L & D nurses routinely deliver babies?

[midwife sarah]

I was wondering if there are any hospitals in which the L & D nurses routinely deliver women? I am a midwife in London and hoping to move to Florida soon. My mum lives in Fort Lauderdale. She spoke to a L & D nurse who works in Memorial West in Mirimar and she told my mum that the nurses there deliver babies without doctors. Doctors are involved if there are any complications only. I hope this is true as this would be ideal job for me!

[fergus51]

Bizarre. I have worked with tons of British trained midwives working as L&D nurses and they were all great!

[tavalon]

I was wondering if there are any hospitals in which the L & D nurses routinely deliver women? I am a midwife in London and hoping to move to Florida soon. My mum lives in Fort Lauderdale. She spoke to a L & D nurse who works in Memorial West in Mirimar and she told my mum that the nurses there deliver babies without doctors. Doctors are involved if there are any complications only. I hope this is true as this would be ideal job for me!

Nope. Not unless they are risking their licenses. However, every L/D nurse ends up delivering a baby from time to time, when the doctor doesn't make it in time.