If so, I need your insights, please!  It's about how the nursing staff and care 
is configured.

(Many thanks to Emily & Rachel who have already responded! I need to hear 
from as many as possible, though.)
  
I work in a hospital that has 8000+ births/year.  The mother gives birth, baby 
stays with her about 1 1/2 hrs, then baby goes to admission nursery for 
assessment & warming while mom is transported to her room.  Mother is cared 
for by one nurse, baby is cared for by another.  Rooming in is available except 
for times when baby has to go to the nursery for tests, nightly assessments, 
and ped visits.

We do offer bedside assessments and admissions for the baby with advance 
notice and permission from the nurse mgr & pediatrician. This is new over the 
past year. As word got out, more and more moms began requesting the 
bedside admissions.

Our nurse mgr would like to accommodate the increased requests but the 
current staffing pattern will need to be changed.  

If you work in a hospital that does a similar number of births and have moved 
closer to mother-baby togetherness, please email me off-list.  
([log in to unmask])  We'd like to ask some questions about how your 
facility configures the care of the mother and baby and how you plan the 
staffing.

thanks,
Debbi Heffern
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