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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Abstract Sterilization is one of the most effective and popular forms of contraception in the United States, relied upon by 18.6% of women aged 15–49 years using contraception. Nearly half…
Read More from ACOG Committee Opinion, Number 827: Access to Postpartum Sterilization
Researchers studying 5,000 women have found that approximately 1 in 4 experienced high levels of depression symptoms at some point in the 3 years after giving birth OBJECTIVES: To identify…
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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 describe the barriers and facilitators to implementing the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses Postpartum Hemorrhage (AWHONN PPH) Project experienced by hospital leaders, project cham-pions,…
ABSTRACT: Pain and fatigue are the most common problems reported by women in the early postpartum period. Pain can interfere with a woman’s ability to care for herself and her infant….
Read More from ACOG Committee Opinion No. 742: Postpartum Pain Management