The Coping With Labor Algorithm: An Alternate Pain Assessment Tool for the Laboring Woman

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 107-116

  Roberts, Leissa ^a   Gulliver, Brenda ^a   Fisher, Janet ^a   Cloyes, Kristin G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

algorithm; coping; labor; pain; process improvement

Indexed keywords

OPIATE;

ACUPRESSURE; AROMATHERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COPING BEHAVIOR; COPING WITH LABOR ALGORITHM; EMOTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LABOR ONSET; LABOR PAIN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; NURSE; NURSE MIDWIFE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR PAIN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 77249105511     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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