title: Pain in labor: a conceptual model for intervention.
abstract: A conceptual model, based on the Grantly Dick-Read fear-tension-pain cycle concept, for intervening in pain in labor is presented. The model can serve as a guide to help break the cycle and to establish a new cycle which operates on positive, rather than negative, forces, i.e., education, purposeful activity, and supportive care, each directed toward breaking a specific segment of the cycle. The conceptual model can be used in educational settings and as a tool for determining priority of focus for nursing intervention with the labor patient.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D010146:Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy