Labor and delivery

Editorial Team / Admin · May 15, 2018

That may depend on where you live. In the US, nursing school provides a general education with an overview of a handful of specialties and orientation is where the bulk of specialization learning would take place.

Rionoir, ADN, RN · May 16, 2018

You and 75% of the other female RNs. Ok I don't know what the percentage is, but I'm sure it's high. I'd be prepared to work in another specialty for a while before getting into OB, at least from what I hear.

KelRN215, BSN, RN · May 16, 2018

No, not if you are in the US where all nurses are educated as generalists. Try to get your senior practicum in an L&D unit and that will be your in to finding a job when you graduated.

Rionoir, it was a huge minority of the girls I graduated with. I can only think of 1 off the top of my head (out of about 90) who went into L&D.

andrea3434 · May 17, 2018

No, not if you are in the US where all nurses are educated as generalists. Try to get your senior practicum in an L&D unit and that will be your in to finding a job when you graduated.
Rionoir, it was a huge minority of the girls I graduated with. I can only think of 1 off the top of my head (out of about 90) who went into L&D.

I was thinking the same thing. I just graduated and only 3 of the women out of 33 in our graduating class are interested in L&D.