title: Should practice on a medical-surgical unit be a prerequisite for new graduates who want to be labor and delivery nurses?
authors.affiliation: Labor Delivery Recovery Unit, St. John's Mercy Medical Center, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Phillips
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Szymanowski
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000451:nursing*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*