What It's Like to Be a Labor & Delivery Nurse
L&D nursing reality: births, complications, the emotional weight.
L&D is uniquely emotional, most patients there for happiest day of their lives, some for hardest.
What the day looks like
Active labor management. Fetal monitoring. Epidural setup. Birth attendance. C-section circulating or scrubbing. Postpartum monitoring.
Hardest moments
Fetal demise. Maternal complications (PPH, pre-eclampsia, embolism). Difficult social situations.
Best moments
Healthy births. First skin-to-skin. Patients who remember you years later.
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