Quantitative Description of the Patient Population in a Labor and Delivery Unit |
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| Authors: | MARJORIE R. JENSEN RN BSN CAPT. USAF NC ROBERT E. HARRIS MD PhD FACOG COL. USAF MC |
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| Affiliation: | Marjorie Jensen is a captain in the Air Force and is presently stationed at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. She has served as an OB Charge Nurse in California and as a staff nurse in Turkey. She presently is assigned to the labor and delivery room. Captain Jensen received her BSN from Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah. She has had experience in public health and in nursing supervision prior to coming into the Air Force.;Robert Harris is the Chief of Obstetrics at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas. He obtained his MD degree at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and served his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at WHMC. He received his PhD degree in Microbiology from the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond, with special interests in infectious diseases and immunology of pregnancy. He is a Fellow of ACOG and ACS and participates in both medical and basic science organizations. Dr. Harris has an extensive list of contributions to the medical literature. |
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| Abstract: | Realistic efforts should be made to quantitatively determine patient care given by labor and delivery nursing personnel. In an effort to accurately evaluate staffing requirements, the total patient population utilizing the labor and delivery room was analyzed. Of the 1,281 patients receiving treatment or evaluation, 453 were nondelivered patients (36%) who were not recorded in the average census. These nondelivered patients were analyzed according to their diagnoses. Suggestions are given on which more realistic nursing staffing can be based. |
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