Nursing care is a core element of patient safety and quality within hospitals, but measures for the quality of nursing care during birth have not been established. This study, led by Audrey Lyndon at New York University, breaks new ground in determining relationships between nursing care during labor and birth, patient outcomes, and health disparities in birth outcomes. Results of this study will provide crucial information that can guide efforts to make health care safer during labor and birth and improve childbirth outcomes in the United States.
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