In an OB/GYN practice or unit, the OB/GYN Nurse cares for patients across reproductive, prenatal, gynecologic, and postpartum needs — physical exams, ultrasounds, prenatal visits, GYN procedures, patient education, and the substantial counseling these visits often require.
OB/GYN Nurse (Obstetrics/Gynecology Nurse) pay typically runs $79K–$108K at this level, and jobs in this field are projected to grow 5% through 2034. The next title up is often Senior OB/GYN Nurse (Obstetrics/Gynecology Nurse).
A typical day in an outpatient setting tends to involve prenatal visits with weight, BP, fundal height, and Doppler, GYN visits including pap smears and other procedures, patient education on contraception, pregnancy, menopause, and the documentation each visit requires. The patient interactions are intimate and emotionally textured — pregnancy loss, fertility struggles, abortion care, abuse disclosures.
Coordination spans OBs, midwives, ultrasound techs, lab, and patients across a wide age range. The hardest part is often the conversations that surface in exam rooms — about pregnancy options, abuse, fertility, sexual health — that the visit wasn't scheduled for. Privacy and trauma-informed practice matter throughout the work.
Nurses who tend to thrive here are gentle, patient with sensitive topics, clinically organized, and warm with patients across a vulnerable specialty. If you crave acute hospital pacing or struggle with the emotional content, the specialty can wear. If you find meaning in patients feeling genuinely cared for during stretches of life that are often complicated, the role can be one of the most relationally intimate in nursing.
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View all Healthcare roles →In an OB/GYN practice or unit, the OB/GYN Nurse cares for patients across reproductive, prenatal, gynecologic, and postpartum needs — physical exams, ultrasounds, prenatal visits, GYN procedures, patient education, and the substantial counseling these visits often require.
Median pay for an OB/GYN Nurse (Obstetrics/Gynecology Nurse) is about $94K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $66K to $135K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Active Listening, Service Orientation, and Speaking.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 4.9% through 2034, with roughly 3.3 million people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Senior Ob/Gyn Nurse (Obstetrics/Gynecology Nurse), Psychiatric RN (Psychiatric Registered Nurse), and Senior Occupational Health Nurse.
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