Maternal Health and OB Transport: Oh baby! (Heather Scruton)

In this podcast episode we want to introduce you to our BCEN Friend Heather Scruton. Heather is a transport nurse who graduated from the University of Kansas with her nursing degree in 1997 and went back for her master’s degree in nursing and business administration from the University of Mary in 2014. She has over 25 years of experience with high-risk obstetric patients. Heather currently serves as the Director of Outreach for the Critical Care Transport Team at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City. Her transport team completes approximately 6000 transports a year, specializing in neonatal, pediatric, maternal and OB services. Heather has spoken nationally on the topics of fetal medicine, innovative program design and implementation, communication in health care and maternal fetal transport. She Is an advocate with the federal lawmakers, educating lawmakers on the topics of FMLA, the opioid epidemic response and rising national maternal mortality rates. Heather serves on the Kansas Maternal Mortality Review Board and the Legislative Coordinator for the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. Come along as Michael Dexter and Hollye Briggs talk with Heather about her passion for maternal/fetal transport and improving communication with each other. It’s going to be a wild conversational ride! This episode is called, “Maternal Health and OB Transport: Oh baby!” Heather Scruton can be reached through Facebook @HeatherScruton and on @ChildrensMercyOutreach-Education and Activities page.