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Even during low-risk deliveries, unexpected
complications can arise. Crouse Health's team of
physicians and the 400 staff members of Women and
Infants Services — many of whom are registered nurses
with tenures exceeding 15 years — can respond to both
expected and unexpected challenges any time of day
and any day of the week in a seamless fashion."
• JOAN DADEY, MSN, RN, DIRECTOR OF WOMEN AND
INFANTS SERVICES AT CROUSE HEALTH
a comfortable, home-like atmosphere.
Portable monitors are used to allow women
to ambulate during labor, and a variety of
comfort measures, including epidurals,
intrathecal analgesia and massage, are
available as part of a laboring mother's
care plan.
"We pride ourselves on our high level of
nursing care," says Sara Madison, MSN,
RN, BC, Nurse Manager of Labor and
Delivery at the Kienzle Family Maternity
Center. "All the nurses who provide care
for patients have received fetal monitoring
education, as well as newborn resusci-
tation training, and we are equipped to
manage any situation that may occur."
Because unexpected complications
can develop quickly during labor, Crouse
has developed an obstetrics emergency
safety training program with protocols
Joan Dadey, Director of Women and Infants Services at Crouse Health, and Sara Madison, Nurse Manager of Labor and Delivery at Kienzle Family Maternity Center
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