Monday, November 14, 2011

Professional Genre

Blustain, S. (2007). Modern childbirth: Failure to progress.  The Women’s Review of Books,


                24(4), 3-5.  Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.proxy.libraries.uc.edu/stable/20476610



                In one of the biggest studies of its kind in 2005, it became evident that women who gave birth at home needed fewer interventions than those that were induced or who labored in the hospital.  Modern obstetrics has transformed childbirth into a process that is actively managed where every last aspect is attempted to be controlled but often times interventions are not necessary for a healthy baby. 



Ramsey,P.S. (2000).  Labor induction.  Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 12(6),


               463-473. doi: 10.1097/00001703-200012000-00002


            With such a marked increase in labor inductions, success of induction depends largely on the favorability of the cervix prior to induction.  An unfavorable cervix can lead to prolonged labor, prolonged hospitalization, induction failure, and an increase in cesarean section.  It is necessary to advance our knowledge of parturition and cervical ripening in order to better understand the mechanisms of labor and to direct interventions for labor induction.



Simpson, K.R.  (2007).   Elective labor induction.  MCN, the American Journal of


                Maternal/Child Nursing, 32(6).  doi: 10.1097/01.NMC.0000298147.02560.eb


T             The increase in elective inductions has profoundly changed the role of the labor and delivery nurse over the years, moving from management of the client with spontaneous labor to the management of administering Oxytocin and the side effects it carries.  More education needs to be provided to pregnant women so that they have enough information to make informed decisions about labor induction. 



Spong, C.Y. (2011).  Failed labor induction.  Obstetrics & Gynecology, 117(2), 267-272.  doi:


            10.1097/AOG.0b013e318207887a


            To date, no definitive definition of a ”failed labor induction.”  Outcomes of labor induction have been analyzed and it has been concluded that during the latent stage of labor, induction is not a failure until Oxytocin has been administered for twelve hours after the rupture of the membranes. 


















1 comment:

  1. Hi Bridgette, These look like great sources. At this point you should be writing your own annotations or summary of the thesis, rather than cutting and pasting from the abstract (that at least would require quotation marks, but even so it wouldn't indicate the degree to which you've understood the content of the article).

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