OBGYN Nursing

Nursing Professionals

Nursing Professionals

While medical care and nursing care of women share many common elements, the two discipliines are not identical.

The Nursing411 website offers free online, distance learning courses for nurses and allied health personnel in the areas of obstetric and newborn care, as well as a vast array of other basic nursing courses. Each course takes 6 hours or longer to complete and includes an optional self-evalution test.

To access the distance learning courses at Nursing 411, click here.

The available free courses include:

Basic Nursing

  • Nursing Fundamentals I
  • Nursing Fundamentals II
  • Nursing Care of the Surgical Patient
  • Obstetrics and Newborn Care I
  • Obstetrics and Newborn Care II
  • Introduction to Practical Nursing
  • Nursing Care Related to the Musculoskeletal System
  • Nursing Care Related to the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems
  • Nursing Care Related to the Sensory and Neurological Systems

Nursing Procedures

  • Taking Vital Signs
  • Basic Patient Care Procedures
  • Blood, Electrolytes and Intravenous Infusions
  • Intravenous Infusions and Related Tasks
  • Administer IM, SubQ, and Intradermal Injections
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
  • Scrub, Gown and Glove Procedures
  • Sterile Procedures

Surgical Nursing

  • Introduction to the Operating Room
  • Special Surgical Procedures II