NPs are primary care providers. They assess, diagnose, interpret tests, prescribe, treat, consult with doctors and other specialties, and followup with their patients.
There is way too much to know in L&D to answer that here. Most importantly, have good assessment skills. Know when something is going downhill before it goes downhill. You can avert a lot of disasters by preempting them rather than trying to catc...
I have been an L&D RN for 10 years and am currently a CNM student. My only thing about not having L&D experience is when you are with laboring women day after day and year after year, you have the opportunity to see a LOT of stuff, and not al...
I currently live in a state where I have no family, I am renting a house, I have no ties here, I am single with three teenagers who also have no ties here. I am from a military family and am used to picking up and moving on a whim, and I have worked...