A Nurse Establishes Prenatal at Med-School Clinic |
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| Authors: | DIANNE MOORE NUNNALLY RN MN |
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| Affiliation: | The author is a Perinatal Nurse Specialist at the Outpatient OB Clinic of the University of Oregon Medical Schoot in Portland. She received a BS in Nursing from Hunter College in New York City and an MN from the University of California at Los Angeles. She has worked as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in obstetrics and in labor and delivery at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica and Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Hollywood. Ms. Nunnally is a Member of NAACOG, the ICEA, and the Oregon Nurses Association. |
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| Abstract: | Prenatal services at an outpatient OB clinic on the Pacific Coast were greatly improved by a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist. Among the objectives she formulated and implemented were better patient access to care, prenatal classes, personalized patient care and education, in service education for staff nurses and improved education for nursing students, better utilization of nursing time, and a more efficient clinic structure. She also helped to devise new forms for diet histories, public health department referrals, and a Maternal-Child Nursing Assessment Care Plan. The forms are included with the article. |
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