CRITICAL CARE OBSTETRICS - EXPERTS ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION

A panel of leading experts in critical care obstetric (CCOB) nursing m et to discuss the specialty and its future, the impact of changes in t he health care system, educational opportunities to learn and update C COB nursing, formation and use of standards for the specialty, patient placement (dedicated obstetric intensive care units [OB ICU], labor a nd delivery intensive care units [L and D ICU], regular intensive care units [ICU]), patient populations, and interactions and working relat ionships with the physicians who care for CCOB patients (perinatologis ts, obstetricians, internists, obstetric medicine specialists, anesthe siologists, other subspecialists). The topics for discussion were chos en by Carol J. Harvey, RNC, MS, who acted as moderator and Mary Ellen Burke, RN, MS, coordinated the publication of the discussion. The pane l consisted of: Dorothy A. Austin, CNM, MS; Robin Bashore, RNC, MS; Ma ry Ellen Burke, RN, MS; Janie Daddario, RN, MS; Karen Dorman, RN, MS; Carol J. Harvey, RNC, MS; Melissa C. Sisson, RN, MN; and Nan H. Troian o, RN, MSN.