F02-1 Meeting Women Where They Are: Offering Best Practice Maternity Care in a Culturally Diverse Rural Environment

 

Authors: Erica Corbett MSc; Sunday Smith RN, MSN, CNM

 

Presenters: Erica Corbett and Sunday Smith, National College of Midwifery, Halifax NS

 

Purpose: To share the practice model of a midwife working collaboratively with nurses and other skilled healthcare providers to offer full scope women’s health care to vulnerable women with otherwise limited access in rural upstate New York.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Articulate how midwives and nurses can work together to support isolated women.
• Understand ways to support rural women through the continuum of women’s reproductive health.
• Understand the needs of culturally diverse populations related to pregnancy, birth and postpartum.

 

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F02-2 Factors Associated with Inadequate Prenatal Care among Women in Northern Manitoba

 

Authors: Patricia Gregory RN, PhD; Maureen Heaman RN, PhD

 

Presenter: Patricia Gregory, Red River College, Winnipeg MB

 

Purpose: To share the findings of a mixed methods study on the barriers, facilitators and motivators associated with the use of prenatal care among women giving birth in Northern Manitoba.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the barriers, facilitators and motivators associated with prenatal care use in the North.
• Explore women's and health care provider perceptions of barriers to prenatal care utilization in the North.
• Identify potential health care system improvements to facilitate the use of prenatal care in the North.

 

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F02-3 Experiences of Intrapartum Nurses Providing Labour Support in a Northeastern Ontario Setting

 

Authors: Ylise Dobson BScN, RN, PNC(C), MScN; Roberta Heale RN(EC), NP-PHC, MN, DNP, PhD; Irene Koren BA, BScN, RN, MSc; Susan James BScN, MN, PhD

 

Presenter: Ylise Dobson, North Bay Regional Health Centre, North Bay ON

 

Purpose: To explore the experiences of intrapartum nurses in Northeastern Ontario setting and the meaning they place on providing labour support.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the experiences of intrapartum nurses in providing labour support.
• Identify the barriers and challenges that exist in providing continuous labour support.
• Understand the culture of technology and the role it plays on intrapartum nurses providing labour support.