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JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Perinatal Nurses' Experiences With and Knowledge of the Care of Incarcerated Women During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period.
OBJECTIVE: To describe perinatal nurses' experiences of caring for incarcerated women during pregnancy and the postpartum period; to assess their knowledge of the 2011 position statement Shackling Incarcerated Pregnant Women published by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN); and to assess their knowledge of their states' laws regulating nonmedical restraint use, or shackling, of incarcerated women.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey.
SETTING: Online across the United States.
PARTICIPANTS: AWHONN members who self-identified as antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, or mother-baby nurses (N = 923, 8.2% response rate).
METHODS: A link to an investigator-developed survey was e-mailed to eligible AWHONN members (N = 11,274) between July and September 2017.
RESULTS: A total of 74% (n = 690) of participants reported that they cared for incarcerated women during pregnancy or the postpartum period in hospital perinatal units. Of these, most (82.9%, n = 566) reported that their incarcerated patients were shackled sometimes to all of the time; only 9.7% reported ever feeling unsafe with incarcerated women who were pregnant. "Rule or protocol" was the most commonly endorsed reason for shackling. Only 17.0% (n = 157) of all participants knew about the AWHONN position statement, and 3% (n = 28) correctly identified the conditions under which shackling may ethically take place (risk of flight, harm to self, or harm to others). Only 7.4% (n = 68) of participants correctly identified whether their states had shackling laws.
CONCLUSION: Our results suggest critical gaps in nurses' knowledge of professional standards and protective laws regarding the care of incarcerated women during pregnancy. Our findings underscore an urgent need for primary and continuing nursing education in this area.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey.
SETTING: Online across the United States.
PARTICIPANTS: AWHONN members who self-identified as antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, or mother-baby nurses (N = 923, 8.2% response rate).
METHODS: A link to an investigator-developed survey was e-mailed to eligible AWHONN members (N = 11,274) between July and September 2017.
RESULTS: A total of 74% (n = 690) of participants reported that they cared for incarcerated women during pregnancy or the postpartum period in hospital perinatal units. Of these, most (82.9%, n = 566) reported that their incarcerated patients were shackled sometimes to all of the time; only 9.7% reported ever feeling unsafe with incarcerated women who were pregnant. "Rule or protocol" was the most commonly endorsed reason for shackling. Only 17.0% (n = 157) of all participants knew about the AWHONN position statement, and 3% (n = 28) correctly identified the conditions under which shackling may ethically take place (risk of flight, harm to self, or harm to others). Only 7.4% (n = 68) of participants correctly identified whether their states had shackling laws.
CONCLUSION: Our results suggest critical gaps in nurses' knowledge of professional standards and protective laws regarding the care of incarcerated women during pregnancy. Our findings underscore an urgent need for primary and continuing nursing education in this area.
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