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Re: ply to C. Twisdale,RN re: my query on retention of nurses in Labor & Delivery

From: B. Browne (TinkerBelles@bigpond.com)
Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:23:15 +1000

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Hi Claudia,

Its nice to meet another R.N such as you. Someone with a big heart, alot of compassion and love and someone who cares and gives all of themselves to their patients. I only worked briefly in the labour and delivery ward. Infact we only had 3 months in our training( I am talking 20 years ago) in midwifery and it was a night mare for me and my room mate. It was a coincidence that we were both there, at the same hospital, at the same time. I was a training nurse, in my 2nd year, doing my midwifery stint and she was a training midwife in her first year. We went home together, we cried at night and we hated it together and we told each other over and over, each day and each shift how muh we hated it. We both, would always have another horror story , of another day.With so many nasty midwives. Its so nice to read a R.N who has a big heart working in this area, as you are. I know that the hospital I am talking of , is now closed and long gone the world is a better place for it. It was one of those nightare hospitals where infection ran riot and the Administrative department was not run well. I do not have fond memories and it prevented me from doing midwifery but I trained at a chidrens hospital and was blessed with the chance to work with new borns in the neonatal intensive care unit, which I enjoyed alot. I ended up changing to adult nursing and cruised around most of the hospital on relief everywhere. Then I finally settled in a cardo-thoracic ward and then ended up working as a remote nurse practitioner in the carribeen and mexico and in Europe and asia. I have been very lucky with my travels. Anyway I saw your message and just wanted to say hi. Best Wishes,

Belle *********************************** Belle Browne R.N. www.endometriosis.org

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To: Multiple recipients of list NURSING <nursing@mail.medispecialty.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 10:23 AM Subject: Re: ply to C. Twisdale,RN re: my query on retention of nurses in Labor & Delivery

Patience is a big quality, a caring heart, a love for working closely with families. Why do nurses leave the area? For me it was simply the hours. My kids are now in school, 12 hour shifts do not jive well with school hours. For me the feeling of being in the delivery room after having worked all day with a laboring mom and to be honored to be present for this event was so awesome. Labor and Delivery is usually a happy place, but sometimes it is sad. In those cases of pregnancy loss I always wonder why I "got stuck with those patients" It was not until recently that I learned that the reason I ended up with those patients is because I had something to offer, a kind word, a hug, a shared tear...

At Mon, 26 Mar 2001, Sally Talbot, RN wrote: >
> 26 Mar. 2001
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> Dear Claudia,
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>Thanks so much for responding to my initial query. What I'm researching
>is what personality type applies for a nursing job in L&D? What keeps a
>nurse working in L&D? What would be reasons a nurse would leave the
>field,etc.?
>I would be grateful for anyone's input. Thank you. Sincerely, Sally
>TalbotRN

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