Today we heard from Lauren Britton, B.S.N., R.N., RNC-OB. She has been a nurse for 20 years and spent 10 of them in labor and delivery at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, beginning in 2007. After working in day surgery/special procedures at Texas Health Hospital Rockwall for two years, she joined the labor and delivery team there in January and has now stepped into a leadership role as manager of labor and delivery and mother-baby.“Lauren's quick rise to her new role has been a testament to her strong support and modeling of relationship-based care in addition to her strength as a clinician in the women and infants' specialty,” said Catherine Johnson, Director of Labor and Delivery, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), Mother-baby Unit and Lactation Services. “She has quickly established trust and confidence with the entire care team and always strives to improve processes that support the most memorable birth experiences for our patients and families.
Her presentation focused a lot on the current rise of maternal mortality rates in the USA. She said the newer protocols they have put into place to truly listen to what moms are saying about their well-being and then to act on how they feel is starting to work.
Thank you Lauren, for helping us see this need and allowing it, at least for our club, connect to other’s whose voices should also be heard.