum, nursery, and l&d

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how to you feel about rotating between postpartum, nursery, and labor and delivery? I have done postpartum and nursery, but not labor and delivery. I must say it makes me nervous. What do you think?

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Specializes in Peds, Pre and post op.

rotating between postpartum and ursery would make sense..but L&D? Are they going to orient you to L&D?

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Specializes in Labor & Delivery.

When I graduated nursing school I went straight into L&D. We only did labor. After mom delivered she went out to PP and baby went right to the nursery. When I moved to the smaller rural hospital i'm at now they have an intergrated unit where each RN rotates through L&D, PP and nursery. I felt fine about PP and of course L&D but nursery had me feeling pretty shakey. I've been there a few months now and really love it. I take nursery or follow the nursery nurse whenever possible. It's still not my strongest point but I really enjoy it. I work with some great nurses who are always willing to help me out. If you have a foundation in PP then L&D will be easier for you than if you had no background. It takes time but you'll learn and i'm sure do fine. I love L&D. It's still my first love and I can't see myself doing anything else. Another benefit to working in a rotating unit is that you dont get as burned out doing the same thing everyday. Laboring a patient can be stressful and physically demanding so rotation to PP is a nice change. For me nursery is busy and somewhat stressful but i'm sure thats because its still so new.

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I have only worked PP and I am now also in a rural hospital where you rotate through all 3. I will be mostly in L&D because they are short on RNs and need them to labor the pts. I am nervous too but excited!

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Specializes in Labor & Delivery.

I work at a small rural hospital. We do all three, although naturally everyone has preferences and strengths.

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Specializes in Rural Health.

I do all three (or let me rephrase that - when I'm off orientation totally I will do all 3).

I like it. But I've been oriented well to all 3 areas. And yes, we have some nurses that are stronger in certain areas that others (L&D comes to mind) but we are all required to do everything if need be.

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Specializes in OB, House Sup, ER, Med Surg.

We rotate, too. I LOVE it. While L&D is my passion, I also enjoy teaching and assisting with breastfeeding. I love it when I get to deliver a pt one day, and go in the next day and take care of the couplet.

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Specializes in OB L&D Mother/Baby.

I think it's pretty common in smaller hospitals since an OB unit is made up of all aspects of OB... We do either L&D paired with triaging our own pts, or we do couplets and often have antepartums on our floors as well... We no longer split pp and nursery, unless we have a bad baby and that opens up another whole can of worms.

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Specializes in Specializes in L/D, newborn, GYN, LTC, Dialysis.

That is why I like working LDRP in a smallish community hospital. We do it all and remain competent in all areas----we also do GYN surgical. No discomfort that way.

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Specializes in Nurse Manager, Labor and Delivery.

We do it all, and I think it is great. Sometimes its nice to have a choice of what to do in a shift. I have been interviewing this week and most only have done L&D only, so their orientation would include more of the "other stuff". Always interesting to see what other places do.

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