Nurse

Requirements

• diploma or degree in nursing along with an active nursing license
• Medical assessment – OB nurses use their knowledge and medical equipment to properly assess women and babies to check vital signs and detect potential health issue
• Patient care – offering pregnancy and post-partum medical advice
• OB nurses must communicate clearly and accurately to prevent potentially harmful mistakes
• Communication skills – whether recording patient data in a chart or communicating with a pharmacy to get the correct medication
• Critical thinking – OB nurses have to make important decisions about how to best care for patients and offer the best advice to help new mothers take care of their children
• OB nurses must stay calm and assist doctors to protect the mother and child
• Stress management – when emergencies occur during or after the delivery process
• and treating wounds require OB nurses to have experience providing specialized patient care for women and babies
• monitoring newborns
• giving medications and fluids

Skills

Basic Life Support