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2. Obstetrical nursing - Wikipedia

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   Obstetrical nursing. Obstetrical nursing, also called perinatal nursing, is a nursing specialty that works with patients who are attempting to become pregnant, are currently pregnant, or have recently delivered. Obstetrical nurses help provide prenatal care and testing, care of patients experiencing pregnancy complications, care during labor ...

3. Postpartum period - Wikipedia

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   Postpartum period. The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six weeks. [1] There are three distinct phases of the postnatal period; the acute phase, lasting for six to twelve hours after birth; the subacute phase, lasting six weeks; and the delayed phase, lasting up to six months.

4. Ruth Lubic - Wikipedia

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   Ruth Watson Lubic, CNM, EdD, FAAN, FACNM, (born January 18, 1927) is an American nurse-midwife and applied anthropologist who pioneered the role of nurse-midwives as primary care providers for women, particularly in maternity care. [1] Lubic is considered to be one of the leaders of the nurse-midwifery movement in the United States.

5. Postpartum care - Wikipedia

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   Agencies provide specialist carers that come to the new parents' home. This job used to be known as the monthly nurse, as she came and lived with the family for a month.. Now more common terms are maternity nurse, newborn care specialist, or confinement nanny; the worker is not a registered health care professional such as the word "nurse" usually implies in current Engli

6. 'Black Mothers Matter' panel shares experiences and ... - AOL

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   Jatu Boikai, a maternity nurse manager at Mount Carmel Grove City. Black women are at least three times more likely to die due to pregnancy related issues in comparison to white women, the ...

7. Maternal health - Wikipedia

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   t. e. Maternal health is the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. In most cases, maternal health encompasses the health care dimensions of family planning, preconception, prenatal, and postnatal care in order to ensure a positive and fulfilling experience. In other cases, maternal health can reduce maternal ...