Female-only intrapartum nurses: policy and the law.
Administrators of facilities that deliver babies should consider allowing carefully selected, qualified, and competent male staff nurses to be employed in labor and delivery. Examples of present and past male intrapartum nurses are presented.
D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008297:Male; D009727:Nurses, Male; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D009775:Obstetrics and Gynecology Department, Hospital / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011247:Pregnancy; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce