Karen Soppe is a labor and delivery nurse at Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa. On a regular basis she deals with women who are in some of the worst pain they have ever experienced in their lives and yet still have a wonderful outcome by having a baby. This can be very stressful at times because everyone deals with pain differently. Soppe explained that, “some are very quiet and say nothing, some scream and are very restless”. Helping women cope and get through this difficult time is essential. Occasionally because of external fetal monitoring, nurses may see the infant 's go into distress. Which means nurses have to make fast decisions and act quickly to save mothers and their babies. Emotional support is very important, as every pregnant women in labor thinks they can not make it through labor and delivery. In addition, Soppe stated that “labor can be very strenuous on the nurse because they hold the mother 's heavy legs and they do lots of heavy lifting”. Many nurses end up with back injuries due to this situation. The stress from labor can take an emotional toll on a labor and delivery nurses as well.
Soppe had shared that there had been approximately 780 births in the year of …show more content…
Smoking while pregnant, along with secondhand smoke during pregnancy increases the chance for prematurity, miscarriage, low birth weight, and Intrauterine growth retardation. It also increases the risk for birth defects and the risk of sudden infant death. Infant death is devastating for parents. They go through the grieving process just like with any loss. Soppe stated that “touching and holding the infant helps parents cope and sometimes getting into a grief support group to discuss the loss with others that have experienced the same can help grieving parents”. This is an important step for families to do after infant deaths because it is important for them to talk to other families who understand similar
Soppe had shared that there had been approximately 780 births in the year of …show more content…
Smoking while pregnant, along with secondhand smoke during pregnancy increases the chance for prematurity, miscarriage, low birth weight, and Intrauterine growth retardation. It also increases the risk for birth defects and the risk of sudden infant death. Infant death is devastating for parents. They go through the grieving process just like with any loss. Soppe stated that “touching and holding the infant helps parents cope and sometimes getting into a grief support group to discuss the loss with others that have experienced the same can help grieving parents”. This is an important step for families to do after infant deaths because it is important for them to talk to other families who understand similar