The delivery of high quality and equitable care for both mothers and newborns is complex
and requires efforts across many sectors. The United States spends more on childbirth than …

Background Having nurses take on tasks that are typically conducted by doctors (doctor‐
nurse substitution, a form of'task‐shifting') may help to address doctor shortages and reduce …

Objectives To describe communication between nurses and physicians during labor within
the context of the nurse‐managed labor model in community hospitals and its relationship to …

Title. Expert intrapartum maternity care: a meta‐synthesis Aim. This paper reports a meta‐
synthesis exploring the accounts of intrapartum midwifery skills, practices, beliefs and …

Purpose: To review relevant literature on expert practice in nursing to assess common
characteristics across the breadth of nursing specialties and work settings. Organizing …

Background: Reliance on moral principles and professional codes has given nurses
direction for ethical decision-making. However, rational models do not capture the emotion …

Purpose: To define and describe the dimensions of Professional Labor Support (PLS).
Design and Methods: A factor‐analytic study was conducted with a random sample of 146 …

Aim. The aim of this paper was to explore the concept of expertise in nursing from the
perspective of how it relates to current driving forces in health care in which it discusses the …

Objective To identify evidence on the role of assertiveness and teamwork and the
application of aviation industry techniques to improve patient safety for inpatient obstetric …

Objective To identify processes affecting agency for safety among perinatal nurses,
physicians, and certified nurse-midwives. Design Grounded theory, as informed by Strauss …