Kaiser Speak
This state organization aims to improve maternal and infant health outcomes, including OB hemorrhage and hypertension.
What is CMQCC (California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative)?
Drawing from traditional midwifery practices and Spinning Babies these three midwives helped to create the Midwife 5 s's.
Who is Sara Flores, Sarah Kelly and Doris Untalan?
This information center is monitored multiple times a day and is used to respond to staff and patient queries.
What is the in-basket?
This non pharmacological tool is a precursor to labor for many and is evidence based to be effective in as little as 6 hours and can reduce overall labor by 6 hours
What is the cervical ripening balloon?
Characterized by greater than 20 hours of irregular, painful contractions with no cervical change, low back pain and a baby that is typically unengaged and malpositioned can often be improved with the Three Balances and pain relief.
What is prodromal labor?
This communication technique is used in a healthcare setting to voice your uneasiness during a clinical situation.
What is CUS (I'm CONCERNED, UNCOMFORTABLE, or this is a SAFETY issue)
An expert clinician, the 3rd midwife Chief, world traveler and outpatient queen who instantaneously responds to texts/emails at all hours of the day is known to her 9 grandchildren by this name.
Who is Mema Doris?
An information locale for labor management protocol and policies where you and a colleague can discuss care plans to address clinical questions.
What is the campfire or fireside chat?
Faster titration of this regiment is associated with shorter labor and less frequent cases of chorioamnionitis than slower titration.
What is high dose Pitocin regimen (4mu/min increased by 4mu/min in 30 mins)?
This early labor technique is one of the most effective for engaging the baby in the pelvis and through the pelvic brim.
What is abdominal lift and tuck?
This is an effective and concise communication technique to organize your thoughts and convey a clinical picture.
What is SBAR (Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation)?
This SLN midwife has been a part of the practice for 31 years. She is a part time goat herder, jail NP and a mom of two. She previously had a short stint in this branch of the military.
What is the United States Air Force?
This 1:1 meeting can occur anywhere that is semi private and is used to connect and share concerns about patient care or management plan.
What is a huddle?
This induction or labor management tool can be used to treat slow labor progress, may improve the FHR variability, regulate the uterine contraction pattern and help the fetus rotate and descend in the pelvis.
What is Side lying release?
Aligning the shoulders, hips, and knees, this position encourages fetal descent below the pubic symphysis.
What is the seahorse position on the peanut ball?
This committee aims to prevent identified causes of perinatal events in the clinical setting. This project was originally tested at 4 NCal Kaiser sites and was so successful that it was adopted Kaiser wide and recommended nationally to all Kaiser sites.
What is PPSP ? (Perinatal Patient Safety Project)
This expert midwife is a world traveler, plays the sitar and was the 2nd Chief of our CNM service.
Who is Sylvia Berman?
A strategy used to communicate important or critical information to team members simultaneously.
What is a a Call-Out?
This reduces the time to delivery by 5 hours and does NOT increase the risk of Cesarean delivery, chorioamnionitis or adverse perinatal outcomes.
What is early AROM?
This maneuver may be effective in as little as 45 seconds. It releases the sometimes tight ligaments connecting the posterior cervix to the sacrum and allows fetal descent and frees the cervix to move anteriorly.
What is the Forward Leaning Inversion?
The triage RN calls you regarding a CAT 2 FHR tracing for a term, multip, normotensive, afebrile who is breathing through her contractions that are 2 mins apart. You have 15 mins to evaluate the patient according to our triage process.
What is MFTI 2?
(Maternal Fetal Triage Index)
Inaugural midwife who trailblazed the Kaiser Hayward midwifery practice was also the first Chief midwife.
Who is Susan Snydal?
With the penguin as their mascot, this practice to increase patient safety focuses on Communication, Team Leadership, Situation Monitoring and Mutual Support.
What are TeamSTEPPS?
Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Patient Safety
This medication peaks in 30 mins then rapidly declines in 2 hrs. This is given with the goal being less tachysystole and less delays in dosing.
What is 25mcg oral misoprostol?
This manuever is a last ditch effort to promote vaginal birth after the 3 balances when the baby is unengaged.
What is Walcher's Technique?