Hey i really need an Obstetrician nurse to answer these interview questions for me.

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.

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??

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

Here is the ob/gyn forum . .

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

steph

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

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


steph