Maternity Nurse Responsibilities and Duties

Provide maternity nurse services to pregnant women in hospital setting.

Support mothers and their newborns through maternity nursing care.

Provide maternity nursing services at home or community-based settings.

Monitor vital signs including pulse rate and blood pressure while in labor.

Assist obstetricians in providing maternity nursing care to mothers and their babies.

Screen and monitor new mothers and their babies’ health while under maternity nursing care.

Instruct and counsel new mothers in handling and breastfeeding their babies.

Assist new mothers in bathing, changing and feeding of their babies.

Answer and resolve maternity issues with pregnant women.

Ensure the highest degree of standards in maternity nurse activities.