Nursing for Women's Health

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OBJECTIVE: To explore and synthesize women's experiences of interpersonal violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. DATA SOURCES: The MEDLINE, Ovid, Embase, Cochrane, Web of Science, and CINAHL databases were searched to identify articles published between December 2019 and November 2022. STUDY SELECTION: Seventeen peer-reviewed studies were included, for a total of 2,046 women. DATA EXTRACTION: Data were extracted using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines...

OBJECTIVE: To explore the evidence on the impact of extended use of intrauterine devices (IUDs) use among women of reproductive age. DATA SOURCES: Electronic resource databases used were PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar. Peer-reviewed articles published during 2012 to 2022 were considered. ARTICLE SELECTION: Ten articles met the criteria and included data for a total of 7,420 women. DATA EXTRACTION: Data were extracted from each study using the subheadings "Author/Date," "Participants," "Methods," "Interventions," and "Outcomes...

Bearing witness to a birthing family's immeasurable love for their daughter is an experience this nurse will never forget.

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the application of Modified Early Obstetric Warning Criteria (MEOWC) in the immediate postpartum period and to generate a preliminary predictive model for postpartum maternal morbidity. DESIGN: Retrospective case-control study that was conducted from January 2017 to January 2020. A total of 2,762 births occurred during the study period. SETTING: Obstetrics unit of a general hospital located in the Nakhon Si Thammarat province of Thailand...

A midwife's chance encounter with a former client demonstrates the importance of supporting birthing persons through conscious empowerment.

OBJECTIVE: To synthesize the current literature surrounding breastfeeding and homelessness, and to determine the impact of disparities in this population. DATA SOURCES: An integrative search was conducted using Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses (PRISMA) guidelines and using the search terms "breastfeeding" and "homelessness" throughout electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL, and Scopus. STUDY SELECTION: Inclusion criteria were articles published in English from January 2007 to September 2022...

Migraine is a painful neurological disorder that disproportionately affects women and has a significant impact on quality of life. This article summarizes the critical role of women's health nurses in supporting young adult women with migraine during major life transitions. Nurses can advocate for workplace or school disability accommodations for women with migraine. Nurses can also support young adult women with migraine by providing education about available treatment that becomes available after an individual's 18th birthday...

Nurses promote health through consistent application of screening protocols for health conditions.

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OBJECTIVE: To identify sociodemographic factors that could enhance breastfeeding uptake among women with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. DESIGN: This was a secondary analysis from a retrospective cohort study using the Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) on women and HIV data from 14 sub-Saharan African countries during the period from 2010 to 2018. Our study sample encompassed women aged 15 to 49 years with HIV, with childbearing history within the 3 to 5 years preceding the survey, living in any of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa for whom breastfeeding information was available...

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Obstetric violence is an issue of global scope and magnitude. Its widespread and continued presence indicates cultural tolerance enabled by policies and procedures that uphold paternalism. Labor and delivery nurses are the health care professionals who spend the most time at the point of care during birth, and their role must be examined. As active bystanders, labor and delivery nurses are uniquely positioned to prevent or perpetuate obstetric violence during labor and birth. Reflection on the nurse role is necessary to provide optimal care, enhance relationships with patients, and continue to evolve as a professional discipline...

OBJECTIVE: To increase nurses' knowledge using innovative education and to improve maternal outcomes by reducing postpartum readmission rates of women with preeclampsia. DESIGN: Quality improvement project implementing escape room-style education for nurses. SETTING/LOCAL PROBLEM: A large tertiary hospital in southeastern Michigan with initial postpartum readmission rates of women with preeclampsia exceeding national averages. PARTICIPANTS: Registered nurses (n = 71) working on the hospital postpartum unit; 70 completed the project...

The nursing shortage and the need to maintain appropriate staffing ratios have made contract nursing a growing health care business. Contract, or travel, nurses are often employed to meet staffing ratios, which are developed to promote positive patient outcomes. Health care facilities provide care at various levels of acuity, and nurses must be appropriately trained to deliver safe, competent care in the assigned facility. Levels of obstetric care are determined collaboratively between various professional organizations and include an assessment of acuity, service, and coordination of services...

OBJECTIVE: To explore the health care experiences of women from the Irish Traveller community, which is an indigenous ethnic minority group in Ireland and Great Britain. DESIGN: A descriptive qualitative methodology underpinned by naturalistic inquiry was adopted. SETTING: Halting sites where the participating Traveller women permanently reside. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consisted of 24 women from the Traveller community in Ireland...

After major surgery at a facility where her wife was prohibited from being in the surgical setting, a nurse practitioner encourages others to advocate for family presence and respectful care.

OBJECTIVE: To develop, implement, and evaluate an educational program to improve nurses' management of the second stage of labor. DESIGN: Evidence-based practice project guided by the Iowa Model-Revised. SETTING: Acute care teaching hospital in central California averaging 2,100 births/year with 12 labor, delivery, and recovery rooms and a Level III nursery. PARTICIPANTS: Eighteen registered nurses participated in the educational intervention...

A striking question from a woman with ovarian cancer leads a nurse to pursue both practice and research.

There are many ways to express sympathy to the mother of a stillborn instead of saying, "You will have another."