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| Hospital name: | Banner Desert Hospital | |||
| Address: | 1400 S Dobson Rd MESA AZ 85202-4707 | |||
| Main phone #: | (480) 512-3000 | |||
| L&D phone #: | - | |||
| Directions from a major freeway/street: | - | |||
| Parking information (where do you park? are there any parking fees?): | open free parking…several lots. Maternity entrance visible from parking lot. | |||
| L&D location (floor, how to get there from parking lot): | 1st floor immediately inside Women's Center doors on the right. | |||
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| What kind of rooms? (L&D, LDRP..) | 26 rooms - all LDR..."sleepers" (chairs that make into beds) available for dads. Some rooms are "older rooms"..and some are "newer rooms". VAST difference between them. Older rooms are much much smaller than the newer rooms...and moms do not get a choice as to which room they get. It's first come first serve. All moms entering the hospital in labor are "triaged"...which means put into a triage room first for assessment before admitting into a LDR room. No limit put on number of people allowed in the triage room with mom. | |||
| Cafeteria hours/what is their food like: | - | |||
| Refreshments available at L&D: (juice? coffee? snacks?) | juice, soda, coffee, crackers, bread, peanut butter, sandwiches, fruit, yogurt, cereal, hot chocolate. | |||
| Microwave available? | yes | |||
| TV/VCR/CD available? | TVs in every room. | |||
| Showers/Tubs/Jacuzzis in rooms? On floor? waterbirth available? | Tubs in some rooms (the older rooms - tubs are small), hand held massage showerheads in new rooms. | |||
| Telemetry units available? waterproof telemetry? | No | |||
| Birth Balls provided? | Yes | |||
| Birthing stools available? | No | |||
| Does this hospital have a doula program? | No | |||
| What level of nursery does it have? | Level 3 | |||
| Can newborn assessments be done bedside? | Yes…all are done bedside unless there is a difficulty with the baby, including bath. | |||
| Is baby taken to nursery? if so, how soon and for how long? | Only if patient requests, or if pediatrician requests. | |||
| Can both partner and doula attend cesareans? | No - only one person | |||
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| Eating/drinking in labor? | Per physicians orders | |||
| Fetal monitoring? | 20 minutes every hour standard - continuous for inductions, medications, and VBACs. | |||
| IV/heplock: | Per physicians order | |||
| Walking after rupture of membranes? | Per physicians order | |||
| Pushing positions: | Squat bars available...even with an epidural if patient can demonstrate good leg control. (safety is always of first consideration before allowing a positional choice) | |||
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| Epidural rate | Unknown...anesthesiologist always available. | |||
| VBAC rate - | ? | |||
| Cesarean rate - | 2004 = 30.3% | |||
| How many births a month/year are done here? | 7832 births were done in 2004, average is close to 700 births a month. | |||
MISC- | L&D has an atrium with water features for the "holistic healing properties"...but it is enclosed and laboring moms aren't allowed to go in there and it's not used for that purpose. It is glassed off and air conditioned and is just for hallway "mood". | |||
| COMMENTS FROM DOULAS WHO HAVE ATTENDED THERE- |
"Last time I was at Desert they were down to one birth ball ! Take
your own too."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A very very busy hospital...which means that you might not get as much personal attention as you would in some smaller hospitals. Very fast paced." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "LARGE rooms! Beautiful rooms! But some of the nurses are a bit abrupt and less personal than some of my moms would like to see." - 2001 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I had an excellent experience there. The first nurse in the traige room seemed very insensitive to my clients needs and was very abrupt, but just when I was worried that my client, who expressed that she didn't like her, was going to request another nurse, a cesarean was found to be necessary. Our new nurse was incredibly empathetic, kind, and gentle...everything you want in a nurse. The anesthesiologist was professional...although not as personable as he could have been. When my client expressed her desire to take her placenta home, the anesthesiologist seemed thrown for a loop...and said something about he thought it was against OSHA rules or some such (which isn't true). The doctor, Dr Eric Hazelrigg, was fan-tastic!!! He was VERY sensitive...open....friendly. He not only allowed mom to have both her husband and her doula in the OR with her, but he even allowed photographs of the surgery...and even allowed it to be video taped!! He was obviously a man with great skill and was confident in his abilities. I would recommend this care provider to anyone in the east phoenix area who is looking for a skilled care provider. Dr Hazelrigg helped make my clients experience, which could have been terrifying, a much better experience." - 2001 | |||
 These photos show a standard "newer" room at Desert Samaritan Hospital. Older rooms are MUCH smaller. |
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A typical bathroom in a newer room: very large shower |
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Another angle of the bathroom to show the size. |
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Banner Desert Hospital