Everything You Need to Know About Becoming a Labor and Delivery Nurse


Welcoming new life into the world both fascinates and inspires you. You’ve been thinking about taking on a career that allows you to be at the helm of caring for both the mothers and newborns who experience the strenuous and miraculous process of labor and delivery. You’re interested in becoming a labor and delivery nurse, but you’re not sure how to make that dream into a reality. Labor and delivery nurses, usually considered a subset of obstetrics (OB) nursing, are specifically tasked with guiding women through childbirth and caring for the child immediately after.

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