Educating new labor and delivery room nurses.
Nurses who are new to the labor and delivery area need a foundation in maternal-newborn theory before beginning clinical practice. A model for a two-week, theory course for nurses orienting to the labor and delivery area is presented.
D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods; D014861:Washington