Can nurses perform manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) as safely and effectively as physicians? Evidence from India

Contraception

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 615-621

  Jejeebhoy, Shireen J ^a   Kalyanwala, Shveta ^a   Zavier, A J Francis ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a   Mundle, Shuchita ^b   Tank, Jaydeep ^c   Acharya, Rajib ^a   Jha, Nita ^d  

^a India Habitat Centre   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c Ambika Darshan   (India)

^d JHPIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; India; Manual vacuum aspiration; MBBS physicians; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; INTESTINE INJURY; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSE TRAINING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UTERUS PERFORATION; VACUUM ASPIRATION;

ABORTION, INCOMPLETE; ABORTION, LEGAL; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VACUUM CURETTAGE;

EID: 81155139641     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2011.08.010     Document Type: Article

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