What are FBC and NPM units?

Blackcat99 · Jun 27, 2004

:chuckle I guess I'm not the only one who doesn't know what FBC and NPM units are in the hospitals. Anyone care to make a wild guess? Thanks

eborgelt · Jun 27, 2004

In some hospitals, FBC is Family Birthing Center.

jemb · Jun 27, 2004

My guess for NPM was going to be neonatal/perinatal/maternity. If FBC actually is family birthing center as prior poster suggested, then maybe my guess is somewhere in the right area.

RN4NICU, LPN, LVN · Jun 28, 2004

LOL, this is hilarious. I work in a neonatal unit and had no idea what these were. Granted, mine is a neonatal ICU and would not fit within the realm of either abbreviation, but the hospitals where I live are so proud of their birthing centers they would never DREAM of abbreviating. In fact, they put FAMILY BIRTHING CENTER in big, bold, capital letters all over the paper.

Blackcat99 · Jun 28, 2004

:) Thanks so much for your messages. Yes I bet you guys are right. FBC for family birthing center and NMP for neonatal perinatal and maternity. Why would they have both part and full time positions for LPN's and RN's in these 2 places? Why do you think nurses don't want to work in these 2 departments? I had always thought that most nurses want to work in labor and delivery? Thanks again

RN4NICU, LPN, LVN · Jun 28, 2004

These days it is not at all uncommon to see jobs posted for units in which you used to have to wait for a staff nurse to retire before you could get in. I have a couple of theories about this.

1 - Nurses leaving bedside

2 - Not that many nurses to pick from

3 - You can try out any specialty you want, these days - no experience needed.

4 - Job hopping - nothing like finding out the nurses across town make $5/hr more than you do or have better management or better staffing.

5 - Nurses leaving permanent positions to travel or work agency - hospitals will try to fill these positions with permanent people rather than use agency or travel nurses (who cost much more) so the jobs currently filled by agency nurses or travelers (who love the specialty) will be listed as open positions.

angel337, MSN, RN · Jun 28, 2004

where i work fbc stands for family birthing center. i don't know what npm would be. i think you should call the HR dept and ask them to clarify the abbreviations.

Agnus · Jun 28, 2004

:) Thanks so much for your messages. Yes I bet you guys are right. FBC for family birthing center and NMP for neonatal perinatal and maternity. Why would they have both part and full time positions for LPN's and RN's in these 2 places? Why do you think nurses don't want to work in these 2 departments? I had always thought that most nurses want to work in labor and delivery? Thanks again

You are making two assumptions and you know about assumptions.

1. First assumption: if there is are job openings it is because no one want to work there.

2. All nurses want to work L and D.

I can find absolutely NO justification for either assumption.

Maybe they just expanded the unit. Maybe they just had some staff move. Maybe they had promotions. Maybe they are increasing staffing. There are too many reasons to hire staff that have nothing to do with people not wanting the position.

Not all nurses want to work L & D. Many many of us are very happy working in other areas.

Why? Well lets see: Litigation is higher in L & D, we don't all have the temperment for L& D, some prefer more or a different challenge, some do not like dealing with whinney, and/or demanding, and/or essentially healthy patients, Not everyone is enamored by the "miracle of birth". Some of us prefer more variety. Not everyone likes babies. I could go on, just as with reasons a job might be open.