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What Is a Labor & Delivery Nurse?
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Summary: A labor and delivery nurse goes to school for three or four years to become an RN, which requires a prospective nurse to pass the NCLEX board certification. Find out how labor and delivery nurses manage the care of prenatal patients with help from a labor and delivery nurse in this free video on nursing and obstetrics.
Jocelyn Minks has been a labor and delivery nurse for six years, primarily for the Seton Healthcare Network. Minks graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in nursing.read more
"My name is Josie Minks and I am a Labor and Delivery Nurse and then I'm going to tell you what is a Labor and Delivery Nurse. So a Labor and Delivery Nurse goes to school for three or four years to become an RN and that of course, after you take the NCLEX which is a board certification to become a nurse and then you have your orientation process at a hospital that you choose to work at that can regenerate from six weeks to three months with an internship program after that where somebody can guide you and be available for asking questions. And then a Labor and Delivery Nurse which is also known as an Obstetrics Nurse, and OB Nurse manages the care of the, of the perinatal patients. So anywhere from before delivery, during delivery and after delivery and that is what a L and D or Labor and Delivery Nurse does, is."
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