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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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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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 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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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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Multiple articles related to nurse staffing. (March/April, 2015)…
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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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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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Role of the Registered Nurse in the Care of the Pregnant Woman Receiving Analgesia and Anesthesia by Catheter Techniques (January 2015)…
The Association of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nurses released a position statement, Breastfeeding, in the January/February 2015 issue of JOGNN….
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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Practice Bulletin No. 145: Antepartum Fetal Surveillance (July 2014)…
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