FARMINGTON — Natasha Foster, RN, BSN, CBE, has been appointed staff nurse on the Maternal/Child Health Unit at Franklin Memorial Hospital and will additionally teach the organization’s childbirth education classes for expectant parents.

Foster received her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2007 from Husson University. She has nine years of extensive nursing experience. Most recently, Foster had held a similar position at Redington-Fairview General Hospital in Skowhegan for six years.

According to Foster, the childbirth education classes take place for three evenings, and will give participants a better understanding of the labor process and will provide tools to cope with discomfort.