Danika Denbaugh

Labor, Delivery, Recovery and Postpartum Nurse

MemorialCare Saddleback Medical Center

03.2019 - Current

Provide compassionate care and education to the obstetric patient throughout the antepartum, labor, delivery and postpartum process to ensure safe outcomes and a positive hospital experience.
Care for healthy, term neonates ensuring a safe transition from birth to discharge.
Triage obstetric patients in the obstetrical emergency department to determine if admission is warranted in collaboration with multiple physicians.
Admit patients to the LDRP unit by obtaining physician orders and initiating IV’s, labs, consents and medical screenings.
Manage care for high risk antepartum patients with diagnosis's including preeclampsia, premature rupture of membranes, diabetes, preterm labor and more.
Provide laboring patients with comfort while ensuring safety of mother and fetus through fetal monitoring and continual assessment of mother/baby status.
Collaborate with anesthesiologists and obstetricians to ensure timely care is provide throughout labor and delivery.
Prepare patient for both scheduled and emergent cesarean sections, providing educating throughout to improve patient experience.
Circulate throughout cesarean sections, tubal ligation and cerclage procedures, ensuring coordinated care throughout the surgical period.
Provide attentive post anesthesia care to the surgical patient while caring for the newborn and facilitating mother/baby bonding.
Manage medical emergencies include postpartum hemorrhages, emergency cesarean sections, newborn resuscitation, and acute hypertensive disorders.
Facilitate mother baby bonding throughout the postpartum period by providing education about breastfeeding, circumcision care, and health screenings to thoroughly prepare the couplet for discharge home.
Orient and train newly hired RN's all areas of the LDRP unit, helping to build a competent and collaborative team.