What Do Labor and Delivery Nurses Do? Labor and delivery nurses have a wide range of responsibilities. They typically care for multiple pregnant, laboring, or postpartum patients at one time. Labor ...

For decades, labor and delivery units have been designed around one central priority: clinical safety. That priority is essential and non-negotiable. It has saved lives and continues to do so. Yet in ...

In Jennifer Lincoln’s work as an obstetrics hospitalist, she met many new parents who were fearful and felt uninformed about the labor and delivery process, even when arriving at the hospital to give ...

Women with severe preeclampsia (severe high blood pressure) during pregnancy may be treated with extended-release nifedipine, a blood pressure-lowering medicine, daily during the labor and delivery ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Mercy Hospital in Springfield is testing out a brand-new piece of technology that claims to enhance the labor and delivery process for patients. The Vibwife mattress, created by ...

Pregnant women with severe preeclampsia who took a daily dose of extended-release nifedipine (an oral, once-daily pill) when labor was induced had better blood pressure control during labor and were ...