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Labor & Delivery Nursing

By Elizabeth Hanink, RN, PHN, BSN

Looking for a nursing job where almost everyone is happy and healthy, where you can serve two patients for the time of one, and where most of your colleagues stay for a long time? Labor and delivery nursing might be just the spot for you. Whether you find a job in a small community hospital where the deliveries are under 100 a month, or you work in a large public facility with dozens of high-risk mothers, nothing beats the thrill of new life. That’s what keeps nurses in labor and delivery. It is not unusual to come across practitioners who have spent 25 or 30 years in this specialty. They get their initial exposure during their student years and understand immediately that this is the place for them. Take Debbie Miller, RN, from Glendale Memorial Hospital. She has been the supervisor of the labor and delivery unit for 12 years and says after 30 years of obstetrical nursing, “I still love coming to work…It’s a happy place and I can still get teary-eyed at some deliveries, especially if the dad is very involved.” Read More...

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