Berlin Hospital Obstetrics Team Shines
17 June 2018 News
Babies are born at ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin regularly, and that’s nothing new. Since the hospital opened in 1911, delivering babies has been one of its primary functions as a community hospital.
The leaders of the ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin obstetrics team, Pam Mork and Trina Hernandez, bring more than 40 years of experience delivering babies. Mork, now director of nursing, was an obstetrics (OB) nurse in Berlin for 32 years, and Hernandez, now the hospital’s inpatient manager, was an OB nurse there for 10 years.
Today, Mork and Hernandez oversee a staff of 14 OB nurses and work with the nine medical providers who deliver babies in Berlin. Those nine providers include eight family practice physicians and one certified nurse midwife. Three of those providers also are trained to perform Caesarian sections (C-sections).
“We are a community hospital, and our community takes great pride in having a hospital here. They want us to be here when they need us, whether it’s for a birth, an end-of-life event, or emergency that needs immediate care,” Mork said. “Having an OB department is vital to being a full-service hospital.”
The providers delivering babies at ThedaCare Medical Center-Berlin include: Craig Batley, DO; David Budde, DO; Cynthia Fisher DO; Kirsten Grove, DO; and Abigail Puglisi, DO; all of whom have offices in Berlin, along with nurse midwife Shelly Weisheipl, CNM. Other providers include Jared Kohlenberg, DO, who practices in Green Lake; Joseph Longo DO, who practices in Ripon; and Timothy Roberts, MD, who practices in Wautoma.
“Having providers in these various communities allows our patients to schedule their routine pre-natal visits closer to home, and then deliver closer to home, here, too,” Mork said. She noted a benefit of doctoring with family practice physicians is that they often treat the entire family, from newborns to grandparents, providing a great continuity of family care as they are aware of the entire family’s medical history.
“Because we are a small hospital, we can adjust the plan of care to what the patient wants, while maintaining safety and quality,” Hernandez said. For that reason, each shift is staffed with two registered nurses trained in the latest obstetrics practices. “Our staffing pattern allows us to give each mom and newborn more personalized care. The same nurse who assisted with a mom’s delivery will take care of her newborn and follow mom’s recovery. Our goal is to give personalized care to the patient, her newborn, and the entire family. Everything happens in the OB unit,” Hernandez added.
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