Journal article
Supporting Women in Labor: A Work Sampling Study of the Activities of Labor and Delivery Nurses
Abstract
Studies demonstrated that support during labor and birth has a positive impact on childbirth outcomes, and that women reported they received little supportive care from nurses during parturition. This study piloted a work sampling method that was adapted to determine the proportion of time the average intrapartum nurse at a Toronto teaching hospital spends in supportive care activities. Supportive care was operationally defined within four …
Authors
McNiven P; Hodnett E; O'Brien‐Pallas LL
Journal
Birth, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 3–8
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 1992
DOI
10.1111/j.1523-536x.1992.tb00363.x
ISSN
0730-7659