Labor & Delivery RN

Welcome to the mind of a labor & delivery nurse. Yours truly xoxo

#untoldstoriesoflabor

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Anybody else keep a growing list of baby names since you’ve started working in maternity? Mine has been going for 5 years now!

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Anybody else get so damn proud when their primips that we admit, labor so quickly & beautifully #yougogirl

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Whenever a nurse steps out of the room with gloves on, I cringe. Take those off, or get back in that room.

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Patient being admitted for pre labor rupture of membranes induction. A prime. She just asked when she should bring her “tribe” in. Meaning, all of her extended family members.... girl, you got about 24hrs of labor ahead of you....

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Just had the most beautiful albino baby born ♡

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Really impressed by how much some women’s bladders can hold!! #bladderscan

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

My patient just hocked a loogie on the floor... #thanks #iguess

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

@AmandaJurczak Did she use a wheelchair at home too? Lol.

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Our induction just rolled up in a wheelchair. WTF WHY.

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

I’m all for resident and learners, but I can’t let you overfill my triage because you don’t know how to prioritize yet. Let me take the lead, please.

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

@martin_eitel This is exactly what I do too!! Love the spotlight!

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

When my patient offers to turn the lights up in their room #straightnightsgirl #lightsoffpls

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

When the Dads cry at delivery 😭 #imnotcryingyourecrying

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Okay, but the Nurse Practitioner that collaborates with our high risk patients to make care plans, hasn’t worked the floor in 20 years & it’s really evident in these care plans... time to retire maybe? #notpractical

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Sometimes I stand there and picture myself in my patients situation, with all the medical conversations & interventions we are throwing at them - I would be so overwhelmed. Shoutout to all the Women who have had to go through pregnancy, labor & delivery #youdarealMVPs

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Pretty sure our male obstetrician wasn’t wearing underwear tonight, under his scrub pants... #WHY

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Literally had a patient come in with a careplan because they reported they were “anaphylactic” to extreme tempature changes. Like we seriously couldn’t even use ice to test dermatones on the patient.... but after delivery I caught her sipping hot tea & a other questionable things

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

There’s nothing worse then a frequent flyer, early labor patient, whom you have to keep telling them they’re not in active labor and they keep leaving your triage crying #amithedevil

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

Legit overheard a Dad say to his wife, on their way back from the OR, “well at least we got one of our birth wishes” - in regards to being able to keep their placenta. Not the fact that their baby was born alive & healthy.... #smh

[Labor & Delivery RN @ObstetricsRN]

When the physician performs a difficult vacuum delivery, beautifully, & you just want to start cheering in the room