The Taylor's: Last Shift

I am no longer a labor and delivery nurse, I just worked my last 12 hour shift at Saint Francis. The place I have worked since graduation. The place that I have been so proud to call my home for the last five years. I have learned so much through all of my experiences and I wish I could stay but it is time for me to think about my family and put them first. Being a labor nurse was always a dream of mine, a goal that I knew one day I would achieve. It truly became a part of me and made me feel like I made a difference every time I went to work. Labor and delivery is not always rainbows and sunshine but even through the difficult patients and outcomes I still enjoyed what I was doing. I loved the adrenaline and the fast paced environment that could erupt at any minute during a shift. Labor and delivery nurses definitely have a reputation: women who are bossy, intimidating, protective, loud, unaware of what "TMI" means and of course we know how to have a good time and you know what? I have no problem being any of these things. As a labor nurse I gained confidence in myself and in my skills and was not afraid to be an advocate for my patients even if it meant standing up to an attending physician. It is skills like this that I will forever be grateful for because it has made me the nurse that I am today. It gave me the confidence to go back to school for my masters degree... something that will allow my family to grow and allow me to continue to do what I love, women's health.

I have made so many friends over the years and we have had a lot of good times at work and of course out of work and here are just a few pictures of me and my labor girls ;) !! xoxo