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2. Obstetrical nursing - Wikipedia

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   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 and delivery, and care ...

3. History of nursing in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Say Little, Do Much: Nurses, Nuns, and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century (U of Pennsylvania Press, 2001). Olson, Tom Craig, and Eileen Walsh. Handling the Sick: The Women of St. Luke's and the Nature of Nursing, 1892-1937 (Ohio State UP, 2004), the story of 838 women who entered St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses, St. Paul, Minnesota.

4. Labor and delivery - Wikipedia

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   Labor and delivery nurses also known as L&D are licensed medical professionals who support obstetricians, midwives, expectant parents, and newborns. A labor and delivery nurse may administer medication, provide patient education, and monitor a patient's vital signs both during and after childbirth. Labor and Delivery Nurses work as main points ...

5. Caesarean section - Wikipedia

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   Reasons for the operation include obstructed labor, twin pregnancy, high blood pressure in the mother, breech birth, shoulder presentation, and problems with the placenta or umbilical cord. [2] [3] A caesarean delivery may be performed based upon the shape of the mother's pelvis or history of a previous C-section.

6. No Pain Labor & Delivery – Global Health Initiative - Wikipedia

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   The nongovernmental No Pain Labor & Delivery - Global Health Initiative (NPLD-GHI), established and designed to educate Chinese women and their health care providers about the safe and effective use of labor analgesia, was developed at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in 2006. After its first trip in 2008, >500 volunteers ...

7. Critical care nursing - Wikipedia

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   Critical care nursing is the field of nursing with a focus on the utmost care of the critically ill or unstable patients following extensive injury, surgery or life-threatening diseases. [1] Critical care nurses can be found working in a wide variety of environments and specialties, such as general intensive care units, medical intensive care ...