Best People

Developing and retaining the best care providers and support staff for our community. Assisting our providers and staff in achieving their career and academic goals. Fostering a collaborative and mutually supportive environment between our staff, our clients and the public. Working to enrich the Tampa Bay birth community by supporting mentoring opportunities for doulas, aspiring birth professionals, and student midwives.


Best Practices

Following evidence-based practice guidelines. Adopting best practice in all areas of our care. Having a standard of care that is in line with the most current research. Being open to learning and change in the clinical setting. Having periodic, constructive case reviews with staff and other licensed midwives to ensure best practices. Holding monthly staff meetings to promote consistency in care. Hosting quarterly skills training to maintain advanced skills and promote competence in care.


Respect For The Individual

Valuing diversity and fostering a trusting, open and inclusive environment. Treating each person in a manner that promotes mutual respect, compassion and understanding. Being culturally relative. Meeting people where they are and supporting individualized care. Entrusting our clients with the decisions and choices present during their care.


Integrity

Being ethically unyielding. Inspiring trust by matching our behaviors to our words and by taking responsibility for our actions and outcomes. Respecting confidentiality and firmly adhering to privacy guidelines. Acting as a conduit of cultural growth by supporting and promoting collaboration and respectful relationships among local licensed midwives, nurse midwives, physicians and other medical and birth professionals.