title: Recognizing the onset of labor.
abstract: An experimental study compared the use of an educational technique based on patient participation with routine instructions to prepare patients to recognize the onset of active labor. The number of visits to the labor suite that resulted in the patient being discharged undelivered was significantly lower in patients who received the educational intervention. The study revealed that, without any increase in time, nurses can prepare patients to make judgments about the need for hospitalization.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD 21205.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bonovich
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007745:Labor Onset; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D011247:Pregnancy