Pet Peeves in Healthcare: Stephanie's Perspective (Austin: 3rd release)

Summary: In this episode of the Critical Care Obstetrics Podcast, hosts Stephanie Martin, Julie Arafey, and Suzanne McMurtry Baird discuss their pet peeves in obstetrics. The conversation covers issues related to documentation, unnecessary interventions on low-risk patients, and the unrealistic expectations placed on nurses to make medical diagnoses. The hosts share their frustrations with electronic medical records (EMR) and advocate for a more streamlined approach to patient care that respects the natural processes of labor and the roles of healthcare professionals. The experts at Clinical Concepts in Obstetrics pool their decades of experience caring for critically ill pregnant women to discuss the challenges encountered in caring for these vulnerable women. Dr Stephanie Martin is the Medical Director for Clinical Concepts in Obstetrics and a Maternal Fetal Medicine specialist with expertise in critical care obstetrics. Suzanne McMurtry Baird, DNP, RN is the Nursing Director for Clinical Concepts in Obstetrics with many years of experience caring for critically ill pregnant women. Julie Arafeh, RN, MS is the Simulation Director for Clinical Concepts in Obstetrics and a leading expert in simulation. Critical Care Obstetrics Academy:

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Pet Peeves in Healthcare: Stephanie's Perspective (Austin: 3rd release) is an episode from The Critical Care Obstetrics Podcast by Clinical Concepts in Obstetrics .

This episode is 27:34 long.

This episode was published on Oct 27, 2025.

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