SCVMC has a renowned Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

L&D staff scrub, circulate and recover these patients. SCVMC has a cesarean section rate of 18-19%. Newborns remain with their mother during the recovery, but most of the assessments and administration of medication is done by the Mother-Infant Care Center staff. Mothers labor, deliver, and recover in the same room. All RN staff have ACLS and NRP certification. This staffing level allows each nurse to care for 1-2 patients, following AWHONN/ACOG guidelines. The unit also has a Nurse Coordinator and a storekeeper. Each shift has an Assistant Nurse Manager. L&D staffing for each shift consist of 12 to 13 RNs, 1 OBT, 2 to 3 USA (clean rooms, transport patients and equipment) and 1-2 clerks. L&D has 14 labor, delivery and recovery rooms as well as a four-bed triage area to evaluate patients in early labor.

The Labor and Delivery (L&D) Unit delivers between 450 and 550 babies a month, making it one of the busiest L&Ds in the state.

Each year our Labor & Delivery Department welcomes over 5,000 children into the world, making us the largest academic birth center in the state.

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