Agenda Item Details
Day 4   Saturday Oct 14, 2017
10:15 - 11:45am
Concurrent Session E04 - Promoting Health in Unique Populations
Description

E04-1 Challenging the Gender Binary: Gender Inclusivity in Perinatal Nursing Care

 

Authors: Eileen McMahon, RN(EC), BScN, MN, NP-Adult, PNC(C); Nancy Watts, RN, MN, PNC(C); Melanie Basso, RN, MSN, PNC(C); Aurelie Lecocq, PhD; Leeanne Johnson, RN, MN, PNC(C); Judy Flieler, RN, MScN, PNC(C); Landyn Blais, RN, PNC(C); Julie German, RN(EC), BScN, MSc, PNC(C), CCHN, NP-PHC

 

Purpose: To describe the importance of providing inclusive perinatal care, to review the process used to develop gender inclusive perinatal competencies, and to reveal the updated Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) perinatal competencies.

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify the reasons why gender inclusivity is important in perinatal nursing care.
  • Describe the role of the perinatal nurse in providing gender inclusive care to childbearing persons.
  • Apply what is learned in this session to effect change in the participant’s own practice environment.

Presenters: Eileen McMahon and Nancy Watts, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto ON; and Melanie Basso, BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, Vancouver BC

 

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E04-2 Childbirth Fear and Planned Cesarean Birth

 

Authors: Janet Bryanton, RN, PhD, PNC(C); Cheryl Tatano Beck, RN, PhD, CNM; Stephanie Morrison, BScN, RN

 

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore women's experiences of fear in relation to their decision to have a planned cesarean birth. The research question guiding this study is: What is the essence of the experience of fear in women's decisions to have a planned cesarean birth?

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss relevant literature related to fear and childbirth.
  • Discuss women’s fear of childbirth in relation to their decision to request a planned cesarean birth.
  • Identify implications for practice, related to study findings.

Presenters: Janet Bryanton and Stephanie Morrison, University of PEI School of Nursing, Charlottetown PE

 

 

 

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