Saint Joseph Mount Sterling Maternity Care Focuses on New Moms

An Experienced Team

When Roberta Butler, RN, MSN, gave birth to her daughter Julia 39 years ago, she remembers how unprepared she felt.

“Literally, they handed the baby to me and turned around and walked out,” she said.

Butler has been a nurse in the labor and delivery unit for 27 years, beginning her career at Mary Chiles Hospital and continuing through the years at Saint Joseph Mount Sterling. A lot has changed since those early days.

“There are a lot of resources out there that we can utilize that help moms be more successful and go home and not feel like they don’t know what in the world is going on,” she said.

Butler is one of six nurses in labor and delivery at Saint Joseph Mount Sterling with more than 20 years of experience. Gather a few together and you often have more than a century of experience in care for moms and babies.

“You’re not going to find that at any other hospital … no where else has that,” Butler said.