ACNM: Tools for Optimizing the Outcomes of Labor Safely
Birthtools: Tools for Optimizing the Outcomes of Labor Safely…
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ACOG Paper: Contraception After Delivery and Short Interpregnancy Intervals
Contraception After Delivery and Short Interpregnancy Intervals Among Women in the United States by Kari White, PhD, MPH, Stephanie B. Teal, MD, MPH, and Joseph E. Potter, PhD was published…
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AAP Paper: Fewer hospitals distributing formula packs
Trends of US Hospitals Distributing Infant Formula Packs to Breastfeeding Mothers, 2007 to 2013. Jennifer M. Nelson, MD, MPH, Ruowei Li, MD, PhD, Cria G. Perrine, PhD Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To…
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AJOG Paper Highlight: Pregnancy-Related Cardiovascular Deaths in California
Pregnancy-Related Cardiovascular Deaths in California- Beyond Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Hameed AB, Lawton ES, McCain C, Morton CH, Mitchell C, Main EK, Foster E, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (2015), doi:…
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AJOG Paper Highlight: Center of Excellence for Placenta Accreta
Center of Excellence for Placenta Accreta. Silver, Robert M., Fox, Karin A.; Barton, John R.; Abuhamad, Alfred Z.; Simhan, Hyagriv; Huls, C. Kevin; Belfort, Michael A.; Wright, Jason D. American…
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Call to Action Addresses Safety in Labor and Delivery
Transforming Communication and Safety Culture in Intrapartum Care: A Multi-Organization Blueprint Lyndon, Audrey; Johnson, M. Christina; Bingham, Debra; Napolitano, Peter G.; Joseph, Gerald; Maxfield, David G.; O’Keeffe, Daniel F. Published…
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ACOG Committee Opinion: Screening for Perinatal Depression
ACOG released Committee Opinion No. 630: Screening for Perinatal Depression in the May 2015 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ABSTRACT: Perinatal depression, which includes major and minor depressive episodes that…
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AAP Policy Statement: Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborn Infants
The AAP released a new policy statement, Hospital Stay for Healthy Term Newborn Infants, in the May issue of (May 2015)…
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AAP Paper: Prescription Opioid Epidemic and Infant Outcomes
Prescription Opioid Epidemic and Infant Outcomes. Stephen W. Patrick, Judith Dudley, Peter R. Martin, Frank E. Harrell, Michael D. Warren, Katherine E. Hartmann, E. Wesley Ely, Carlos G. Grijalva, and…
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AWHONN Paper: Perspectives on Implementing Delayed Cord Clamping
Perspectives on Implementing Delayed Cord Clamping. Mayri Sagady, Leslie. Nursing for Women’s Health. 19(2): 164-163, April/May 2015. Abstract: Expanding evidence supports delayed cord clamping (DCC) for both term and preterm…
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ACOG Committee Opinion: Clinical Guidelines and Standardization of Practice
ACOG released Committee Opinion No. 629: Clinical Guidelines and Standardization of Practice to Improve Outcomes in the April issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. ABSTRACT: Protocols and checklists have been shown…
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ACNM Paper: Midwife and Physician Collaboration
The March/April 2015 issue of the Journal of Midwifery and Women’s Health included multiple articles addressing interprofessional collaboration between midwives and physicians….
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JOGNN issue focuses on Nurse Staffing – March/Apr 2015
Multiple articles related to nurse staffing. (March/April, 2015)…
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ACOG & SMFM Consensus Statement: Levels of Maternal Care
ACOG published Obstetric Care Consensus No. 2 Levels of Maternal Care in the February 2015 issue of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Abstract: In the 1970s, studies demonstrated that timely access to…
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CDC Report: Prescription Opioid Use among Women of Reproductive Age
The CDC has released the report Opioid Prescription Claims Among Women of Reproductive Age — United States, 2008–2012 in the January 23, 2015 MMWR. Of women of reproductive age, 39%…
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AWHONN Position Statement: Role of the Registered Nurse in the Care of the Pregnant Woman Receiving Analgesia and Anesthesia by Catheter Techniques
Role of the Registered Nurse in the Care of the Pregnant Woman Receiving Analgesia and Anesthesia by Catheter Techniques (January 2015)…
AWHONN Position Statement: Breastfeeding
The Association of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nurses released a position statement, Breastfeeding, in the January/February 2015 issue of JOGNN….
ACOG Practice Bulletin: Management of Late-Term and Postterm Pregnancies
Practice Bulletin No. 146: Management of Late-Term and Postterm Pregnancies (August 2014) Abstract: Postterm pregnancy refers to a pregnancy that has reached or extended beyond 42 0/7 weeks of gestation…
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ACOG Practice Bulletin: Antepartum Fetal Surveillance
Practice Bulletin No. 145: Antepartum Fetal Surveillance (July 2014)…
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