The Birth Nurse

@GOLDLearningEd Thanks for the live tweets during the webinar!!! Loving these!

Change is hard stuff. Have a safety plan ready. Have folks supporting you. Talk to management. Get your buddies involved - help change to a NEW STANDARD of CARE. Mandy Irby BSN, RN-C #GOLDLabourandDelivery2023 #GOLDLearning #IAMGOLD #uprightbirth #ChildbirthEd #BirthTrauma #RN #midwife

Just published a piece on #obstetricviolence in @NWH_journal calling for #nurses to own our role in changing birth culture. My co-authors @MandyIrby @CristenPascucci @nursebrowngirl and I can't wait to continue this convo-please share! Full article: authors.elsevier.com/a/1hayO6EFTebV…

Who's working on the SUD AIM Safety bundles in New Hampshire or Mass?! Might be up there in Oct! ✅ Let's get your trauma-informed care training DONE! -AIM quality metrics ✅ -⬇️ morbidity, mortality, c-section rates ✅ #awhonn #perinatalqualitycollaborative #nursemanager

When our patients answer our "how can I help you meet your goals?" Answers: Help me avoid a cesarean! Help me avoid unnecessary interventions! They still have to sort through our recommendations through their own safety filter. #traumainformedcare #obnurse #nurses #peanutballs

I used to think that, as a nurse, I was a patient advocate. But when the laboring patient begged for food and I was instructed to follow policy: ice chips and clear liquids only. Who was I really advocating for? #traumainformedcare #obnurse #nurseeducation #laborandelivery

Biggest mistake OB departments make with peanut balls - NO whole-team training. Wrong size = harm + surgery! 💥L&D units with peanut balls - let's add some annual in-services and drop that cesarean rate in 2023 💥 #traumainformedcare #obnurse #nurses #peanutballs #nurseeducation

In this episode we dive into evaluating trauma informed care. ⁠ HeHe and Mandy break down the positives and areas of growth seen through the eyes of a patient. Listen now! 🎧️ Episode 34 @pulsecheck.podcast #traumainformedcare #medicalsystem

Mandy and HeHe dive into evaluating trauma informed care as Mandy shares her recent experience within the medical system. This includes the areas of growth seen through the eyes of a patient. 🎧️ Episode 34 @pulsecheck.podcast #traumainformedcare #medicalsystem

In this episode with Mandy & HeHe it covers everything from threatening language and manipulation of patients, to consensual and trauma informed care. This is one packed episode! Listen 🎧️ @pulsecheck.podcast - Episode 35 #patientrights #traumainformedcare

This episode with Mandy & HeHe covers everything from threatening language and manipulation of patients, to consensual and trauma informed care. This is one packed episode! Follow along with us 🎧️ @pulsecheck.podcast - Episode 35 #patientrights #traumainformedcare

Join us today as we chat through policy change and standards of healthcare. Listen in to hear HeHe's solution to the broken healthcare system in America. Listen now! 🎧️ Episode 33 @pulsecheck.podcast. #listserv #healthcare #policychange

Join HeHe and Mandy as they chat through policy change and standards of healthcare. Listen in as you hear HeHe's solution to the broken healthcare system in America. Listen now! 🎧️ Episode 33 @pulsecheck.podcast #listserv #healthcare #policychange

Meet the crew inside the NEWEST, most in-depth nursing training! At Trauma-Informed Birth Nurse, we strongly believe that nursing education should center parents, just as our care should be. #traumainformedcare #laboranddeliverynurse #obnurse #traumainformed #birthtrauma

Join us with our special guest, 🩺 Dr. Chrissy Sheeler, for Part 2 of our Not Trauma-Informed discussion. We take a deep dive into Stirrups are Restraints and scripting around stirrups in childbirth. Part 2 - Episode 28 @pulsecheck.podcast #childbirtheducators #laborpositions

IT IS HERE! 🍾🍾🍾 Trauma-Informed Birth Nurse Program is officially open for enrollment. Begin your journey from Standard of Helping to Standard of Trauma-Informed Advocacy Nurse. #traumainformedcare #laboranddelivery #obnurse #laboranddeliverynurse #midwife #birthtrauma

Dr. Chrissy Sheeler joins us for Part 2 of our Not Trauma-Informed discussion. We take a deep dive into Stirrups are Restraints and scripting around stirrups in childbirth. 🎧️ Part 2 - Episode 28 @pulsecheck.podcast. #laborsupport #childbirtheducation #laborpositions

The Trauma-Informed Birth Nurse Program opens soon! Meet our powerful educators! How many of them have you learned from before?! #traumainformed #traumainformedcare #laboranddeliverynurse #obnurse #labornurse #nurses #birthtrauma

HeHe and Mandy sit down with Dr. Chrissy Sheeler, family practice physician in Canada. She shares some awesome changes in language that you can start making to be more trauma-aware in your care, too. Part 1 - Episode 28 @pulsecheck.podcast #medicallanguage #traumainformedcare

You get to listen in on our conversation with a family practice physician, Dr. Sheeler, as she drops some awesome changes in language to be trauma-aware in your care, too. Listen now! 🎧️ for Part 1 - Episode 28 @pulsecheck.podcast. #medicallanguage #traumainformedcare

This shift in perspective is a story you don’t want to miss. Meet Ima, a new grad and... COVID charge nurse! She’s ready to tell us what happened last year along with troubling realizations about healthcare. Episode 12 @pulsecheck.podcast #covidnurse #nursingstudent