At a Glance. 1  There are many factors, both internal and external, that can influence the quantity and quality of the sleep we obtain. 2  Sleep scientists understand how various factors affect sleep and why they have the effects they do.
Labor and delivery nurses are very similar to perinatal nurses, only they just assist during labor verses seeing the woman during the entire pregnancy like perinatal nurses do. During a womanâs labor, the labor and delivery nurse monitors the fetal heart rate in order to determine if the baby is handling labor well. The nurse also monitors the womanâs blood pressure, temperature, strength and timing of contractions, and cervical dilation.
Midwives. Midwives are specialists in pregnancy and giving birth with the role of looking after a pregnant woman and her baby during pregnancy, labour, birth and for up to 28 days after the birth of the baby.enturies before obstetricians were delivering babies in hospitals, midwives in Europe attended to women as they gave birth to their children at home. The term midwife comes from the Old English phrase meaning, âwith womanâ.