What Should We Call Labor and Delivery

A peek into the day to day of a Labor and Delivery unit...

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When I notify the doctor of a bad strip and they ask if I've turned her and put oxygen, etc...

I'm like:

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When the first thing said during report is that we're short staffed...

I'm like:

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Working night shift and waking up during the summer...

I'm like:

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When I'm in a patient room and I hear a code is called, so I try to listen...

I'm like:

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When patients submit a 3+ page birth plan...

I'm like:

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When my patient gives me a long hug when I'm leaving...

I'm like:

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When a 2nd year resident comes back as a 3rd year resident...

They're like:

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One of the things I hate about working night shift and waking a patient up in the middle of the night...

They're like:

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When I ask a dad if he wants to cut the cord and he hasn't really thought about it...

He's like:

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When I draw the short straw and get the mean laboring patient...

My coworkers throw me under the bus ...

And I'm like:

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When a non-nurse friend comes out to dinner with a bunch of nurses...

The conversations make them go:

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When I realize that my blog has hit 700+ followers somewhere along the way...

I'm like:

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When I'm complaining about a physician's decision and they walk around the corner right then...

I'm like:

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When my patient gets poor advice from her family...

While they're in the room I'm like:

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How the previous shift leaves when they've given report...

They're like:

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When parents are finding out the gender of their baby...

The ultrasound tech is like: