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what degrees do i need to be a labor and deliver nursing?
Asked by Honey b
I really want to be a nurse for labor and deliver. I need to know what i need to get there. This means alot to me.
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you just really need your associate in nursing a BSN is not much diffrent from an RN you still have all the same responsibilites but BSN gets paid like a buck or two more. You just need your RN liscense
i work with nurses in that department
Answered by hotsingle_mama
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BA in nursing and a good resume it's the most desireable floor it might be difficult that is my ultimate goal.
Answered by brooke w
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Maybe a better grasp of the English language.
Answered by that_girl_from_australia
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if you are not in nursing school, go and volunteer in that department and tell them you are about to go to school and want to see how it is to be a labor and delivery nurse (i'd try this first, just in case you try it and don't like it)..then you would need to get a least an associates in nursing..better yet a bachelors...an associate is about 1 1/2 year and bachelors about 2 years and change. once you are in the last semester of school beg your teacher to do your clinicals in labor and delivery (actually start telling people early you want to do it)...as you approach the last semester and are working in that unit, walk up to the manager and just start kissing up so she can see that you are serious. try to beg her to hire you as a tech then once you get your license just inform her and you should get hired....it should be as simple as that....good luck....
ps. i'm a nurse in a critical care straight out of school, so i know it can be done..don't let other people tell you that you NEED to be a floor nurse =)
Answered by Gabriel D
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You need to be a registered nurse, which you can obtain with as little as a 2 year Associates Degree in Nursing. Some hospitals prefer to hire BSN (4 year program) RNs only, but in the majority of cases they are willing to take you as long as you hold your RN license.
It's hard to go straight into L&D as a new graduate. It is likely that you will need to (and I recommend this to all new grads regardless of what specialty you want to move into) work at least 6 months to a year in a regular medical / surgical to get a diverse experience with many common illnesses / conditions / treatments / medications, etc., and build a solid foundation for your nursing skills. Once you do that, you can move into any specialty with more confidence and competence.
Some birthing units don't even hire you into L&D directly - many make you start out working in postpartum or in the nursery or antepartum with the pregnant mothers for a year before training you to L&D. It depends on how great their need is to get people into L&D - it's not impossible to bypass the other units.
I went into nursing for the sole purpose of being an L&D nurse. I really wanted to get there as fast as possible and wanted to work there as a new grad. I resisted every person who told me to get some med/surg experience first. I actually got an interview with L&D manager several weeks before I graduated. She told me the same thing as all the others - you're too "green" (inexperienced), go get some med/surg experience and come back in 6 months and start reapplying for positions. I did exactly that, and then got hired straight into L&D. It would have been worth the wait even if it had taken longer. A couple of years for school flew by quickly, another year working in another job wouldn't have been the end of the world if it had happened that way. Sometimes patience is necessary, and if you want it bad enough, you will get it eventually.
I work in my dream job. It's stressful. It's tragic at times, devastating in some cases. But the vast majority of my days are very beautiful ones, and I love the families that I have the opportunity to work with. I hope when you get there you enjoy it as much as I do. Good luck.
Answered by Jill
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