Obstetric Nurse
Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing from a school accredited by the NLN or CCNE
Healthcare ProfessionalBecause almost 25 percent of Airmen are women, the Air Force needs skilled Obstetric Nurses to assist OB/GYNs around the world and care for female Airmen and families of all our service members. In the Air Force, you’ll have the opportunity to further your training and experience, as well as enter the service as an officer, meaning you’ll have the immediate respect of your colleagues and patients.
Career Tasks
- Assess, plan, implement, supervise and evaluate quality care given to obstetrical/neonatal patients and families
- Depending on the unit assigned, you may care for high-risk OB patients, level II nursery patients, circulate for cesarean sections or add medical-surgical patients to your OB duties on a single unit inpatient care ward.
- Work with certified midwives, physicians, neonatologists, pediatricians, medical surgical nurse specialists and others to provide management of acute and chronic illnesses as well as low-risk obstetrical care
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