Curbside Consulting/Office Hours with Emily Hayes

Emily has been working in women’s services for 23 years at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio. She has recently transitioned into a Director of Nursing with responsibilities for maternity services including the Level III Labor and Delivery unit and NICU, Alongside Midwifery Unit (Family Beginnings Birth Center), Postpartum unit, Antepartum/Perinatal Intensive Care unit, Lactation, and Maternal Fetal Medicine. Prior to this transition she held the Nurse Manager role for Labor and Delivery as well as the AMU for 8 years. She also holds the Vice Chair position on the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers board and has been a member since 2018. It is her passion to help advocate for options in maternity services by sharing the history of Family Beginnings, which has been open for 28 years, and supporting others through their process of starting a similar program.