[stephaniezeiger13]

This is very important im a senior in high school and my english Teacher is making us write a paper on the career we want after graduation!
I have been thinking alot about this and i think i want to be an obstetrician nurse. I no when i was pregnant with my son they were a big help. I would one day like to help someone else in that position!

First off
1)How long have you been an obstetrician?

2)Do y ou enjoy your job? Why?

3)About how long is your normal work days?

4)What is your average salary?

5)What duties do you have while your on the clock?

6)What education is required to be an obstetrician?

7)What types of medical training do you need to take?

8)How long does the medical training last?

9)What is the difference between an Obstetrician and an gynecologist?

10)Do more woman prefer female or male Ob's?

Thats all the questions i have for right now, but if there is anymore info i need your MORE then welcome to add that to all of it!!

Thanx
Stephanie Zeiger
Apache Trail High Senior

[BayouLPN]

I work with Mom/Baby. As an LPN, I cannot Labor/Deliver a mom. I am however certified NRP, am in the room while delivery is taking place, take the baby and do resuccitation, eye ointment, vit K shot, footprints, tags, first vitals, ect. So, I will try to answer some of your questions from an LPN's standpoint. Be aware, however, my main job description is Post-partum nurse & Scrub Nurse (for c-sections).
1. I have worked at the Family Birth Center for 3 months

2. I love my job. It is a wonderful thing to be a part of new life. You have not seen anything until you see this tiny new life take its first breath and utter its first cry.

3. I typically work 2-8 hour shifts and 2-12 hour shifts

4. Around here, average salary for an LPN is 30K to 40K in a hospital, 35k to 50K in a LTC.

5. My duties include: Assessment of mom/baby, v/s, insertion and maintenance if IV's, med administration, comfort for mom & baby, I/O's, nutrition/Diet regulations, baby's first bath, teaching mom how to breast feed, TEACHING, For scrub, setting up OR for surgery using sterile technique, assist the md by handing instruments off, holding the abdomen open for birth and sewing up, help to push baby out, responsible for count of instruments before and after surgery. Numerous other things I cannot think of right now.

6. I am not sure what medical training is neccessary to become an ob. They are dr.s which would include, 4 yr Pre-Med, and then medical school, & then specializing for ob. Many years of school and a 4 yr residency.

7. I am a Licensed Practical Nurse.

8. My course of study was 5 semesters. Approx. 21 months. I had to work as a nurse for a year for exp. before being hired.

9. Again, a question about dr.s, not nurses. So, what I can really tell you the difference is...OB's deliver babies, Gyn's do women's health only. That is why you usually see OB/Gyn together.

10. I personally think that is a split. I personally prefer a male Ob/Gyn. I have heard others state they prefer a female. It is soley up to the feelings of the individual and speculative at best.

[elkpark]

One important point to clarify is that "obstetricians" are physicians (MDs or DOs), not nurses. There's no such thing as an "obstetrician nurse" -- there are nurses who specialize and practice in obstetrics. I also notice that you ask specifically about medical training and differences between OBs and GYNs (again, physicians). Are you actually asking about nurses, or physicians??

[Spidey's mom]

Hi Stephanie!

First of all, an obstetrician is a physician, not a nurse.

Nurses who work with women in labor are Labor and Delivery Nurses or Obstetrical Nurses.

1. I've worked L&D for 8 years.

2. I do enjoy L&D when things go well and babies are born safely. I do not like it when emergencies happen and that is one of the reasons I left L&D.

3. 12 hour shifts that used to start at 0245 until 1515.

4. $50,000 - $70,000 depending on overtime.

5. Admitting the patient in labor. Getting a urine sample. Placing laboring woman on monitor for 20 minutes. Doing a cervical check to make sure they really are in labor. If so, maybe starting an IV or saline lock. Maybe hanging antibiotic if she is positive for beta strep. I stay in the room the entire time with the laboring woman because we don't have monitors outside the rooms. Sometimes we start pitocin for inducing labor. Monitoring the baby. Setting up for a delivery. Helping the physician deliver the baby. Many many duties in relation to that.

6. To be a L&D nurse, you must be an RN and then depending on the hospital, go through an orientation for L&D.

7. Neonatal Resuscitation certification.

8. To become an RN, you have different options. You can go to a university and get a BSN. That takes about 4 years. You can go to a community college and get an ADN. With pre-reqs, that can also take about 4 years.

9. An obstetrician is a physician who specializes in labor and delivery. A gyn is a physician specializes in women's health. These are not nurses.

10. There are many all female practices springing up. "Women Caring for Women" is one near here. All women physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses, office staff, etc. I don't think there is a consensus about who women like more.


Good luck with your assignment. I'd check out the "stickies" at the top of the ob/gym forum for more info.

steph

[Spidey's mom]

Here is the ob/gyn forum . .

http://allnurses.com/forums/f35/

steph

[elkpark]

Originally Posted by stevielynn

Nurses who work with women in labor are Labor and Delivery Nurses or Obstetrical Nurses.

And let's not forget CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwives) ...

[Spidey's mom]

Originally Posted by elkpark

And let's not forget CNMs (Certified Nurse Midwives) ...

Whoops! That was a huge discrepancy~! Thanks!!


steph