 Enloe Hospital
Information gathered April, 2001 - Thank you Stacey!
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GENERAL |
| Address: |
1531 Esplanade, Chico |
| Main phone #: | (530) 332-7300 |
| L&D phone #: |
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| Directions from a major freeway/street: |
- |
| Parking information (where do you park? are there any parking fees?): | across the street - no fees |
| L&D location (floor, how to get there from parking lot): | first floor
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AMENITIES |
| What kind of rooms? (L&D, LDRP..) | LDR's - labor and delivery rooms on one half of the station, postpartum on the other half
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| Cafeteria hours/what is their food like: |
decent food, unsure of the hours |
| Refreshments available at L&D: (juice? coffee? snacks?) |
Yes - juice/snacks
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| Microwave available? |
Yes
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| TV/VCR/CD available? |
TV only
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| Showers/Tubs/Jacuzzis in rooms? On floor? waterbirth available? |
shower on floor, jacuzzi on floor - no waterbirth
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| Allowed to labor in water after membranes are ruptured? |
yes
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| Telemetry units available? waterproof telemetry? |
No - doppler used in water |
| Birth Balls provided? |
Yes
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| Birthing stools available? |
not sure
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| Does this hospital have a doula program? |
No
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| What level of nursery does it have? |
not sure, but not a high level
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| Can newborn assessments be done bedside? |
Yes
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| Is baby taken to nursery? if so, how soon and for how long? |
not usually.
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| Can both partner and doula attend cesareans? |
No, just partner.
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POLICIES |
| Eating/drinking in labor? |
liquids only
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| Fetal monitoring? |
"minimum"
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| IV/heplock: |
No
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| Walking after rupture of membranes? |
yes
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| Pushing positions: |
most comfortable
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STATISTICS |
| Epidural rate |
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| VBAC rate - |
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| Cesarean rate - |
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| How many births a month/year are done here? |
-
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| Comments from doulas who have attended there: |
"Enloe is very good about respecting the mother/couple's wishes for their birth experience. The nurses are skilled in helping mothers through natural birth as well as assisting them in a medicated delivery. Everyone I have worked with, including most of the physicians/CNM, have been excellent!"
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