Nina Williams
Special Delivery by Venita Jenkins and Jennifer Glatt
The Obstetric Rapid Response Team is helping Nina Williams save time and lives. If emergency drills collide with actual emergencies, it may be just another day on the job for Nina Williams. According to her, “the baby determines when it’s coming.� Williams, a nursing lecturer in the College of Health and Human Services and a part-time staff nurse in the labor and delivery unit at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, is familiar with obstetric emergencies. She has delivered babies in the emergency department from mothers in cardiac arrest, or experiencing seizures, stroke or uterine rupture. She has delivered more than her fair share of babies in a hospital parking lot.