"Hospitals don't often let you get much sleep, especially if you've just had a baby. In addition to feedings, there are meal deliveries, lactation consultants, vital sign checks, blood draws and newborn testing. "Unless we completely change how postpartum care is being offered in the hospital, you're being interrupted a lot," says Jamie O'Day. Co-founder of a parenting support company, O'Day spent years working in Boston hospitals as a labor and delivery nurse."
"The new father followed O'Day's instruction to talk to the nurse and ask to put a sign on the door. "He went out to the nurse's station, and before he could get the full sentence out of his mouth, the nurse is like, 'No problem. I got you,'" she says. "Oftentimes nurses will offer it. They'll just be like, 'Hey, I'll just put a sign on the door for you, and everybody will have to come through me.'" Your nurse can act as your "gatekeeper" to "bundle your care," she explains. So for example, the nurse can take note of when your doctor will visit and attempt to have all the testing and check-ups completed within a 30 to 40 minute window "instead of somebody knocking on your door every hour for the next four hours.""
Hospitals frequently interrupt postpartum patients with feedings, meal deliveries, lactation consultations, vital-sign checks, blood draws and newborn testing. A visible "do not disturb" sign on the door can reduce interruptions and help parents rest after birth. Nurses can act as gatekeepers who bundle care by coordinating doctor visits, tests and check-ups into a consolidated 30–40 minute window. Families can request that the nurse place a sign and coordinate timing to limit the number of separate room entries. Nurses commonly accept this role and sometimes proactively offer to manage who may enter the room.
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