So You Want To Be A Labor Nurse?

It takes a special breed of nurse to work in labor and delivery. Some of the "requirements" to be a L&D RN include:

• the ability to hold your urine for 12-hour shifts
• the ability to not eat for long periods of time and when you do eat, it must be "on the run"
• the ability to handle doctors with large egos
• the willingness to be sworn at, hit, bit, peed on, pooped on, have various items thrown at you, and various other sundries that occur with a laboring mom
• the ability to deal with fainting fathers
• the ability to read "chicken scratch" written by doctors on charts
• the willingness to work evenings, nights, weekends, holidays and overtime
• the willingness to invest in caller ID so you'll know when the hospital is calling wanting you to work even more hours
• the willingness to work cheaper than what they pay the checkout people at your local grocery store

Sound like a job for you? If you're willing to "sign up" - you'll be working in one of the best departments a hospital can offer.

Hop on board - as we share our "stories" of our experiences as Labor Nurses.