LSUHSC-S averages 2400 deliveries per year, and residents learn routine newborn care in our nursery.

Residents perform initial and discharge physical exams as well as any procedures which are necessary including circumcision, if the resident desires.

The Nursery staff has developed a curriculum which covers many aspects of newborn care which the resident studies independently and then discusses with the attending.

Call frequency in the nursery is reduced and generally taken in the NICU/Ward (approximately 4/month).