Pet Peeves in Healthcare: Suzanne's Perspective

In this episode of the Critical Care Obstetrics Podcast, hosts Stephanie Martin, Julie Arafeh, and Suzanne McMurtry Baird discuss Suzanne's 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. Suzanne shares her frustrations with electronic medical records (EMR) and advocates 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: Suzanne's Perspective is an episode from The Critical Care Obstetrics Podcast by Clinical Concepts in Obstetrics .

This episode is 31:01 long.

This episode was published on Oct 13, 2025.

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