Sorry folks - I know its been a long time since I posted last.
I've been out of town - a coworker and I went to a larger hospital for some more advanced training in labor and delivery. It was an exhausting three days, especially since we were night-shift girls working days! But we did learn a lot.
At our facility we are compensated a small amount more per hour to work in labor and delivery. Some of our staff think this isn't right, others think it just allows for the greater stress and greater risk to our licenses. What do y'all say?
Later . . . Famous and Not-So-Famous Book review!
2 comments:
I think if you've had the extra training you should get the extra money. I guess I don't understand the risk.
OB is an area that is high in legal risk - in other words, people get sued a lot more in OB than on a general floor. I think this is because it changes so quickly, and correct nursing action can be essential to save an infant (or mother's) life. Also, poor outcomes are tragic.
A nurse could lose her lisence in a lawsuit, even if she did nothing wrong. And your lisence is your livlihood! That's the risk.
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