Rowan L&D

I had a wonderful clinical experience the 2nd week. The 1st day I was in L&D. I got to watch the labor progress and watched the nurse administer oxytocin every 20 minutes because she was stuck at 9cm. Finally she dilated the whole way and I got to watch the birth of the baby and the placenta. She was only 14 yrs. old but did really well to be so young. It was so awesome. On friday, I was in the nursery and got to give a baby its first bath, do my assessment and watch the nurse assess the baby. Overall, it was a great week. I was with a nurse who taught me a lot. She explained everything really well especially the monitor and all the variables, accels, decels. She explained the duration of the ctx's and the frequency. It was a huge help and I learned so much.