Journal article
Optimizing the Nursing Role in Abortion Care: Considerations for Health Equity.
Abstract
Registered nurses (RNs) provide abortion care in hospitals and clinics and support abortion care through sexual health education and family planning care in sexual health clinics, schools and family practice. Nurse practitioners (NPs) improve access to abortion not only as prescribers of medication abortion but also as primary care providers of counselling, resources about pregnancy options and abortion follow-up care in their communities. …
Authors
Carson A; Paynter M; Norman WV; Munro S; Roussel J; Dunn S; Bryant-Lukosius D; Begun S; Martin-Misener R
Journal
Canadian Journal of Nursing Leadership, Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 54–68
Publisher
Longwoods Publishing
Publication Date
March 8, 2022
DOI
10.12927/cjnl.2022.26750
ISSN
1910-622X