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Focus on Physiolgic Birth

WEBA Focus on Physiologic Birth Introduction DUMMY TEXT. U.S. maternity care is characterized by overuse and misuse of obstetric interventions, and underuse of beneficial practices that promote optimal maternal and newborn health.

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Reducing Primary Cesareans

WEBReducing Primary Cesareans Introduction. In spring 2015, the American College of Nurse-Midwives (ACNM) launched the Healthy Birth Initiative: Reducing Primary Cesareans Project.. This initiative offers the opportunity for maternity care professionals and health systems to make system changes aimed at reducing the incidence of Primary Cesarean …

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Management Labor Duration Guidelines

WEBDifficult to define due to challenge of determining the onset of labor. No range exists for the new latent labor definition of 0-6 cm per Zhang. Nulliparas (data exists only for 3-6cm): Mean duration of 3.9. hours; 95th percentile: 17.7 hours. Multiparas (data exists only for 4-6cm) Mean duration of 2.2.

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Browse All Improvement Stories

WEBContributors: Becky Gams, RN, MS, CNP and Carrie Neerland, MS, CNM Summary: As a part of the Reducing Primary Cesareans (RPC) Collaborative, the team at the University of Minnesota Medical Center & University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital and successfully decreased their primary cesarean rate by over 10% in one year.

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Transforming Communication and Safety Culture in …

WEBJournal of Midwifery & Women’s Health www.jmwh.org Commentary Transforming Communication and Safety Culture in Intrapartum Care: A Multi-Organization Blueprint

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Reducing Primary Cesareans

WEBSubmitted for publication: August 1, 2018; accepted for publication: October 21, 2018. term, singleton, vertex cesarean rate to 26.1%—a reduc-tion of 10%. In 2017, the rate was decreased to 25.3%—a reduction by 3.7%. Key Words: nulliparous, physiologic birth, primary cesarean, quality improvement.

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MOC-Promoting-Progress-in-Labor-Toolbox

WEBUMMC Guideline for Ambulation and Upright Positioning This document provides a guideline for providers and nurses to assist women in active labor with ambulation and upright positioning, to promote spontaneous labor progress, shorten first stage of labor, enhance maternal comfort and coping, and reduce cesarean births. Developed by the …

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MOC-Assessing-Fetal-Well-Being-TOOLBOX

WEBAHS FM Policy This model policy for intrapartum fetal monitoring from Alameda Health System can be used to guide your practice with the institution of intermittent auscultation to promote physiologic birth. Model Policy for Fetal Monitoring-Denver Health Model policy developed to help monitor maternal status throughout labor and monitor the fetal heart …

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Prenatal Shared Decision-Making for Analgesia and Anesthesia …

WEBWe agreed that the maternity care provider is responsible for discussing the risk to the mother and baby as it relates to the effect on obstetrical care. The anesthesia provider is responsible for obtaining consent for the procedure, reaction to the anesthetic agent, managing maternal adverse effects, and spinal headache treatment.

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Framework For Quality Improvement

WEBThe PDCA Cycle. Plan: Develop an action plan and goals for implementation of the new or revised process.. Do: Implement the plan.. Check: Collect data to analyze the effects of the change(s) to see if the process improvement plan improved the quality of care.. Act: Analyze results and act upon them to continue the improvement or make changes.If a …

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Second Stage Labor: Promoting Physiologic Pushing and

WEBAs part of the data collection for the MHA Collaborative, mother charts were audited for laboring down, positioning and non-directed pushing (second stage bundle) by designated Labor and Delivery nurses. Data regarding number of admissions to NICU, Cord gases less than 7.1 and Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes were collected to monitor for

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SUBJECT/TITLE: NUMBER PAGE LATENT PHASE of LABOUR 3-L …

WEBWOMEN’S AND INFANT HEALTH POLICY AND PROCEDURE SUBJECT/TITLE: NUMBER PAGE LATENT PHASE of LABOUR 3-L-1 1 of 3 AUTHORIZATION: DATE ESTABLISHED DATE REVISED: OS: Obstetrics Nurse Managers and Instructors (Feb 13, …

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Bundle Name: Promoting Comfort in Labor

WEBUpdated October 2015 1 Bundle Name: Promoting Comfort in Labor . Readiness. Every unit • Incorporates into its maternity services midwifery care that is responsive to women’s needs and preferences.1 • Provides specific training for all intrapartum nurses on providing labor support in 4 recognized categories: physical support, emotional support, advocacy, …

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Bundle Name: Intermittent Auscultation

WEB1 Bundle Name: Intermittent Auscultation Readiness Every unit Provides initial and ongoing training for all maternity care professionals on evidence- based approaches to fetal heart rate (FHR) assessment, including intermittent auscultation (IA) and associated standardized documentation.1-9 Establishes a unit culture that supports the evidence-based use of IA …

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Labor Support: Nurses’ Self-Efficacy and Views About Factors

WEBNeonatal Nurses, 2000; Enkin et al., 2000; World Health Organization, 1996). Evidence substantiating the benefits of continuous pro-fessional labor support is included in the Cochrane

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Shared Decision-Making in Midwifery Care

WEB8403 Colesville Road, Suite 1550, Silver Spring, MD 20910-6374 240.485.1800 fax: 240.485.1818 www.midwife.org 1. American College of Nurse-Midwives.

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WEBContributed by Fairview Health Services. Policy. Electronic Fetal Monitoring and Doptone Intermittent Auscultation. Bottom of Form This document was printed: Mon May 23 2016

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Naturalist vs Technologist

WEBThe Groopman Spectrums: Understanding Your Biases and Orientation in Medical Decision Making Adapted from Your Medical Mind, 2011, (Groopman & Hartzband)

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Innovation Series 2007 Engaging Physicians in a Shared …

WEBEngaging Physicians in a Shared Quality Agenda Innovation Series 2007 Authors: James L. Reinertsen, MD:President, The Reinertsen Group; IHI Senior Fellow Alice G. Gosfield, JD:Principal, Alice G. Gosfield and Associates PC William Rupp, MD:President and CEO, Immanuel St. Joseph's – Mayo Health System John W. Whittington, MD: Patient Safety …

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