"I am trying to come up with a plan that will put the OB pt in a recovery
room in L&D instead of in the GYN area."

Whose nurses will be "recovering" her - OB or Recovery? Has an impact on
staffing patterns; if you're well-staffed on OB, that's great, because the
OB nurses will be able to help mom w/baby (with a little cross-training in
recovery monioring & techniques). If not, it puts a big stress on an
already-stretched unit, and the care of other pts. will be affected, whether
you "think" it will or not - we tried this at my hospital a few years ago, &
found it didn't work too well.

Better, though, than when the babies were sent/accompanied to the recovery
room, where the staff didn't really appreciate the whole idea & saw it as a
big nuisance to them. (Which, I gotta say, from their perspective it is!)

Cathy Bargar, RN, IBCLC Ithaca NY

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