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I am going to be in the nursing program at our local Career Center (connected with the high school I am a senior now). The 2nd semester we begin clinicals to become CNA's. Unfortunatly we don't rotate in the area that I really want to work in when I become an RN, Labor & Delivery! So I want to Job Shadow a L & D nurse so I have a few questions if you don't mind :) 1). Do most hospitals allow a student to job shadow an L&D nurse around? Would there be issues with patient privacy etc. if I did? 2). If I asked my local hospital, do you think they would allow me to come in and watch a woman have a baby (with the womens permission of course) even if I didn't know the woman? I want to make sure I can really handle a live birth (I've watched all the TV shows etc. but that is different than actually seeing it tho I doubt I'll have issues). Are there normally extra people like this in the delivery room? 3). A friend of my mom's is having a baby recently and said I could watch her have her baby as long as her husband is ok with it. I'm wondering what "guests" in the delivery room do lol This may sound dumb but do they normally stand up with the mom or would I watch the actual birth? I want to know what most "guests" like that would do. Thanks for helping answer my unusal and random questions! :)