Every labor is unique: But "call when your contractions are 3 minutes apart"

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 307-312

  Low, Lisa Kane ^a   Moffat, Amy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Labor management; Nursing; Parturition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; TRUST; UNITED STATES; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TIME FACTORS; TRUST; UTERINE CONTRACTION;

EID: 33749454702     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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