Improving Nurse Management of the Second Stage of Labor Abstract Objective To develop, implement, and evaluate an educational program to improve nurses’ management of the second stage of labor. Design…
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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…
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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ABSTRACT Background Determining fetal head descent, expressed as fetal head station and engagement is an essential part of monitoring progression in labor. Assessing fetal head station is based on the…
ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To evaluate whether a high-dose oxytocin regimen reduces the risk for primary cesarean birth and other obstetric morbidities when compared with standard dosing. METHODS: In a double-blind randomized…
Society for Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) issues a new statement, Labor and Delivery COVID-19 Considerations…
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Registration is now open for the Oklahoma Perinatal Nurses’ Forum (OPNF) Boot Camp Summer 2019 session. This course is designed to provide high quality, cost effective, didactic education to nurses…
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ABSTRACT: Obstetrician–gynecologists, in collaboration with midwives, nurses, patients, and those who support them in labor, can help women meet their goals for labor and birth by using techniques that are…
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of four commonly used induction methods. METHODS: This randomized trial compared four induction methods: misoprostol alone, Foley alone, misoprostol–cervical Foley concurrently, and Foley–oxytocin concurrently. Women…
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The California Maternal Quality Care Collaborative is hosting the webinar, Documentation and Coding Guidance for Labor, Induction, & Transfusions on August 3, 2016 from 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm CST…
Birthtools: Tools for Optimizing the Outcomes of Labor Safely…
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