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For labor and delivery nurses, do you also perform deliveries or just assist the doctors?


May 17th, 2023

The Doctor performs the delivery and the nurse assists the doctor.
occasionally the nurse has no choice but to deliver the baby that is on its way out and no doctor is present.

February 2nd, 2023

Sometimes there are nurse deliveries, usually when the mother labors quickly, but the deliveries are attended by either an MD or midwife

January 29th, 2023

Only by accident! You call the doc or midwife in when. You see a good bit of the head. Sometimes they don't make it. I have delivered about 25 I. 30 years accidentally...

January 8th, 2023

Only on accident! The good doctors will choose a good candidate for an uncomplicated delivery and let you catch the baby so your first nurse delivery will be in a controlled environment. Helps cut down on the nerves when the inevitable precipitous delivery occurs.