Optimizing the Nursing Role in Abortion Care: Considerations for Health Equity.

Q3 Medicine

Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.) Pub Date : 2022-03-01 DOI:10.12927/cjnl.2022.26750

A. Carson, M. Paynter, W. Norman, S. Munro, Josette Roussel, S. Dunn, D. Bryant-Lukosius, S. Begun, R. Martin-Misener

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Abstract

Registered nurses (RNs) provide abortion care in hospitals and clinics and support abortion care through sexual health education and family planning care in sexual health clinics, schools and family practice. Nurse practitioners (NPs) improve access to abortion not only as prescribers of medication abortion but also as primary care providers of counselling, resources about pregnancy options and abortion follow-up care in their communities. There is a need to better understand the current status of and potential scope for optimizing nursing roles in abortion care across Canada. In this article, we describe the leadership of nurses in the provision of accessible, inclusive abortion services and discuss barriers to role optimization. We present key insights from a priority-setting meeting held in 2019 with NPs and RNs engaged in medication abortion practice in their communities. As scopes of practice continue to evolve, optimization of nursing roles in abortion care is an approach to enhancing equitable access to comprehensive abortion care and family planning.

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优化护理在堕胎护理中的作用：对健康公平的考虑。

注册护士在医院和诊所提供堕胎护理，并通过性健康教育和性健康诊所、学校和家庭诊所的计划生育护理来支持堕胎护理。执业护士不仅作为药物流产的处方医生，而且作为社区中咨询、妊娠选择资源和堕胎后续护理的初级保健提供者，改善了堕胎的机会。有必要更好地了解加拿大堕胎护理中护理角色优化的现状和潜在范围。在这篇文章中，我们描述了护士在提供无障碍、包容性堕胎服务方面的领导作用，并讨论了角色优化的障碍。我们介绍了2019年与在其社区从事药物流产实践的NP和RN举行的优先事项制定会议的关键见解。随着实践范围的不断发展，优化堕胎护理中的护理角色是提高获得全面堕胎护理和计划生育的公平机会的一种方法。

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Nursing leadership (Toronto, Ont.) Medicine-Medicine (all)

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期刊介绍： The global nursing shortage and statistics indicating a steady increase in the cancer patient workload suggest that the recruitment and retention of oncology nurses is and will be a serious problem. The purpose of this research study was to examine oncology nursing work environments in Canada.