Low birth volumes make the economics of
obstetrical units harder still: Rural communities are generally graying, a demographic fact that reduces the number of births and makes it difficult for hospitals to financially justify having maternity wards at all.
Dr. Kotaska will outline the safety deficits of the Term Breech Trial and contrast them to the practice of
obstetrical units that have successfully demonstrated safe breech birth.
Larger trials with stricter safety measures have demonstrated that with a cautious protocol, breech birth can be conducted safely in appropriately supported
obstetrical units.
I have specialized in Maternal Child Nursing in a hospital setting for fourteen years, with eight years as a charge nurse on
the Obstetrical Unit.
Changed with ordering medication for Anesthesia department within
the Obstetrical unit and stocking Anesthesia carts each night, ensuring they are always ready and full.
Not exact matches
Hospitals with labor and delivery
units have protocols in place to respond to
obstetrical emergencies.
Planned out - of - hospital birth also had a statistically significant association with higher rates for 5 - minute Apgar scores of less than 7, neonatal seizures, neonatal ventilator support, maternal blood transfusion, and unassisted vaginal delivery but with lower rates of both admission to neonatal intensive care
units and
obstetrical interventions, including induction and augmentation of labor, operative vaginal delivery, cesarean delivery, and severe perineal lacerations.
High - risk pregnancy factors, like unplanned
obstetrical surgery, epidurals, premature births, incubation or extended stays in the neonatal
unit, NICU or maternity ward
Managed entire workflow of labor and delivery
unit, which included transcribing physician orders, answering phone calls, registering and admitting patients / newborns into the Meditech computer system, notifying selected Pediatrician upon the birth of newborn, scheduling of
obstetrical procedures, typing birth / death certificates, and handling of paternity / denial paperwork, provided direct patient care to mothers and newborns under the supervision of the nurse.