title: Providing Nursing Care Women and Babies Deserve.
abstract: Nursing Care Women and Babies Deserve describes the core habits of character, also called virtues, that nurses can strive to incorporate into their care of women and newborns. This commentary provides background on the development of Nursing Care Women and Babies Deserve, as well as inspiring examples of how nurses incorporate these virtues into their nursing practice.
authors.affiliation: AWHONN in Washington, DC. Electronic address: cruhl@awhonn.org.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruhl
authors.affiliation: nursing education consultant in New York, NY.
authors.forename: Zola
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Golub
authors.affiliation: AWHONN in Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santa-Donato
authors.affiliation: AWHONN in Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Carolyn Davis
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Cockey
authors.affiliation: AWHONN in Washington, DC.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bingham
mesh_terms: D004993:Ethics, Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D000068097:Maternal Health; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D017283:Neonatal Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D011247:Pregnancy; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D014481:United States
keywords: ethics; nursing practice; virtues