A Clinical Audit of the Number of Vaginal Examinations in Labor: A NOVEL Idea

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-144

  Borders, Noelle ^a   Lawton, Robyn ^a   Martin, Shannon R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b University Midwifery Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorioamnionitis; Clinical audit; Labor; Midwifery practice; Spontaneous rupture of membranes; Vaginal examination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MIDWIFE; PELVIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL AUDIT; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; NEW MEXICO; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84858782331     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: 15422011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1542-2011.2011.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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