Life as a Nurse

Being a nurse is hard work.  I love what I do but it is not all rainbows and good times.  Many people believe that working on Labor and Delivery is a breeze and that all we do is deliver babies and hold them and coo over them, etc.  This is not the case.  We may not have a "team" of patients, but we do work very hard.  Not only are we caring for the mother, but also her baby that we are not able to treat directly.  We have to rely on our ultrasounds and heart rate monitor to ensure us that everything is okay.  Labor and Delivery can be a high risk area the majority of the time.  Many things can go wrong in just a few seconds and physicians rely on us to be able to catch the warning signs in time to save the mother and her baby.  We are not always fortunate and God intervenes.  I am thankful after each and every shift for a healthy mom and a healthy baby.  My heart goes out to the families who are not so fortunate leaving our hospital, which happens way too often...