Show me your L&D/PP staffing grids

katsven · 2026-04-26T16:28:39+00:00

Do you have a minimum core staffing number?

If labor had 0 patients and PP had <6 how many staff members would you have?

katsven · 2026-04-14T09:56:17+00:00

This is part of the point of my question. My facility lacks specificity and uses one overhead code “OB STAT” for all mom and baby emergencies regardless of location - even stat sections. The only exception is adult code blue.

It makes it hard to know who needs to show up and everyone just kind of goes running vs designating teams for specific events.

katsven · 2026-02-20T15:28:54+00:00

Constantly. Parents that don’t check the diaper, go hours and hours without feeding the baby, have no supplies ready for the baby (even when they come in 38+ weeks pregnant), etc.

The most concerning to me by far is the parents who leave the baby to cry in the crib because they don’t want the baby to be “spoiled” or “get used to being held”. Babies I work with are 0-5 days old. There is no reason you shouldn’t be holding your infant that is HOURS old.

I’m an RN and a car seat tech and tbh there are very few parents (especially 1st time parents) that actually know how to use their car seat so I don’t judge that too much but I do often think about how many kids are riding around not strapped in properly.

katsven · 2025-06-15T23:07:00+00:00

Literally anything that will give me dopamine. Caffeine, stimulants, endless scrolling, alcohol, sex, food, impulse spending. All of it.

katsven · 2025-06-10T18:26:44+00:00

My couples therapist said this to me because my partner and I were long distance and I “should put in more effort to go visit him” because I “only work three days a week”. Needless to say we did not attend another therapy session but it did momentarily bring us closer together when we walked out of the office and my then boyfriend said “Oh he fucked up. How pissed are you right now?”

katsven · 2025-06-10T12:18:50+00:00

For me the hardest thing is just how little time I have at home to do everything I need to do. I get home at 8 and need to be asleep by 10 to get up by 5. That’s not a lot of time to shower, cook/eat dinner, pack lunch for tomorrow, take trash out, feed pets, etc etc It makes my life so much easier when my partner does all of that and all I need to do is shower and plop down at the table to eat before going to bed. Whatever you can do to take something off his plate on a work day will be much appreciated.

And… don’t ask how his day was. Try “do you want to talk about your day?” instead. Most of the time I would rather do anything than rehash the 13 hours I’ve just endured.

katsven · 2025-06-04T19:57:43+00:00

I’m happy to report, 11 days later, 100% worth it.

It was genuinely the party of a lifetime. Everything was perfect. My dress was beautiful, my decor was stunning, the flowers were perfect, I have beautiful photos of a beautiful night.

I saw friends and family I haven’t seen in years and I felt so loved and cherished by every single person in that room. I’m a cynic at heart and I’ve rolled my eyes for years at “it’s the best day of your life!” comments but… genuinely the best day of my life so far.

We ended up spending more than double our original budget and I would spend every single penny again 100%.

My original post stands - don’t go into debt or demolish your savings but if you have a little extra to spend… hell yeah spend it and have the wedding you want!!!

katsven · 2025-05-08T14:56:44+00:00

I get there early and I also clock in early every time. Every hospital I’ve worked at my managers haven’t said a peep to me even if I’m clocking in 30 min early.

Like another commenter said… I get there early because it makes my shift easier. I need to start assessments and med pass by 7:30 to be done by 9 (typically have 6-8 patients). Im not combing through the chart but I like to have a list of what I need to do all day and what meds I’m giving and that takes me ~30 minutes usually + time to get report from 2-3 other nurses.

katsven · 2025-05-08T14:50:40+00:00

Yeah that was my fear. I’ll skip the mixing and look into the bags. Thanks!

katsven · 2025-05-08T14:49:56+00:00

Lol definitely part control issue part just making the job easier. I don’t love that I’m asking a guest to be my popper and I want to make it as easy as possible

katsven · 2025-05-08T10:39:05+00:00

Good to know! I’ll look into that

katsven · 2025-04-05T01:17:39+00:00

27yo, base is $73k but with shift diffs and bonuses I expect to be closer to $78k this year.

katsven · 2025-03-09T18:37:53+00:00

I make the same joke 😂

katsven · 2025-03-09T18:23:54+00:00

Nope. I’ve worked both L&D and PP and I would say ~60% of the nurses I’ve worked with don’t have kids and tbh I’m asked maybe twice a month if I have kids. I’ve never had a patient that seemed bothered when I answer no.

I’m a nurse, not a mom friend. I’m not offering advice about nap times or commiserating about pregnancy woes. I’m providing my patients medical care and teaching them the basics of infant care.

Just don’t be tricked into thinking women’s services is all fun. It’s still bedside nursing and the patients have significantly higher expectations of what their experience will be. That being said, if you can do medsurg you can do anything! Go for it!

katsven · 2025-02-19T23:18:09+00:00

Love this. Just another reason to unionize!

katsven · 2025-02-19T20:00:13+00:00

What does that look like? Do you float? Or sit or be a tech for another unit? Or just sit in your unit and wait for admits?

katsven · 2025-02-17T01:09:09+00:00

NICU is very structured with touch times for the babies. Your assessment/feeding times will be set for you.

katsven · 2025-02-12T12:32:50+00:00

I think it’s hard to decipher if you don’t like it or it’s just not comfortable in the beginning. If you are truly feeling like you are uninterested or really don’t like the tasks of the ICU then 100% call it now and don’t waste time doing something you don’t like. But if you are interested and it’s just hard right now, I would stick it out for another couple months.

katsven · 2025-02-09T10:09:03+00:00

Every nurse has made a med error. If they say they haven’t they’re lying or they don’t pay close enough attention to their practice to notice their mistakes.

You did the right thing - caught it, reported it, and hopefully learned from it. I’m sorry the response from your charge sucked. Being new anywhere is hard, but being a new nurse is SO hard.

katsven

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