Nurses and Care of Women Seeking Abortions, 1971 to 2011

Barriers to D&E practice among family planning subspecialists

“…Similar findings were reported from a study of physicians who offer hospital-based abortions in Massachusetts, where physicians reported that nurses' unwillingness to staff abortions hindered their ability to provide abortion services [19]. Nurses have a long history of participating in abortion care, from education and counseling to direct clinical care [20]. Their participation, however, has declined over time, from 52% in 1988 to 39% in 1998 [21].…”

Needs of Labor and Delivery Nurses Caring for Women Undergoing Pregnancy Termination

“…Acknowledging the emotional work of L&D nurses who provide termination care is an important part of reducing psychological burnout, nurse turnover, and improving the quality of patient care (Bishop, 2007;Nicholson et al, 2010). A number of authors have reported the needs of nurses caring for women undergoing pregnancy termination (Bishop, 2007;Gallagher et al, 2010;Huntington, 2002;Lipp & Fothergill, 2009;McLemore & Levi, 2011;Nicholson et al, 2010).…”

“…Of the 14 articles cited in the literature review, two had L&D nurses as the population, and only one was conducted in a Canadian setting (Bishop, 2007;Marek, 2004). In the other British and American studies, researchers investigated the experiences of gynecology and abortion clinic nurses (Gallagher et al, 2010;Haney, 2011;Hanna, 2005;Harris et al, 2011;Huntington, 2002;Lipp, 2010Lipp, 2011Lipp & Fothergill, 2009;McCreight, 2005;McLemore & Levi, 2011;Nicholson et al, 2010;Wolkomir & Powers, 2007). The majority of L&D nursing care is focused on women having a healthy delivery.…”

Calculus Formation: Nurses’ Decision‐Making in Abortion‐Related Care

“…Although complications are rare (Weitz, Taylor, Upadhyay, Desai & Battistelli, 2014), when they occur, skilled RNs in critical care settings and other areas may need to provide acute and comprehensive care, even if those nurses are not familiar with or expert in abortion. In addition to nurses' possible decisional conflict regarding the ethics of abortion, situational conflicts can arise due to patients' decisional conflict, abortion-related stigma, and conflict of values between RNs and others (McLemore & Levi, 2011).…”