This department offers perinatal and pediatric care, specifically: labor and delivery and antepartum, mother-baby, neonatal intensive care nursery (NICU), pediatrics and an OB Clinic.

Scope of Patient Care 
Women’s and Children’s Services uses a family-centered approach in providing individualized care for: Inpatient Level III antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum services for women and their families; normal newborns; potential for or acutely ill newborns at the intermediate care level; acutely ill or injured infants and children ages birth, 26 weeks gestation, to adolescence, as well as older mentally and physically handicapped patients; approximately 24/year and some medical/surgical patients.

Department Duties

• Services Include:
• Full scope OB clinic.
• Comprehensive family education program providing childbirth preparation and other specialty classes.
• Lactation services consisting of both inpatient and outpatient lactation consultation and support.
• Ill child care for hospital employees’ and medical staff children while their parents are at work.

Department Professionals

• Physicians
• Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs)/Nurse Practitioners
• Registered Nurses
• Other nursing staff under the direction of the RN:  Social Worker, Interpretive Services staff, Dietitian, IV Therapist, Care Management Coordinator, Pharmacist, Respiratory Therapist, and Therapy staff

Educational/Skill Requirements

• Oregon State Patient Care Licensures

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