Nurse Shirley Riebe, though, ended up in obstetrics because it was the only opening at the time. But Riebe, 55, liked it enough to stay. She has been with the department for 25 years.

Three generations of women from the same Michigan family are all obstetrics nurses — and they estimate between them they’ve helped care for more than 10,000 babies.

A California hospital is delaying plans to close its obstetrics department through at least Jan. 31, following pressure from the California Nurses Association and the state’s health department ...

A new questionnaire assesses obstetric nurses' competency in GD management, filling a critical training gap. Developed through expert input and pilot testing, the tool shows strong psychometric ...

District of Columbia health officials shut down United Medical Center's obstetrics unit last summer, but nurses at the hospital say that babies have been delivered there since the closure. The ...

The obstetrics nurse said when that happened, the maternity ward lost seven of its 19 private rooms. Then, six months ago, three more private rooms on the maternity ward closed because of mould. As a ...