LaborRN87

Hi! I work in an LD unit, about 350 deliveries a month. We have both LPNs and RNs function as the baby nurse. They are responsible for initial apgars, assisting with skin to skin and breastfeeding for the first 30 minutes-1 hour, vitals q 30 minutes x 4-5 sets, shots and drops, and entering baby orders and the newborn admission profile. Additionally, for lady partsl deliveries they generally assist with prepping and resetting the bed, clean up, handing off sutures, and putting away instruments. For c-sections, they function more or less as a second circulator, assisting with anesthesia/positioning, doing the foley and prep while the circulator charts, and giving report to NICU, then taking over baby once NICU leaves.