A new study published in the journal Nursing Outlook found that labor and delivery units with adequate nurse staffing have lower cesarean birth rates. Researchers examined the relationship between nurse staffing and C-section rates, finding that hospitals adhering to staffing standards established by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) had 11% lower C-section rates. The study highlights the crucial role nurses play in providing attentive care to mothers and babies, ultimately leading to improved maternal and infant outcomes.
Labor and delivery units that are adequately staffed by nurses have lower cesarean birth rates, according to new research published in the journal Nursing Outlook.
"If we can safely lower the C-section rate, we are improving outcomes for childbearing people and their families," added Lyndon, the study's lead author. To determine if nurse staffing influences C-section rates, the researchers examined how well maternity units adhere to staffing standards established by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses . The evidence-based standards call for one nurse to one birthing person during many parts of labor, two nurses at birth, and one nurse for each mother-newborn pair in the first few hours after birth.
"Concern about cesarean section rates in the US has been high for many years, and there has been little progress toward improvement. This study points us toward one important solution: aligning labor and delivery nurse staffing with consensus- and expert-developed guidelines," said Joanne Spetz, director of the Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco and a study author.
"Nursing care is looked at as a cost center as opposed to a revenue center in hospitals, so it's often one of the first things cut when hospitals are trying to keep costs in line. But research continues to show that nurse staffing is a key contributor to patient safety across departments," said Lyndon.
Additional study authors include Jason Fletcher of NYU Meyers, Gay Landstrom of Trinity Health in Michigan, and Caryl Gay of UCSF. The research was supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality .Chicago
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