Can nurse practitioners deliver babies?

Nurse practitioners are trained to deliver babies as well as other responsibilities, but generally they do not do so unless they are also a midwife. If a woman chooses to deliver in a hospital, the obstetrician or doctor on duty delivers the baby. read more

I have heard many things from other students in my school, but I have not heard anything from a professional who has been there already. read more

To answer the question at hand, Nurse Midwives can deliver babies. A women’s health Nurse Practitioner can do all gynecological work. If it were as easy as “catching a baby” then anyone off the street could do it and every woman would have her baby at home. read more