Mikalea Guenette
October 2025
Mikalea
Guenette
,
RN
OB
Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital
Elko
,
NV
United States
She provided the highest standard of care we could have received and made me feel so strong and confident in the most vulnerable moment a woman can experience.
Kalea is a truly special nurse who is dedicated to her role as an RN and fully embodies the values of the nursing profession.
Being almost a week past my due date, I came into L&D in labor. I was so ready to meet our baby and so excited that it was happening while our family was still in town. Unfortunately, my labor stalled, and I wasn’t progressing enough to stay in the hospital without being induced. I was committed to a natural labor, and Kaela fully supported this by going above and beyond, getting me into the best and most comfortable positions, offering words of affirmation, and encouraging my rest.
My labor didn’t pick back up, and I was discharged home. I felt extremely defeated and discouraged, but Kaela met me with the perfect energy and exactly the words I needed in that moment. She made me feel seen, heard, and reassured. She told me to go get some good food, watch a movie with my family, and trust my body. I was so relieved to have a nurse who was knowledgeable and passionate about an unmedicated birth with minimal interventions. We even joked that the baby would have to come when she was on shift, because it was meant to be. We just clicked!
I did everything she encouraged me to do, and, thankfully, that night I went into active labor. When I returned to L&D, Kaela was in the room, ready to be my nurse again! The way she shared in my excitement and fully accepted my labor and birth plans with no judgment was such a weight off my shoulders.
Kaela stayed extremely involved throughout my almost 3-hour labor. She provided counter pressure through countless contractions, encouraged me constantly, taught my partner and mom how to support me, and allowed me the freedom to birth how I wanted, even when it made her job a little trickier. My baby didn’t give us time to get an OB provider into the room and had a very tight nuchal cord. Kaela caught the baby, managed the cord, and got the extra staff support needed, all while keeping me safe, keeping me informed, cleaning me up, and maintaining complete calm.
She provided the highest standard of care we could have received and made me feel so strong and confident in the most vulnerable moment a woman can experience. My birth story is one that I prayed for, and Kaela was such a huge part of that. She is truly an extraordinary nurse, and I know she inspires her fellow nurses on every shift she works.
Being almost a week past my due date, I came into L&D in labor. I was so ready to meet our baby and so excited that it was happening while our family was still in town. Unfortunately, my labor stalled, and I wasn’t progressing enough to stay in the hospital without being induced. I was committed to a natural labor, and Kaela fully supported this by going above and beyond, getting me into the best and most comfortable positions, offering words of affirmation, and encouraging my rest.
My labor didn’t pick back up, and I was discharged home. I felt extremely defeated and discouraged, but Kaela met me with the perfect energy and exactly the words I needed in that moment. She made me feel seen, heard, and reassured. She told me to go get some good food, watch a movie with my family, and trust my body. I was so relieved to have a nurse who was knowledgeable and passionate about an unmedicated birth with minimal interventions. We even joked that the baby would have to come when she was on shift, because it was meant to be. We just clicked!
I did everything she encouraged me to do, and, thankfully, that night I went into active labor. When I returned to L&D, Kaela was in the room, ready to be my nurse again! The way she shared in my excitement and fully accepted my labor and birth plans with no judgment was such a weight off my shoulders.
Kaela stayed extremely involved throughout my almost 3-hour labor. She provided counter pressure through countless contractions, encouraged me constantly, taught my partner and mom how to support me, and allowed me the freedom to birth how I wanted, even when it made her job a little trickier. My baby didn’t give us time to get an OB provider into the room and had a very tight nuchal cord. Kaela caught the baby, managed the cord, and got the extra staff support needed, all while keeping me safe, keeping me informed, cleaning me up, and maintaining complete calm.
She provided the highest standard of care we could have received and made me feel so strong and confident in the most vulnerable moment a woman can experience. My birth story is one that I prayed for, and Kaela was such a huge part of that. She is truly an extraordinary nurse, and I know she inspires her fellow nurses on every shift she works.