{"title":"Rates of Induction of Labor in the United States over the Last Decade, 2013 to 2022.","authors":"Kathleen Rice Simpson","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001027","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"297"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141307338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Global Early Childhood Death Rate Declines.","authors":"Marliese Dion Nist","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000001029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":"49 5","pages":"293"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heat Metrics and Maternal-Child Health Diagnoses in Emergency Departments in the United States: A Scoping Review.","authors":"Sarah Oerther, Margaret Bultas","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001034","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001034","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To summarize current research on associations between heat metrics and emergency department discharge diagnoses for US pregnant women and children from birth to age 18 via a scoping review.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Climate change directly contributes to extreme weather conditions and environmental changes and indirectly affects health and the health care system. Pregnant women and children are believed to be more susceptible to extreme heat, but few empirical studies have been conducted evaluating effects of heat metrics on these populations.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Ovid MEDLINE, CIHAHL, SCOPUS, Web of Science, JSTOR, and PsycINFO databases were searched using a combination of key words.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twelve studies were selected for this review. In pregnant women, positive associations were found between mean daily temperature and multiple subtypes of pregnancy complications, including threatened or spontaneous abortion, renal diseases, infectious diseases, diabetes, and hypertension. In children, positive associations were found with all-cause diagnoses; asthma; dehydration; electrolyte disorders; heat-related illness; infection; endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases; injury; and otitis media and external emergency department discharge diagnoses and temperature or heatwave versus non-heatwave.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>By tracking associations between maternal-child emergency department discharge diagnoses and various heat metrics, researchers can contribute to better clinical practices that promote environmental justice and climate resilience.</p>","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"247-253"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141318936","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Heat Metrics and Maternal-Child Health Diagnoses in Emergency Departments in the United States: A Scoping Review.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000001041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":"49 5","pages":"E9"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958557","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intermittent Auscultation of the Fetal Heart Rate in Low-Risk Labor.","authors":"Kirsten Wisner","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000001030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":"49 5","pages":"290"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958614","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Environmental Scan of Online Government Complementary Feeding Resources in the United States.","authors":"Kelsey L Thompson, Michelle D Graf","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001033","DOIUrl":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001033","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Parents commonly seek online sources of information on the important complementary feeding period, but the accuracy of these sources varies. The 21st Century Integrated Digital Experience Act (IDEA) states federal government resources should be accurate and user-friendly; however, the quantity, quality, and accuracy of federal resources on complementary feeding is unknown.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An environmental scan of online federal, parent-facing resources about complementary feeding was conducted. The authors reviewed federal resources for concordance of information with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA). Quality was evaluated using the Patient Education Materials Assessment Tool.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 112 resources across 2 federal government departments. Overall quality was high as was concordance with recommendations from the DGA for age of complementary food introduction, foods to introduce, and foods to avoid. Allergenic food introduction and textured food progression recommendations were less consistent. Recommendations for improvements to federal resources are made.</p><p><strong>Clinical implications: </strong>This environmental scan only included federal resources for CF. Parents may be accessing other, non-federal resources online. However, given the enactment of IDEA, it is expected that these federal resources will be up-to-date and user-friendly, which was not always the case. Nurses should review the DGA guidelines for complementary feeding and provide evidence-based anticipatory guidance to families, focusing especially on allergenic food introduction and textured food progression. Future complementary feeding interventions may benefit from directing families to online exemplars from federal sources.</p>","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":" ","pages":"276-283"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12010504/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141307309","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perinatal Care for Persons with Dissociative Disorders.","authors":"","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000001040","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":"49 5","pages":"E10"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent Increase in Measles Cases Threatens Elimination Status in United States.","authors":"Judy A Beal","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000001038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":"49 5","pages":"291"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annie J Rohan, Susan D Chin, Giselle Gerardi, Courtney Orelup-Fitzgerald
{"title":"Toward Evidence-Based Practice.","authors":"Annie J Rohan, Susan D Chin, Giselle Gerardi, Courtney Orelup-Fitzgerald","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000001028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":"49 5","pages":"294-296"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lactation Support Services in Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Canada.","authors":"Lingnong Pan, Maeve Hay Cooper, Sandra Fucile","doi":"10.1097/NMC.0000000000001036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1097/NMC.0000000000001036","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Lactation support services can improve exclusive breastfeeding rates among infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). There are limited data on how many NICUs offer these services.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess prevalence and type of lactation services provided in level III Canadian NICUs.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A nationwide comprehensive point-prevalence study was undertaken via a telephone survey of level III NICUs in Canada. Availability of lactation consultants, type of services offered, infrastructure such as centralized milk labs, private space for expressing milk, and refrigerators to store breast milk, and follow-up support programs were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>There are 31 level III NICUs in Canada. Nineteen of the 31 NICUs participated in the survey, representing a 61% response rate. Of these, 79% (n = 15) offered lactation consultant services. Most (n = 13, 68%) noted they had International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants (IBCLCs). The types of lactation services offered were either a reactive care model, a proactive care model, or a combination of both. Seven (37%) units, both with and without LCs, offered alternate lactation assistance, such as helping mothers at the bedside with breastfeeds. Several units had available infrastructure (n = 10, 53%) and offered follow-up lactation support (n = 10, 53%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Most of the surveyed level III NICUs in Canada provided lactation support services; however, there was variation in type. More research is needed to identify barriers that NICUs face in offering lactation services for mothers of NICU babies.</p>","PeriodicalId":51121,"journal":{"name":"Mcn-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing","volume":"49 5","pages":"284-289"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142958621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}