title: Strategies for Providing Low-Cost Water Immersion Therapy With Limited Resources.
abstract: At our university-affiliated medical center, a major renovation of the women's health and birthing unit resulted in the temporary loss of the permanent tub used for water immersion therapy during labor. Because 40 percent of the women in the nurse-midwifery practice utilize hydrotherapy, we undertook a rigorous search for an interim solution. We developed a safe and cost-effective strategy that can be easily replicated and utilized by others to provide hydrotherapy for laboring women.
authors.forename: Brenda
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brickhouse
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Isaacs
authors.forename: Meghann
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batten
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Price
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths; D003696:Delivery Rooms / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008880:Midwifery / Q000191:economics; D009321:Natural Childbirth / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing; D059408:Pain Management / Q000191:economics; D056888:Patient Positioning / Q000191:economics* / Q000451:nursing; D011247:Pregnancy; D012944:Social Support
keywords: hydrotherapy; labor and birth; pain management in labor; water immersion