The insurance plan offered at my hospital isnt the greatest at all...for hospitalization it is $250/day plus 20% if I stay within the specific hospital network...with a 50% discount if I deliver at the hospital where I work and pay the balance within 30 days of the bill. If I stay within network but outside the hospital system, its $500/day and 40% copay. Get this, if I go out of network, its a 60% copay! If it werent for the discount, I would be against it, simply because for one thing I just dont know how comfortable I would be with the situation. I currently work on med/surg as a new grad and eventually I would love to switch to mother/baby. Im not sure if me being a patient there could help or hurt me getting a job there. Plus its just the whole privacy issue. Its a very small community hospital.
How would you feel about having your baby where you work?
Specializes in Mostly L&D/OB, some ED, Some psych.
I gave birth at the hospitals I worked at both times and wouldn't have condidered otherwise. Not only was it where I worked but the DEPT I worked because I worked in L&D. My co-workers took extra special care of me and I trusted them because I had worked with them and knew them to be awesome.
Funny thing that happened though...:chuckle
With my second child...a girl...induced...9LB-4 OZ..rough delivery, no epidural, retained placenta, 3rd degree perineal laceration...urinary retention and a catheter....etc....
The day after I delivered, the nursery had just brought me the baby and I was supposed to give her a bath...I could barely stand up....and in walks my nurse manager with MY EVALUATION that was 6 months late...and telling me I had to sign it right then because I would be out on maternity leave...I didn't even read the DAMN THING...I just signed it...I couldn't believe they would do that....
Altoona Hospital in Altoona PA if anyone wants to know...
But my co-workers took good care of me, no complaints about that aspect of it..:redbeathe.
The only reason I wouldn't deliver where I work is because I delivered my first at another hospital and I have established care there. My new unit seems great so far, but I've only been there 3 weeks.
I'm due in Oct but am not deliverying at my hospital. I work in a place that boasts the largest # of deliveries in the country so it's highly regarded in the area but is very intervention-driven. Good for a high-risk pregnancy but a bit overkill for a normal delivery. I'm going to a hospital further away that is much more relaxed and has a great staff of midwives and offers waterbirthing. ....Plus I think I'd be a little weird about having people i know check my bleeding and fundus but that's just me.
crystal013
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I gave birth at the hospitals I worked at both times and wouldn't have condidered otherwise. Not only was it where I worked but the DEPT I worked because I worked in L&D. My co-workers took extra special care of me and I trusted them because I had worked with them and knew them to be awesome.
Funny thing that happened though...:chuckle
With my second child...a girl...induced...9LB-4 OZ..rough delivery, no epidural, retained placenta, 3rd degree perineal laceration...urinary retention and a catheter....etc....
The day after I delivered, the nursery had just brought me the baby and I was supposed to give her a bath...I could barely stand up....and in walks my nurse manager with MY EVALUATION that was 6 months late...and telling me I had to sign it right then because I would be out on maternity leave...I didn't even read the DAMN THING...I just signed it...I couldn't believe they would do that....
Altoona Hospital in Altoona PA if anyone wants to know...
But my co-workers took good care of me, no complaints about that aspect of it..:redbeathe.