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Are home visits by nurses the key to better maternal and infant health?

Health Leaders | Nursing

New Jersey has embraced the Family Connects model, now in use in communities across 19 states, as a way to reduce its high rate of maternal mortality and boost the health of mothers and babies.

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'Full circle moment': Nurse delivers baby with midwife who delivered her 35 years ago

Health Leaders | Nursing

Pillar: Nursing Link: Full story Article Source: WKYC Tags: community employees maternity nurses nursing Secondary Pillars: Nursing Article Type: News Published Date: Wednesday, January 3, 2024 Hide sidebars: Render small main image: Sometimes life's greatest moments of happenstance take decades to arrive.

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How Nurses Can Help Curb High Maternal Mortality Rates in Black Women

Health Leaders | Nursing

Disproportionately high mortality rates for black women aren’t caused by genetics, says an expert in healthcare disparities that affect maternal care; the cause appears to be systemic racism. The maternal mortality rate for black women in 2021 was 69.9 deaths per 100,000 live births, or 2.6 deaths, according to the U.S.

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For parents of babies in Aurora Sheboygan’s NICU over holidays, support of nurses will never be forgotten

Health Leaders | Nursing

Pillar: Nursing Link: Full story Article Source: The Sheboygan Press Tags: maternity nurses nursing patient experience patient satisfaction Secondary Pillars: Nursing Article Type: News Published Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Hide sidebars: Render small main image:

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Most of $100M Pledge to Grow the Nursing Workforce Will Fund APRN Training

Health Leaders | Nursing

Nearly $65 million of the investment will fund training for APRNs who will deliver primary care, mental health care, and maternal healthcare, according to HHS: The Advanced Nursing Education Workforce Program will receive $34.8 maternity care deserts.

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Nurses Battle the Growth of Maternity Care Deserts

Health Leaders | Nursing

With maternity care deserts—areas with no access to prenatal or delivery services—increasing in rural areas, the Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences and the University of Minnesota (U of M) School of Nursing are collaborating to expand the nurse-midwifery workforce in the Upper Midwest. maternity care deserts.

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Community health program addresses maternity healthcare gap

Health Leaders | Nursing

Pillar: Clinical Care Link: Full story Article Source: CBS 21 Tags: healthcare disparity maternity nursing Secondary Pillars: Nursing Article Type: News Published Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Hide sidebars: Render small main image: Instead, they're meeting them where they are: at home.

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