Step 7: Educates Staff in Nondrug Methods of Pain Relief and Does Not Promote Use of Analgesic, Anesthetic Drugs
Authors: Leslie, Mayri Sagady; Romano, Amy; Woolley, Deborah
Source: Journal of Perinatal Education, Volume 16, Supplement 1, Winter 2007 , pp. 65-73(9)
Publisher: Lamaze International
Abstract:
Step 7 of the Ten Steps of Mother-Friendly Care insures that staff are knowledgeable about nondrug methods of pain relief and that analgesic or anesthetic drugs are not promoted unless required to correct a complication. The rationales for compliance and systematic reviews are presented on massage, hypnosis, hydrotherapy, and the use of opioids, regional analgesia, and anesthesia.Keywords: hypnosis and labor; hypnotherapy and labor; massage and labor; complementary therapies and labor; hydrotherapy and labor; waterbirth; water and birth; nonpharmacological pain management; analgesia and labor; nurses and pain labor; back pain and therapy and labor; movement and labor; posture and labor; maternal satisfaction; complementary therapy; opioids; epidural analgesia
Document Type: Research article
DOI: 10.1624/105812407X173191
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