Labor Pain - Nursing
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Monday, November 23, 2009

A new way to assess pain in laboring women: replacing the rating scale with a "coping" algorithm.

29 Sep 2008 In 2001, the Joint Commission introduced a compliance guideline designed to improve pain care for all patients. In response, most hospitals created a pain policy that was intended to be implemented for all hospital patients. This article describes ... Read more...

Tensions and teamwork in nursing and midwifery relationships.

29 Jun 2008 OBJECTIVE: To explore the practice of midwifery within a busy urban tertiary hospital birth setting and to present findings on the relationships between nurses and midwives in providing maternity care. DESIGN/METHOD: A focused ethnography on ... Read more...

Reexploring the subconcepts of the Wittmann-Price Theory Of Emancipated Decision Making in women's healthcare.

29 Jun 2008 This study explored the 5 subconcepts (empowerment, flexible environment, personal knowledge, reflection, and social norms) of the Wittmann-Price Theory of Emancipated Decision Making (EDM) in women's healthcare, a theoretical model. Pain management ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Labor Pain - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Hypnosis in a GP obstetric unit. 30 Mar 2009
• Images of laboring women. 30 Jan 2009
• Labor support during second stage labor for women with epidurals: birth in this era is technology driven. Many women giving birth in hospital settings have epidurals for pain management. Yet laboring women need more than technology--they have basic needs that can't be addressed by technology alone. 30 Jan 2009
• Need feedback on labor encouragement method. 30 Dec 2008
• Sterile water blocks: is it time to talk? 30 Dec 2008
• A new way to assess pain in laboring women: replacing the rating scale with a "coping" algorithm. 29 Sep 2008
• Tensions and teamwork in nursing and midwifery relationships. 29 Jun 2008
• Reexploring the subconcepts of the Wittmann-Price Theory Of Emancipated Decision Making in women's healthcare. 29 Jun 2008
• Essential oils and massage in intrapartum care. 29 Apr 2008
• Homeopathy in pregnancy: issues for midwives. 29 Apr 2008
• Pain measurement during labor: comparing the visual analog scale with dermatome assessment. 29 Apr 2008
• US midwives' knowledge and use of sterile water injections for labor pain. 28 Feb 2008
• Mothers's experience. 30 Dec 2007
• Two women trusting birth. 30 Dec 2007
• Being the quiet midwife/doula in the corner. 30 Dec 2007
• Observing position and movements in hydrotherapy: a pilot study. 30 Dec 2007
• Management of the second stage of labor in women with epidural analgesia. 30 Dec 2007
• The labyrinth of labour. 29 Sep 2007
• Distractive practice. 29 Sep 2007
• Management of occiput posterior position. 30 Aug 2007

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Technical information about 'Labor Pain'

Definition: Pain associated with OBSTETRIC LABOR in CHILDBIRTH. It is caused primarily by UTERINE CONTRACTION as well as pressure on the CERVIX; BLADDER; and the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT. Labor pain mostly occurs in the ABDOMEN; the GROIN; and the BACK.

Descriptor UI: D048949

Alternative terms: Labor Pain; Pain, Labor; Obstetric Pain; Pain, Obstetric;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C10.597.617.515; C23.888.592.612.490; C23.888.646.492;

History Note: 2005