I want to be a Labor & Delivery nurse. What's the best/worst part? What do I look for in a school? скачать в хорошем качестве

I want to be a Labor & Delivery nurse. What's the best/worst part? What do I look for in a school?

You mentioned that you're thinking of becoming a Labor & Delivery nurse, and you want to know - What are the best parts of the job? What are the worst parts of the job? What things should you look for in a school as you contemplate this? First and foremost, I love being a Labor & Delivery nurse. I'm so proud when people ask me what I do and I'm able to tell them I'm a Labor & Delivery nurse. I love it. I don't think there's a better job in the world. When you're a Labor & Delivery nurse, you get operating room experience, you get to both circulate and scrub during C-sections. Labor & Delivery is like the ER for pregnant ladies, so you get to triage patients and perform medical screening exams. Labor & Delivery is highly specialized. You get to learn new skills and concepts that you don't really deal with anywhere else in the hospital. So it's an exciting area in medicine. I think the best part of the job is interacting with couples during such a vulnerable and impressionable time, and being able to bond with them and help them through this process. The miracle of birth is amazing, and I get to see this on a regular basis. I consider that to be quite a privilege. Labor & Delivery nurses are adrenaline junkies and ambulance chasers. That's also one of my favorite parts of the job is that things can be going really well, and then all of a sudden it keeps you on your toes, because things can go wrong so quickly, and you learn how to react suddenly to obstetrical emergencies. You get to work with an exciting team of really smart people to get really good outcomes. This includes anesthesiologists, the OB providers, the other nurses, techs, secretaries, housekeepers. We couldn't do it without the whole team, so I love the team approach too. Labor & Delivery definitely has its downside. By far, the worst thing about the job is the fact that people have fetal demises where they have to come to Labor & Delivery and deliver a baby that has passed while inside of them. Sometimes terrible things happen to families during labor or afterwards. Maybe their baby is born with a genetic defect that they didn't know about, and then they have to cope with the loss of their child. These are very tender opportunities to help people through a very difficult time. I've learned so much as I've been able to help people through their experience. I'm amazed and very inspired by people's faith during difficult times. So while this is definitely the hardest part of being a Labor & Delivery nurse, it's also very rewarding, and it's helped me to grow in a lot of ways as I've seen people cope with their trials. To summarize it all up, Labor & Delivery is a special place to work for so many reasons. As you're considering your profession and thinking about going to nursing school, there are some things to consider when you're choosing the school you're going to go to. Are you going to move out? Are you going to move away from home? Are you looking for a school that's close to you? Affordability - What's tuition like? What can you afford? What type of program do the schools offer that you're looking at? Some programs allow you to take the NCLEX, or Boards, after you've gotten your associates degree, and you can start working and continue on to get your bachelors. Some take you all the way through the bachelors program, and then you take Boards. Some allow you to get your LPN midway through the program. So there's a lot of things to consider. Another huge factor to consider is the admissions process. It's hard to get into nursing school, but don't let that deter you. I would probably apply to a few different schools that you've been thinking about, and hopefully you'll get into at least one of them. Ask the school what the requirements are. They might require you to take tests, and get a certain score on that. They might require you to have a certain GPA, or to go through an interview process. A lot of schools require different things, so become familiar with that. Like I said, apply to a few different schools so you increase your chances of getting in somewhere. While you're doing your prerequisites, focus on the ones that are for nursing school. Make sure that you're getting good grades in those so that you don't have to retake them. When I went through school, I knew that anatomy, microbiology, and physiology were all heavily weighed at the school that I was applying to. So I took them one at a time and made sure I got an A in each one. That increased my chances of getting admitted, and I was able to get in the first time. It was a really great experience for me. But again, it definitely depends on the schools. So I would spend some time visiting a few campuses, talking with the counselors that are there, and they'll be able to give you more guidance and direction. I hope the best for you. I hope that you're able to be a Labor & Delivery nurse someday too, and love it as much as I do.