The reproductive life plan as a strategy to decrease poor birth outcomes.

The purpose of this article is to discuss the importance of implementing a life course perspective model that includes a reproductive life plan to improve health outcomes, especially in populations at risk for adverse outcomes. A reproductive life plan is a comprehensive strategy that can be incorporated into nursing practice at all levels to improve birth outcomes. Health care providers, especially nurses, should incorporate reproductive life planning into their daily encounters with patients.

Using Fetal and Infant Mortality Reviews to improve birth outcomes in an urban community.

Objective: To describe the implementation of a Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) in a small urban community to improve perinatal birth outcomes.

Design: Descriptive study.

Setting: Urban community within a Wisconsin city, population 85,000.