ONGOING COLUMNS: Perinatal Patient Safety

Minimizing Unnecessary Interventions During Labor and Birth

Simpson, Kathleen Rice PhD, RNC, CNS-BC, FAAN

Kathleen Rice Simpson is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in St. Louis, MO, and the Editor-in-Chief of MCN. Dr. Simpson can be reached via e-mail at [email protected]

The author declares no conflict of interest.

MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing 42(4):p 240, July/August 2017. | DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000338

In Brief

A call to minimize unnecessary interventions during labor and birth for healthy low risk women in spontaneous labor by our colleagues at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists is most welcome and has been endorsed by the American College of Nurse-Midwives and the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses.