Manager of Maternal Child Women's Health, Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center
Owner & Clinical Nurse Expert, Maier Healthcare Consulting
Hillsboro, OR
Darla R. Maier, MN, RNC-OB, NPD-BC, is the Manager of Maternal Child Women’s Health at Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center. With more than three decades of experience in maternal, neonatal, and obstetric care, she earned both her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Nursing from Oregon Health & Science University. Her clinical foundation includes over two decades of dedicated bedside service in labor, delivery, and postpartum care at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center, alongside extensive regional health system leadership as a Perinatal Nursing Education and Practice Specialist at Legacy Health and a Professional Development Specialist at Kaiser Sunnyside Medical Center.
Maier is board-certified in Inpatient Obstetric Nursing and Nursing Professional Development, and serves as an Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) instructor in both Fetal Heart Monitoring and Obstetric Patient Safety. Deeply invested in clinical quality and patient advocacy, she actively serves on the Oregon Perinatal Collaborative and the Kaiser National Perinatal Patient Safety Program. Her instructional background includes nursing faculty appointments at the University of Portland and Concordia University, as well as co-founding the Pacific Perinatal Group to advance nursing continuing education throughout the Pacific Northwest. In recognition of her instructional excellence and clinical impact, she was honored as the March of Dimes Nurse of the Year in Education and Research.
In addition to her clinical administration, Maier is the founder and principal of Maier Healthcare Consulting, drawing on more than a decade of experience as a clinical nurse specialist and expert reviewer in medicolegal cases. As a national speaker, she translates complex clinical scenarios into practical, high-yield lessons that elevate patient safety, combining evidence-based protocols, interactive case discussions, and clinical storytelling.