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Every since I was a little girl I wanted to work with babies, but every time I google how to be a labor and delivery nurse nothing specific pops up.I'm only 19 from Houston Texas and I would love know any information about this. Please no rude or immature comments. Thank you!

Once you become a nurse, you could also look into becoming certified, a doula, a lactation consultant....lots of specialties.

Have you thought about looking for a job at a pediatrician's office or a pedi ER? Even as an assistant, a receptionist, something to really get a feel for your goals?

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Every since I was a little girl I wanted to work with babies, but every time I google how to be a labor and delivery nurse nothing specific pops up.I'm only 19 from Houston Texas and I would love know any information about this. Please no rude or immature comments. Thank you!

If you want to work with babies, you may want to consider a different area of nursing, or be a pediatrician. Or skip medicine altogether and work in a day care.

L&D is mostly dealing with pregnant women. You get to watch babies being born, sure, but that's at the end. Basically all you do with the babies is give them a bath (if the parents don't), give them their newborn shots, and do congenital defect screenings, then send them home with Mom.

The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) would be a good place to work with babies. Although, they are there because they are super sick. It can be very rewarding, but very heartbreaking.

You should clarify with yourself why you want to work with babies to help you figure out your career path.

As other PPs have stated, there isn't any specific path to being a labor and delivery nurse. You need to contact your local labor and delivery center and ask them what their hiring requirements are and then work backwards from there.

Your options for becoming a nurse depend on what is available in your area. If you go the RN route, I would recommend getting a BSN from the start and saving yourself the cost of extra education down the road.

P.S. roser13, you know why she wrote "Please no rude or immature comments." You read this board and see the same things I do.

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Specializes in Nurse Leader specializing in Labor & Delivery.

p.s. It's "ever since" not "every since." Hope that's not rude, because learning how to appropriately express yourself is a big step in your quest to be a nurse. As is the ability to take constructive criticism.

In the age of auto-correct, I find the correction of other people's spelling/grammar on message boards to be kind of rude. It's quite likely that her phone changed the word without her realization.

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Specializes in HH, Peds, Rehab, Clinical.

Wow. :whistling:

Every since I was a little girl I wanted to work with babies, but every time I google how to be a labor and delivery nurse nothing specific pops up.I'm only 19 from Houston Texas and I would love know any information about this. Please no rude or immature comments. Thank you!
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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Wow. :whistling:

I don't have the BINGO sheet in front of me so I'll just take a shot.

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I don't have the BINGO sheet in front of me so I'll just take a shot.

Right? I was tempted to shout "FLOUNCE!" Because I think we've got 5 in one post.

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Specializes in M/S, LTC, Corrections, PDN & drug rehab.
Right? I was tempted to shout "FLOUNCE!" Because I think we've got 5 in one post.

Hahaha we probably do!

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I don't know if it's the same everywhere, but my OB instructor had told us that while we may want to work in that specialty eventually that we should also have a backup plan (my RN program, not PN-practically zero chance as an LPN now) because once someone gets a position in that field they are likely to retire from that position, and the retirement age is going up, not down. Luckily, I have no desire to work in that specialty, but it's something to keep in mind while pursuing a career. To increase your chances for employment, most hospitals are requiring BSNs either prior to employment of a new RN or shortly after their date of hire to keep their position.

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Specializes in Corrections, Psych, Public Health.

Another avenue would be to get your Bachelors and Public Health Nursing certification and you can work at your local county in the mother and baby unit. You do home visits for babies who need more at home care, are developmentally delayed and help teen moms....I did this for my Public Health clinical and learned so much!

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Specializes in CCU, SICU, CVSICU, Precepting & Teaching.
In the age of auto-correct, I find the correction of other people's spelling/grammar on message boards to be kind of rude. It's quite likely that her phone changed the word without her realization.

Then she needs to learn to proof read.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
In the age of auto-correct, I find the correction of other people's spelling/grammar on message boards to be kind of rude. It's quite likely that her phone changed the word without her realization.

Not in context with other content. We must agree to disagree.

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Some people might think my question is stupid, but it's a valid question.

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