Melissa Gillen Sitzer, MSN-Ed, RNC-MNN

Research Focus

Postpartum Hemorrhage
    * Quantifying blood loss versus estimated blood loss
    * Patient Safety
Obstetric Practices
    * Third-world maternal-newborn practices
    * Prenatal health promotion
    * World morbidity and mortality rates versus same rates in the United States
Patient Safety
    * Updated policies & procedures on obstertical units
    * Decreasing maternal moertality rates in the United States
    * Decreasing number of cesarean section rates in the United States
New Nurse Graduate Residency Programs
    * Specialty unit-specific education training 
    * Increase knowledge assitance for emergencies
Generating Cultural Competency in Maternal-Child Nursing