Pregnancy Length in the United States Versus European Countrieshttps://www.nwhjournal.org/article/S1751-4851(23)00053-3/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email…
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An Integrative Review of the Perinatal Experiences of Black Women Abstract Objective To synthesize the current body of evidence regarding the perinatal experiences of Black women. Data Sources The databases…
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The Role of Assistive Personnel Position Statement The Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) recognizes that assistive personnel (AP), previously referred to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) or…
Early Interventions to Achieve Thermal Balance in Term Neonates Hypothermia is one of the most recognized and potentially avoidable reasons for transfer of a term neonate to the NICU. Physiologic…
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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…
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…
Abstract The purpose of this review is to describe health care interactions between nurses and women with perinatal substance use disorders, including interactions with their infants from the perspective of…
Non-Hispanic Black individuals in four U.S. states experienced a 38% increase in the rate of opioid overdose deaths from 2018 to 2019, while the rates for other race and ethnicity…
Retrospective and prospective data collection over 3.5 years to examine selected health outcomes before and after implementing an OBH bundle https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2021.05.003 Nursing for Women’s Health: Effect of an Obstetric Hemorrhage…
Use of the SBIRT model to implement a safety bundle may contribute to improved mental health outcomes for individuals receiving perinatal care in a private-practice outpatient health care setting. Education…
Abstract Childbearing families spend only a brief period of time in the hospital after birth. During their stay, women and newborns must adjust to the life-altering circumstances that accompany becoming…
Abstract Objective To educate nurses and physicians on changing practice from visual estimation of blood loss to quantification of blood loss (QBL) and to replace estimation of blood loss with…
Abstract Rates of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States represent an urgent crisis. The purpose of this article is to consolidate current postpartum care guidelines to provide a…