What is the differences between a Licensed Practical Nurse and a Licensed Vocational Nurse?

Steps to becoming a nurse that delivers babies.?

• I am thinking of becoming a nurse and i would like to work in the hospital with birth deliveries. what are the nurses who deliver babies called? Do you know the steps to becoming this kind of nurse? what are the differences between the following types of nurses : Registered Nurse Master's prepared PhD prepared and a Licensed Practical Nurse any questions i should ask my advisement? i appreciate the help . thank you :)

• Answer:

  A nurse who actually delivers babies is a Certified Nurse Midwife, and that's a graduate (Master's) program. So you'd first go to college/nursing school and get your BSN degree, and then continue on to graduate school in a CNM program. If you just want to work in L&D (tending women in labor and assisting OBs during delivery) that's a regular RN -- again, go to college and get your nursing degree, then look for a job in that department. (Which probably will mean getting a job in a different department and working there long enough to build up seniority. L&D is a highly desirable area and few women can just walk into a job. An RN is a registered nurse. She's been to college and gotten a 4 year degree in nursing, (BSN) then passed the RN exam. (A few nursing schools offer shorter programs of 2-3 years leading to the degree.) Some RNs go on to get master's degrees (as for a CNM) and a few then get a PhD. (Usually for teaching or administration.) An LPN is a much shorter program, commonly offered at community colleges and tech schools. LPNs have less responsibility and there are some things RNs can do that they can't.