Friday, May 4, 2007

Punished for being good.

My partner and I are considered easy to work with. We do a nice calm birth. We labor sit with our patients, and help out the nurses as we can. Because of this we are often working with new/less experienced nurses. I love teaching. I love birthing. However, It seems unreasonable that we (the midwives) should continuously be labor training nurses. That means we have to be extra alert to see that everything we need in case of an emergency is in the room for the birth. That means we have to be planning ahead for extra help if the new nurse doesn't know what is expected. That means we check all the standard equipment and set ups to be sure that they are correct. That means we are doing our own job and our own charting plus the new nurses thinking. It is being punished for being good at what we do. This is a very frustrating experience.

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