The requirements reinforce the level of responsibility of the nurses. We really have to be the eyes and ears of the obstetrician. Dawson still teases her teen-age nieces and nephew that she was the first to change their diapers. Dawson can quickly and easily identify her favorite moment on the job. The hardest part of the job tugs hearts in the opposite direction.
Deaths occur in the maternity ward, too.
Most of the time, the mother is wheeled away, baby in hand, never to be heard from again. But it's not a case of out of sight, out of mind. The Traverse City Record-Eagle. All rights reserved.