Baptist Health Paducah names new mother and baby director

Tawni Price, BSN, MHA, RN, has been named director of the Mother and Baby department at Baptist Health Paducah.

Price recently held a leadership position for the Department of Women’s Services at Fort Campbell, overseeing daily operations for 24 physicians and midwives. She also was involved with emergency equipment readiness, safety and various regulatory standards.

She is a graduate of Arkansas State University and the University of Phoenix, completing her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2010 and her master’s degree in health administration in 2013.

Baptist is known as the region’s baby hospital, delivering four times more babies than any other area hospital and offering the region’s only Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Baptist has been named by WomenCertified® among America’s Best Hospitals for Obstetrics.