what is the correct job title?

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Hi everyone!

I am in my second semester of pre-reqs and have searched this sight before for information but maybe some of you know the answer to my question.......I want to work in the postpartum care of women after labor and delivery. I had a really good experience with an overally kind and caring nurse after I had an ER C-section years ago, and I knew that was what I wanted to do. But technically what field is that? And do I have to get a special degree?? Is this a field that I could go directly into after graduation or would I have to work other places in the hospital before I can move up into that department. I guess I just dont know how to get there and what its called. :p Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated THANKS!!

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Specializes in Cardiac.

I have no idea, but we do have specialty forums here.

This is the OB one:

https://allnurses.com/forums/f35/

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Specializes in Pediatric Intensive Care, Urgent Care.

Isn't that mother/baby

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depending on the hospital, it would be a "postpartum nurse" or a "labor and delivery nurse" and some hospitals require prior experience while others will hire you right out of school. There is no specific degree just for that. You would think so though right? special needs of mom and baby and all that? but no. I'm sure you get on the job training specific to your hospital though.

I just checked 3 hospitals in my area:

1 requires

  • DN required BSN preferred
  • SC RN or Intersate Compact Required
  • Minimum of 1 year related experience required (current pediatric experience required) - so you would need to work in peds somehow first

1 requires

Graduate of nursing program that meets the educational requirements for Registered Nurse licensure and a current, unrestricted South Carolina Registered Nurse License. BLS annually NRP, Fetal Monitoring Course, IV therapy, Score of 80% on the Basic NLN proficiency medication administration test. Computer skills: knowledge of computer programs utilized to deliver patient care.

and the other, which I cannot find the listing for now, was requiring just current license and zero to 1 yr of RN experience.

My hospital that I work at currently has seperate postpartum nurses and labor/delivery nurses and nursery nurses, but one hospital that I toured only had 3 nurses on the entire unit, to cover everything from pregnancy issues to delivery to postpartum to nursery.

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