Want to be L&D rn but hate the OR?

[Julcary]

Hello!

I have a question for you L&D nurses out there. Should I pursue this field if I do not care much for the OR? Let me explain.. I've been a mom/baby nurse for a few years, and also spent a little less than a year doing labor and delivery at an out of hospital birth center, where we only did lady partsl births. If the pt needed a c/s, they would be transferring out of our facility. I am very passionate about this area of nursing and have wanted to move into L&D at the hospital, but I have a fear, an intimidation, of the OR. I hated my OR rotations in nursing school and find myself anxious thinking about having to go into the OR on a regular basis for cesareans. On the other hand I don't want this fear to get in the way. I guess I'm wondering, really how much of your time being an L&D nurse is spent in the OR? Do you think I could learn to be confident in this? Thanks for any advice.

[k-t-did]

I love me some OR. I would say 1/4 of my deliveries would typically end up there, but I volunteer to circulate often because I enjoy it, so it's probably a higher ratio for me. OB nurses will never completely avoid the OR!

[cayenne06, MSN, CNM]

I like the OR, but I HAAAATE PACU. The documentation, argh. When we do sections, the L&D nurses generally do "baby side" and the OR team circulates and scrubs. I am in CNM school and hope to do first assist someday.

[perfexion, ASN, RN]

I like the OR, but I HAAAATE PACU. The documentation, argh. When we do sections, the L&D nurses generally do "baby side" and the OR team circulates and scrubs. I am in CNM school and hope to do first assist someday.

Me too. Love OR but hate PACU. It's so boring. You're basically just watching someone breathe for 2 hours. The incessant beeping drives me mad!