Labor Support for Intended Vaginal Birth he purpose of this Guideline is to provide evidence-based clinical practice recommendations to support individualized labor based on the best available evidence. The goal…
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Nursing Care of Childbearing Families After Previous Perinatal Loss Nurses who care for childbearing families facilitate the family’s adaptation to the arrival of a newborn through assessment of physical, emotional,…
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Perinatal Care for Individuals With a History of Sexual Trauma Many women and individuals assigned female at birth experience sexual assault or abuse in their lives leading to sexual trauma….
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Use of Scheduled Nonopioid Analgesia to Decrease Inpatient Opioid Consumption After Scheduled Cesarean Birth Objective To compare opioid use and pain scores in women who had scheduled cesarean birth before…
Antiracism in Action: Deconstructing the Role of Child Protective Services in Pediatrics LaShyra T. Nolen, BS Pediatrics Advance Publication October 2022. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-059218…
Infants Born Following SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Pregnancy To evaluate outcomes of neonates born to mothers with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection during pregnancy, the dynamics of placental…
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Risk Factors for Suffocation and Unexplained Causes of Infant Deaths BACKGROUND: Observational studies have improved our understanding of the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome, but separate examination of…
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Buprenorphine better for neonates than methadone A study published in New England Journal of Medicine found that buprenorphine use in pregnancy was associated with a lower risk of adverse neonatal…
The natural pattern of birth timing and gestational age in the U.S. compared to England, and the Netherlands Abstract Objective To examine cross-national differences in gestational age over time in…
Registration for the April OPQIC Quarterly Meeting is now available at https://opqic1dev.wpengine.com/register/. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom on April 18th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. An agenda…
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Buprenorphine better for neonates than methadone A study published in New England Journal of Medicine found that buprenorphine use in pregnancy was associated with a lower risk of adverse neonatal…
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Pregnancy-Associated Homicide and Suicide OBJECTIVE: To analyze differences in the demographic and social factors associated with pregnancy-associated violent deaths due to homicide compared with suicide by pregnancy timing. METHODS: This…
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Alternative to intensive management of the active phase of the second stage of labor: a multicenter randomized trial (Phase Active du Second STade trial) among nulliparous women with an epidural…
Clinical Opinion: Toward the elimination of race-based medicine: replace race with racism as preeclampsia risk factor Pregnancy-related morbidity and mortality continue to disproportionately affect birthing people who identify as Black….
Effect of long-duration oxygen vs room air during labor on umbilical cord venous partial pressure of oxygen: a randomized controlled trial Background There are limited data to guide the duration…
Expert Review: Impact of cannabinoids on pregnancy, reproductive health, and offspring outcomes Cannabis is the most commonly used federally illegal drug in the United States and the world, especially among…
Fetal heart rate tracings associated with eclamptic seizures Background Although there is a well-known association between fetal bradycardia and maternal eclampsia, the characteristics of fetal heart rate tracings after…
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Special Report: Racism and perinatal health inequities research: where we have been and where we should go For more than a century, substantial racial and ethnic inequities in perinatal health…
Maternal pregnancy outcomes in women with cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis Objective This study aimed to systematically assess the impact of cardiomyopathy on maternal pregnancy outcomes. Data Sources PubMed,…
Please see the available on-demand webinars from AWHONN. Click on the titles below for the link. Second Victim: The Perinatal Nurse after an Adverse Event Webinar Second victim situations may…
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Labor Support for Intended Vaginal Birth The purpose of this Guideline is to provide evidence-based clinical practice recommendations to support individualized labor based on the best available evidence. The goal…
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Newborn Screening The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) supports national core standards for newborn screening (NBS) programs. Federal oversight is necessary to guarantee that all pregnant…
Abstract Objective: To compare the incidences of early and late-onset neonatal sepsis, including group B streptococcus (GBS) and Escherichia coli (E. coli) before and after implementation of universal screening and intrapartum…
Find the full press release here: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2022/p0919-pregnancy-related-deaths.html Key Findings: Among pregnancy-related deaths with information on timing, 22% of deaths occurred during pregnancy, 25% occurred on the day of delivery or…
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Cross-Sectional Study of the Frequency and Severity of Traumatic Childbirth Events and How They Affect Maternity Care Clinicians Objective To describe the frequency and severity of traumatic childbirth events (TCEs)…
Current Evidence to Guide Practice, Policy, and Research: Cannabis Use During Pregnancy Abstract In response to the rapidly evolving policy landscape regarding cannabis, it is important to consider trends in…
Abstract Objective To explore nurses’ descriptions of maternal mortality when caring for women in the perinatal period in Indiana. Design A qualitative descriptive approach was used to produce nurses’ descriptions…