December 2021
Robin
Ozaki
,
BSN, RNC
Family Birth Center
Skagit Regional Health, Skagit Valley Hospital
Mount Vernon
,
WA
United States
It is nurses like Robin who bring their gifts to the women of our community in order to help them heal.
Robin has been working diligently for the last 2+ years on a perinatal loss community burial program in order to support those patients that have miscarriage less than 20 weeks. She has reached out to other organizations for their program details, protocols, etc. she has attended conferences and has talked with many professionals that have knowledge about these programs Nationwide. A community burial program is a group burial provided for fetal demise/death of babies less than 20 weeks gestation. 25% of pregnancies end in a loss approximately 75% of women with an early pregnancy loss felt they lost a baby. She has on her own talked with several local funeral homes and found a partner with Kern's Funeral Home in Mt Vernon and Mount Vernon Cemetery. Robin is implementing a practice of respectful disposition and providing a transparent answer to the patients who ask "where does my baby's body go after I get discharged home?” Robin is currently working with a non-profit group to secure funding for this program. Robin's passion for these women and their families is brilliant. She has shared her vision with the FBC staff and with the providers as well and has their support. It is nurses like Robin who bring their gifts to the women of our community in order to help them heal. This "birth" should be celebrated and Robin is making sure that this organization will do just that!