[Obstetric Nurses: contributions to the objectives of the Millennium Development Goals].

Objective: To characterize and analyze assistance to labor and delivery performed by residents in Obstetric Nursing.

Method: Quantitative and retrospective study of 189 normal births attended by residents in Obstetric Nursing in the period between July 2013 and June 2014 in a maternity hospital located in the countryside of Rio Grande do Sul. Data collection took place by gathering information from medical records and the analysis was performed using descriptive statistics.