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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