{"title":"Premenstrual Syndrome","authors":"Elaine Wilhelm-Hass RN, MN","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01132.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01132.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>At least 25% of all menstruating women suffer from the premenstrual syndrome (PMS). The complex nature and incidence of PMS are explored. A PMS Clinic Nursing Protocol is provided to facilitate recognition, evaluation, and management of the syndrome. Both nonpharmacologic and drug therapies are included under interventions for the individual woman experiencing premenstrual dysphoria. Community management is also described.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 223-229"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01132.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17623035","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Prenatal Breastfeeding Education on Breastfeeding Success and Maternal Perception of the Infant","authors":"Leslie S. Wiles RN MS","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01136.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01136.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A quasi-experimental design was used to determine the effect of prenatal breastfeeding education on maternal reports of success in breastfeeding and maternal perception of the infant. The sample consisted of 40 primiparous women who desired to breastfeed their Infants. All subjects were enrolled to attend childbirth education classes and vaginally delivered full-term, healthy infants without complication. Twenty subjects attended a prenatal breastfeeding education class and 20 served as controls. Data revealed that primiparous women who received prenatal breastfeeding education reported a significantly higher frequency of success in breastfeeding than those who did not (P = 0.01). There was a significant difference in the Neonatal Perception Inventory (NPI) I scores of experimental and control subjects at one to two days postpartum (P = 0.05). The NPI II scores of the experimental mothers were significantly more positive at one month postpartum (P = 0.001). Primiparous women who received prenatal breastfeeding education reported significantly more positive NPI II scores than the control group (P = 0.001).</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 253-257"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01136.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17622486","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nurse’s Role in Breastfeeding","authors":"Barbara Happ RN MS","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01138.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01138.x","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 4","pages":"Page 268"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01138.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90335957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marie Annette Brown RNC, PHD, Nancy Fugate Woods, RN, PHD
{"title":"Correlates of Dysmenorrhea","authors":"Marie Annette Brown RNC, PHD, Nancy Fugate Woods, RN, PHD","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01137.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01137.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A study was conducted to explore the relationship of demographic variables, gynecologic history variables, and menstrual attitudes to three measures of dysmenorrhea derived from the Menstrual Distress Questionnaire. One hundred ninety-three women, 18 to 35 years old, from five neighborhoods in a large, metropolitan city comprised the sample population. The strongest correlates found were attitudes toward menstruation, though associations between dysmenorrhea and items reflecting traditional/feminist dimensions were absent. Further precision in defining dysmenorrhea and a comprehensive, health-oriented approach to dealing with menstrual distress is indicated. Recommendations about the nurse's role in counseling dysmenorrheic women and promoting more positive menstrual attitudes are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 259-266"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01137.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17622716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Susan Ritchie RN, MPH, PNP, Carol Wiltgen Trotter, RN, MPH, CPNP
{"title":"Community Health Nursing Assessment of Neurodevelopment in High-risk Infants","authors":"Susan Ritchie RN, MPH, PNP, Carol Wiltgen Trotter, RN, MPH, CPNP","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01135.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01135.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>All Infants discharged from designated perinatal center neonatal intensive care units in Illinois are referred for follow-up home visits by community health nurses. These visits provide parental support, teaching, and anticipatory guidance plus physical and developmental assessment of the infant. The maternal and child nursing consultants who coordinate this follow-up program are frequently called upon to assist the community health nurses in physical/developmental assessment techniques. The neurodevelopmental component of the assessment, including areas of alertness, tone, head circumference, vision and hearing screening, plus primitive reflexes, is described.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 243-251"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01135.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17622721","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Participation in Prepared Childbirth","authors":"Tanya Bodo RN, MN, Cindy Griggs, RN, MSN, Kathleen Kerrins, RN, MSN, Audrey Quarles, RN, MN","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01133.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01133.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Nurses need to meet consumer demands for quality maternal-infant health care. To meet this need, the College of Nursing faculty at the University of Florida included prepared childbirth classes as a clinical experience in a BSN program. Each student works with a client couple in an ambulatory care setting to provide complete and individualized nursing care through the final weeks of pregnancy, the labor and delivery experience, and for a brief period postpartum. How this program facilitates students’ development of a holistic approach to maternal-infant nursing and increases the quality of health care for expectant parents is described.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 4","pages":"Pages 233-236"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01133.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17623037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joellen W. Hawkins RNC, PhD, FAAN, Diane Roberto, RNC
{"title":"Developing Family Planning Nurse Practitioner Protocols","authors":"Joellen W. Hawkins RNC, PhD, FAAN, Diane Roberto, RNC","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01125.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01125.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This article focuses on the process of development of protocols for family planning nurse practitioners. A rationale for the use of protocols, a definition of the types and examples, and the pros and cons of practice with protocols are presented. A how-to description for the development process follows, including methods and a suggested tool for critique and evaluation. The aim of the article is to assist nurse practitioners in developing protocols for their practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 3","pages":"Pages 167-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01125.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17619747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rubin’s “Puerperal Change” Reconsidered","authors":"Louise K. Martell RN, MN, Sandra K. Mitchell PhD","doi":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01123.x","DOIUrl":"10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01123.x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A preliminary study was conducted to examine if 1) healthy new mothers exhibit Rubin’s “Taking-in” and \"Taking-hold” behaviors and attitudes and 2) if these behaviors and attitudes change during the course of hospitalization. Twenty subjects were surveyed on each postpartal hospital day at a large, west coast urban hospital. While the women exhibited some of the behavior and attitude changes, the findings do not support the specific time aspects described by Rubin. Implications for nursing practice, education, and research are discussed.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":75963,"journal":{"name":"JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing","volume":"13 3","pages":"Pages 145-149"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1984-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01123.x","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"17619744","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}