Kaplan NCLEX-RN Exam 2010 with CD-ROM: Strategies for the Registered Nursing Licensing Exam
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Careers In Nursing: Labor and Delivery
Nursing is a career field that is experiencing extraordinary growth. While jobs are being lost or curtailed in several industries, nursing is projected to exceed the average growth in all career fields between now and 2016. These promising projections apply to job prospects for both Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) and Registered Nurses (RNs). Labor & Delivery Nursing Labor and Delivery (L&D) is one of many fields of specialization in which a nursing graduate may choose to concentrate.
L & D nurses are a part of the labor and delivery team that cares for women and their newly born infants. They assist patients before, during, and after the birthing process in several ways.
- Coordinating with physicians to provide the best care plan for each patient.
- Monitoring the mother and baby during labor
- Teaching mothers how to care for themselves and the new infant
- Providing emotional support to the mother and family
Nurses who train to become L & D nurses may assume different roles in that position. These include:
- Antepartum Nurse: The antepartum nurse cares for patients who have pregnancy complications which force them to be hospitalized.
- Circulating Nurse: Circulating nurses handle care in the operating room when a cesarean section is being performed.
- L&D Nurse: L&D Nurses care for patients in labor who may or may not have delivery complications.
- Nursey Nurse: The nursery nurse cares for newborn infants in the nursery.
- Postpartum Nurse: The postpartum nurse cares for patients after delivery.
- Scrub Nurse: The scrub nurse directly assists the surgeon during a cesarean section.
L & D Nurse Requirements
- Education Requirements – L & D nurses must have an RN license with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Associate Degree in Nursing (AND), or hospital diploma. Education in neonatal resuscitation and fetal monitoring is an additional requirement. LPNs interested in this specialty may wish to consider an LPN to RN program which allows them to earn a BSN degree on an accelerated basis.
- General Qualifications – Critical thinking, communication, and decision making skills are essential to L&D nursing. The job requires the wisdom to assess and prioritize patient needs in an environment that is often rapidly changing and fast paced. Stellar communication skills are also vital for this type of nursing. L & D nurses must communicate with other medical staff members, the patients and the patients families.
- Practice Settings – L & D nurse positions are found primarily in hospitals. Other settings in which they practice include clinics, physicians offices and maternity and birthing centers.
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