Laura speaks with March of Dimes' Director of Maternal & Infant Health Initiatives in Northwest Texas at March of Dimes Lisa Dillard and TikTok nurse influencer and labor and delivery nurse Jen Hamilton about the cost of gaps in maternal health care, from maternity care deserts to misinformation and systemic inequities. How can nurses work to combat the life or death risks that this vulnerable patient population is faced with?

Resources:

The Texas Collaborative for Healthy Mothers and Babies (TCHMB) annual summit, Feb. 12.

https://tcmhcc.utsystem.edu/perinatal-psychiatry-access-network-peripan/

https://www.awhonn.org/nurse-resources/neonatal-and-newborn-care-resources/

https://www.acog.org/womens-health/pregnancy