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The Women’s Health and Birthing Center is a 16-bed tertiary care referral center. The unit is composed of three exam/triage rooms, 11 Labor/Delivery/ Recovery Rooms, two Labor/Delivery/Recovery/Postpartum Rooms and four Delivery/Operating Rooms. A whirlpool tub has been added to the unit as a pain management and relaxation modality for low-risk laboring women.
Women of childbearing age receive comprehensive patient care in the Women’s Health and Birthing Center that has an annual birth rate of 2,300 deliveries. Low-risk and high-risk antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care are rendered to pediatric, adolescent and adult patients. An interdisciplinary health care team composed of registered nurses, patient care technicians, operating room technicians, OB/GYN residents and attending physicians, maternal-fetal specialists, nurse midwives, neonatologists, anesthesiologists, social workers and chaplains formulate individualized plans of patient care.
Operative cases performed in the Women’s Health and Birthing Center are cesarean sections, tubal ligations and dilation and curettages. Certified nurse lactation consultants provide 24-hour lactation support and breast pump rentals.
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September 22, 2010
Conference: 4th Annual Pediatric Critical Care
September 29, 2010
Manager Session & Grand Rounds: Bully-Free At Work: Yes! You Can Build A Respectful Workplace
October 6, 2010
Grand Rounds: Ethical And Clinical Decision Making
October 7-8, 2010
Conference: 20th Annual Respiratory Nursing Society
October 13, 2010
Conference: Advanced Respiratory Care
October 21 - 22, 2010
Workshop: Pediatric End-of-Life Nursing Consortium (ELNEC)
October 28 - 29, 2010
Workshop: Critical Care End-of-Life Education Consortium (ELNEC)
November 1, 2010
Conference: Conference: 21st Annual LPN
November 6, 2010
Conference: 2nd Annual Perioperative Nursing
November 8, 2010
Conference: 21st Annual LPN
November 19, 2010
Conference: 11th Annual Heart Matters
December, 2010
Conference: Psychiatric Nursing Conference
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