Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
June 15, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
I am impressed and surprisingly moved by this video of a NICU evacuation drill at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. Drills like these are so important for patient safety. As the hospital CEO points out in his blog, there is a dearth of literature on NICU evacuations".
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May 16, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Qualitative research generally describes and sometimes explains. It doesnt try to prove anything. Because qualitative research is more interested in depth, the sample sizes tend to be much smaller. Once youve determined that what you have here is an original piece of quantitative research and you
May 12, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Quantitative research seeks to prove something through experimentation and statistics. Once youve determined that what you have here is an original piece of quantitative research and youve already considered the basic questions here, youre ready for the specific questions
May 05, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
When most people think of reading research, they think of reading an original research study. And there are plenty of those published in journals all the time. Original research generally falls into two main categories: quantitative research and qualititative research. Its really too bad the terms
April 17, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Since it has been a while since weve had any articles in this series, you may want to refresh your memory by rereading the first and second installments in the Becoming a Critical Reader series. I promise it wont be so long of a gap before the rest of them! OK, having reviewed and identified yo
March 10, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
The NIH press release about the VBAC Consensus Meeting includes only a single instance of the phrase uterine rupture. Having spent 2 1/2 days watching the streaming webcast of the event, my strong sense is that this was by design. During the expert testimony, we heard over and over again that
March 05, 2010 | by: Henci Goer, BA
First the good news: based on the presenters, it looks like the NIH VBAC conference will be a great improvement over the elective cesarean surgery travesty of four years ago. The conference seems likely to provide solid, evidence-based information on for whom and under what circumstances VBAC is
January 28, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Yesterday, a multi-stakeholder group convened by Childbirth Connection released a Blueprint for Action addressing the question:Who needs to do what, to, with, and for whom over the next five years to improve the quality of maternity care? Not surprisingly, one of the answers to who is
January 19, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Listen to this great podcast about the new Cochrane review showing that the policy of restricting food and drink in labor is not justified. Its a nice summary of how and why the research was conducted. In addition, I particularly liked these tidbits
January 16, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
I have argued (here, here, and here) that strategies that involve increased participation by women and families in maternity care hold major potential for improving our rather dismal maternal and infant health outcomes. A study reported in the current issue of The International Journal of
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