Disciplines and Occupations

Obstetric Nursing

A nursing specialty involving nursing care given to the pregnant patient before, after, or during childbirth.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A nursing specialty involving nursing care given to the pregnant patient before, after, or during childbirth.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Nursing, Obstetric
  • Nursing, Obstetrical
  • Obstetrical Nursing
  • Nursings, Obstetric
  • Nursings, Obstetrical
  • Obstetric Nursings
  • Obstetrical Nursings

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

67

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Previous Indexing

  • Nursing (1966)
  • Nursing Care (1966)
  • Obstetrics (1966)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. H02w.478w.676.570w
  2. N02.421.533.571w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Obstetric Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009773. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009773
  2. Obstetric Nursing. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetrical_nursing
  3. Obstetric Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2231753