Preterm labor: role of the nurse practitioner.

Nurse Pract

Jennifer Doyle is an outreach education coordinator and advanced practice nurse and Angela Silber is chief of maternal-fetal medicine at Summa Health System, Akron City Hospital, Akron, Ohio.

Published: March 2015

The nurse practitioner may play a pivotal role in diagnosing preterm labor through risk assessment and physical exam. While treatment and management of preterm labor are usually beyond the nurse practitioner's scope of practice, they can play an important role in preventing preterm birth through assessment, action, or advocacy.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.NPR.0000445957.28669.51DOI Listing

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