Debra Grant, RN, BSN, RNC-OB

Registered Nurse (RN) Debra Grant is a mother of four and has been a labor and delivery nurse for 25 years. She has been certified by the National Certification Corporation (NCC) in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing for 22 years.

Debra is also an active member of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), where she has been a member for 2 decades.

Throughout her career, Debra has worked exclusively in obstetrics, regularly serving as charge nurse in fast-paced labor and delivery units. In this role, she oversees unit operations and coordinates patient care, making rapid, informed decisions and leading teams through critical situations including shoulder dystocia, postpartum hemorrhage, and emergency cesarean sections.

Her compassion toward expecting mothers and families is deeply personal. Debra gave birth to two of her four children during nursing school — one each year — and her first delivery resulted in an unplanned cesarean section after a breech presentation was discovered only once she was fully dilated and ready to push. She went on to have three successful VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean) deliveries.

These experiences gave Debra firsthand insight into how quickly circumstances can change in the labor and delivery setting, and how disorienting that can feel for a patient in the moment.

Debra has a particular interest in the role of communication in patient outcomes. She believes that a lack of clear, timely information during labor and delivery can lead to confusion, fear, and long-term misunderstandings about the care a family received — and that strong communication is one of the most powerful tools a labor and delivery team has.

Debra partnered with the Birth Injury Justice Center to medically review and fact-check the website’s content.