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During National Nurses Week, we’re recognizing the nurses who bring skill, compassion, and steady support to families during some of the hardest moments of their lives.
At the Birth Injury Justice Center, we want to give a special thank you to the registered nurses on our team who support families after difficult deliveries and possible birth injuries.
Most parents who contact us are scared or overwhelmed. Some families know their baby was injured, and others are left replaying what happened and wondering why things didn’t go as expected.
Our labor and delivery RNs, Beth Carter, Kristin Proctor, and Andi Lowe, help families talk through their concerns with compassion, patience, and real clinical experience. Our medical reviewer, Katie Lavender, helps keep the information we provide accurate, clear, and trustworthy.
How Labor and Delivery RNs Help After Birth Injuries
Labor and delivery nurses understand how quickly problems can arise during pregnancy and birth. Their training helps them recognize warning signs, review key medical details, and explain what may have happened in plain language.
They can help identify details that may point to medical negligence, like delayed care, poor monitoring, or failure to respond when a baby is in distress.
Each of our nurses brings more than 20 years of hands-on experience helping mothers and babies through high-risk and difficult births.
“We’re here to listen without judgment — you can tell us anything and everything about what happened.”
– Beth Carter BSN, RN, LNCC
If your family may have a case, our nurses can connect you with trusted legal help with no cost or obligation. Our skilled birth injury lawyers can explain whether your family may qualify for lawsuit compensation.
For some families, that results in multimillion-dollar payouts that can set their child up for the best possible future. Connect with one of our nurses now — it’s always free to talk with our team.
Our Labor Delivery Nurse Team
When families contact the Birth Injury Justice Center, they can speak directly with one of our nurses below. Their role is to listen, understand the concerns, and help parents take the next step with clearer information.
Beth Carter BSN, RN, LNCC
Beth Carter is a registered nurse, Legal Nurse Consultant Certified, and a NICU mom whose son was born at 29 weeks and spent 44 days in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Her labor and delivery background helps her understand frightening birth situations from both sides: as a nurse and as a parent.
As a legal nurse consultant, Beth is trained to review what happened, ask the right questions, and identify possible medical malpractice, including delayed care, poor monitoring, and injuries during assisted delivery.
“Vacuum and forceps deliveries have safety rules. You should not keep trying when the vacuum isn’t working, and you should not move from vacuum to forceps instead of recognizing when a C-section may be needed.”
– Beth Carter BSN, RN, LNCC
Kristin Proctor BSN, RNC-OB
Kristin Proctor is a registered nurse with more than 20 years of experience and a national certification in inpatient obstetric nursing. She has cared for families before, during, and after birth, and began her career in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps.
Kristin also has a personal connection to this work: her niece has cerebral palsy (CP). That experience helps her understand how overwhelming a birth-related injury can be for a family and why clear, reassuring support matters.
With consistent care and surgery, Kristin’s niece went from using a wheelchair to walking steadily and now lives on her own. However, that kind of care is expensive, sometimes costing more than $1 million over a lifetime.
Lawsuit compensation in CP cases averages over $2.5 million, and a skilled birth injury attorney can fight for the maximum amount available.
“We have attorneys across the country who can help your family seek justice and compensation to cover lifelong treatment costs.”
– Kristin Proctor BSN, RNC-OB
Andi Lowe, DNP, RNC-OB, C-EFM, NE-BC, C-ONQS
Andi Lowe is a registered nurse with more than 20 years of experience in obstetrical nursing. She holds a Doctor of Nursing Practice and multiple certifications in inpatient obstetric nursing, nurse leadership, and obstetrical and neonatal quality and safety.
As a certified fetal monitoring instructor, Andi teaches clinicians how to recognize and respond to signs of fetal distress before a baby is harmed.
Missed or delayed action can lead to serious outcomes, including:
- Birth asphyxia
- Brain damage
- Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)
- Stillbirth (intrauterine fetal demise or IUFD)
Andi’s background helps families understand how fetal monitoring concerns, delayed intervention, and poor communication may contribute to preventable birth injuries.
Meet Our Medical Review Nurse and Birth Injury Specialist
Families need information they can trust. Our medical review nurse helps make sure our birth injury resources are accurate and written with families in mind.
Katie Lavender, RN
Katie Lavender is a registered nurse with more than 10 years of experience in postpartum mother/baby care. She also has hands-on labor and delivery experience, including newborn delivery nursing and caring for high-risk or unstable newborns.
Katie helps make sure the Birth Injury Justice Center’s information is medically accurate, clear, and trustworthy for families. She also writes blogs that help parents understand possible warning signs and risks.
Here are 2 of Katie’s most popular blogs:
Katie is also a DAISY Award recipient for nursing excellence and a strong advocate for patient education. Her work helps families access reliable information as they try to understand what may have happened to their baby.
Connect With Our Labor and Delivery Nurses Now
During National Nurses Week, we are grateful for all nurses who show up for patients and families during moments that can change their lives forever.
We also want to give a special thank you to the nurses on our team. The Birth Injury Justice Center is proud to work with such an experienced, compassionate group of registered nurses.
Our exceptional team of labor and delivery nurses helps families feel heard, ask the right questions, and better understand what may have happened after a difficult birth.
If you have questions about a possible birth injury, you do not have to sort through them alone. Call us right now at (800) 914-1562 or get a free case review to connect with one of our experienced nurses.
