The Perspective of a Labor Nurse
by Jennifer Kouri, RN, CPLC “You are a labor & delivery nurse? You are SO lucky! That has to be the happiest unit in the hospital!” Working as a labor nurse for 20
by Jennifer Kouri, RN, CPLC “You are a labor & delivery nurse? You are SO lucky! That has to be the happiest unit in the hospital!” Working as a labor nurse for 20
By Heather Florescue, MD, FACOG The Lancet series on ending preventable stillbirth calls this topic “the most under-studied issue in medicine today”. The WHO considers stillbirth an important indicator of global health. According to the
by Lindsey Wimmer, RN, MSN, PHN, CPNP, CPLC – Executive Director 2020 has been described in a variety of ways. Unusual. Unprecedented. Challenging. Uncertain. It has also been described using words I can’t use here.
By Lindsey Wimmer, RN, MSN, PHN, CPNP, CPLC – Executive Director When I was growing up, some of the people I admired most were physicians. I knew they made people feel better and they felt
By Lindsey Wimmer, RN, MSN, PHN, CPNP,CPLC – Executive Director October is always a busy and emotional month for those of us involved in pregnancy and infant loss issues. This year, the month started off
As hard as it can be to sit with the uncomfortable conversations of today, this represents an opportunity.
By Lindsey Wimmer, RN, MSN, CPNP,CPLC – Executive Director To say that we are living in unusual, confusing, and stressful times is an understatement. There have been many attempts to define or even characterize the
From the International Stillbirth Alliance’s Stillbirth Advocacy Working Group stillbirth series The significance of stillbirth around the world has been documented. Unfortunately, awareness of the issue in our society and commitment by organizations and health
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world in ways we never would have imagined just a few short weeks ago. Unfortunately, many of life’s other challenges continue – including miscarriages, stillbirth, and neonatal death. Even
by Lindsey J. Wimmer, RN, MSN, CPNP, CPLC – Executive Director One of the most concerning statistics around stillbirth and infant death is the racial disparity. African American and Native American stillbirth rates are double
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