They also provide supervision of patient care technicians and surgical technologists.
Obstetrical nurses are required to possess specialized skills such as electronic fetal monitoring, nonstress tests, neonatal resuscitation, and medication administration by continuous intravenous drip.
The workload and daily routine of obstetrical nurses requires them to be detailed and organized, possess mental and physical strength and emotional stability, and to possess critical thinking skills.
Furthermore, ethnicities are the following: White 66.2%, Black 10.5%, Hispanic 9.5%, Asian 9%, unknown 4.3% and American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%.
An internship in obstetrics suffices in order to start at an entry-level position.