labor nurse
Birthing room caregiver
A labor nurse is a registered nurse who specializes in caring for women during childbirth.
They monitor contractions and fetal heart rate, provide pain management support, coach through pushing, and assist with delivery.
Labor nurses work in hospital labor and delivery units, serving as the primary medical presence during most of active labor: The labor nurse checked my cervix and said I was eight centimeters dilated.
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- epiduralSpinal numbing injection
- birth planPrenatal care document
- pushingApplying force to move
birthing · NICU · obstetrics · newborn · skin to skin · maternal · fetal · fetal heart rate · monitor · cervix · dilated · scrubs · shift · night shift · postpartum · swaddling · cord · breathing
- childbirthcontractions, pushing, dilation, birth, crowning
- nursingRN, LPN, LPNs, CNAs, CNA
- birth professionalsmidwife, doula, obstetrician, OB-GYN, birth attendant
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Childbirth physician
OB-GYN · surgeon · attending physician · anesthesiologist · neonatologist
labor nursehospice nurse
Terminal illness care provider
oncology nurse · geriatric nurse · pediatric nurse · ICU nurse · trauma nurse
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