Labor Delivery Nurse

“It is the nurse that the child first hears, and her words that he will attempt to imitate” (Quintilian) This quote was said by Quintilian about being a labor and delivery nurse. Labor and delivery nurses are responsible for assisting, supporting and educating women during the four stages of labor. They also coach mothers through contractions and offer advice for pain management. Being a labor and delivery nurse is an exciting job because it’s mentally challenging, benefits society and has a positive work environment.
The first advantage of being a Labor and Delivery Nurse is that it’s mentally challenging. These nurses have to deal with telling families about any complications or losses during the pregnancy or birth. They have to provide prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum care. This means they have to take care of everything that happens to that child after and before birth. Labor and Delivery nurses have to work the maximum of a sixteen hour shift. Nurses can legally only work forty-eight hours a week but they get paid double for overtime . A general shift can be anywhere from eight to sixteen hours long, three times a week.
Labor and Delivery nurses have the honor of being able to take care of newborns for the first weeks of life. They help mothers take care of their babies by showing the mothers how to feed the baby, properly hold the baby and how to change the baby. These nurses also teach the mothers how to clean out and pac her incision if she had a Cesarean birth. They also monitor the mother’s vital signs and baby’s heart rate to make sure that both mother and child can go through the delivery/birth. Sometimes these nurses even helps with administering things like the epidurals and pitocin. Sometimes these nurses assist in the C-