Pat, I have a question for you.  I am at a large urban hospital (Parkland in
Dallas).  We are pretty much a baby factory.  I have heard SO many times
"We can't (fill in the blank) because we are too busy."  I would like to have
more babies in our recovery room, but many of the charge nurses are reluctant
to allow babies in.  (Because they are too busy).  I have been told that we
cannot have any babies in the recovery room if
1.  any mom in the RR has experienced a fetal demise
2.  any mom in the RR has had a baby go to ICN or ACN (a special care nursery)
3.  we have any patients in the extended care unit (a pt that may be pregnant,
or post partum, that has some kind of complication)

How have you sorted out these kinds of issues at your hospital?

Megan Schmidt, RN, IBCLC


> please also remember the hospital
> I've mentioned before with like a 90% epidural rate and the baby doesn't
> leave recovery room until it has nursed (unless there is a really big
> problem).

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