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birthing room

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birthing room
n.
An area of a hospital or outpatient medical facility equipped for labor, delivery, and recovery and designed as a homelike environment.

Birthing Room
A hospital room designed to attend to the needs of a woman expected to have uncomplicated vaginal L&D and recovery

room [ro̳m]
a place in a building enclosed and set apart for occupancy or for the performance of certain procedures.
birthing room a hospital room that is utilized for labor and delivery. It is decorated in a homelike, comfortable fashion and contains a specially equipped bed that can be adjusted for delivery. Specialized equipment is often concealed.
emergency room popular term for emergency department.
labor, delivery, recovery room a birthing room or suite so equipped that a patient can remain in the same room throughout the birthing experience.
labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum room a birthing room or suite so equipped that a patient can remain in the same room throughout the birthing experience and into the postpartum period.
operating room one especially equipped for the performance of surgical operations.

birthing room
Obstetrics A hospital room designed to attend to the “creature comfort” needs of woman expected to have an uncomplicated vaginal L&D and recovery Stuff in BR Room for family & friends, Martha Stewartoid decor, TV, magazines Pros Homey, happy customers Cons Can't sterilize, unsafe, not amenable to emergent care. See Alternate birthing center.


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Two small rooms on either side of the back staircase were servants' quarters, while a birthing room and a pantry stood just below them on the first floor.
The project involved a complete interior renovation of the 7,000 s/f maternity unit, which includes approximately 22 patients rooms, four birthing rooms, two nurses' stations, a nursery and a family waiting area, said Robert J.
The stand-alone midwife unit replaced the former ward 14 and is made-up of six ensuite birthing rooms, two of which have birthing pools.
 
 
 
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