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What medical/nursing job is this called?

I want to be an obstetrician when I am older but I also want to care for the babies, in the nursery after birth.

what is that called?

any links?

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3 Answers to “What medical/nursing job is this called?”

  1. February 28, 2011

    Pre and post natal care
  2. February 28, 2011

    Neonatology is a subspecialty of pediatrics that consists of the medical care of newborn infants, especially the ill or premature newborn infant
  3. February 28, 2011

    You are mixing 2 things here: an obstetrician is a MD (medical doctor); not a nurse. Nurses that work in labor & delivery are called L & D nurses; some places still have separate nursery nurses (in some it is combined); it could also be called antepartum, perinatal, etc. Many nursery nurses do not do a lot of the classic care anymore as the babies room with mom and many women go home in a very short time–not like the “old days”. You would need to attend nursing school (a bachelors RN) for this. Good luck.