Can LPN's work in Labor & Delivery Or in the Nursery?

[Ateal17]

yeah, im a going to school to be an lpn and hopefully after i will transfer to the rn program but meanwhile after i graduate as an lpn i would like to have a part tim job while going to school. and i want to work in labor & delivery/ and or nursery? is that possible?

[Lacyanne64]

absolutely we started a new program for our LPN's about 3 years ago, and it is wonderful. they do not take a laboring patient, but are kind of a stat nurse, where they do and go where we need them. They finish up recoveries, they help turn the patient, they put in orders, and put charts together, they scrub for lady partsl deliveries, and after they have learned to do all that and feel comfortable, we orient them to scrubbing in the OR for c-sections. they have been a life saver at our hospital.

just wondering where you are from, vicklynn? that sounds like a really great job to me!

[ArmstrongLPN]

I don't know if this information will still be any use for you but in the facility I work in located in the Bronx NY the LPNs work right along with the scrub techs in the or and take care of the patients in recovery so I don't see why not.