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Nurses' Own Birth Experiences Influence Labor Support Attitudes And Behaviors, Ann P. Aschenbrenner, Lisa Hanson, Teresa S. Johnson, Sheryl Talcott Kelber

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

Objective

To describe the attitudes of intrapartum nurses about the importance of and intent to provide professional labor support (PLS); barriers to PLS, such as perceived subjective norms and perceived behavioral control; and relationships among attitudes, behaviors, and nurse and site characteristics.

Design

A cross-sectional, mixed-methods, descriptive design was guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior.

Setting

Three hospital sites in one region of a single Midwestern state.

Participants

Sixty intrapartum nurses participated.

Methods

The Labor Support Questionnaire and demographic questionnaire were administered online. The Labor Support Questionnaire is used to measure attitudes about the importance of and intended behaviors …

Engaging In Culturally Informed Nursing Care With Hmong Children And Their Families, Shoua Xiong, Nora Degroote, Hayley Byington, Jamie Harder, Krystal Kaminski, Kristin Haglund

College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications

The Hmong are an ethnic hill tribe group originally from Southern China with concentrated populations throughout Southeast Asia, especially the mountains of northern Laos. Following the Vietnam War, the Hmong started immigrating to the United States in waves to escape prosecution for fighting communism alongside the United States. Today, the Hmong population in the United States is growing rapidly, with a median age of 20.4 years. As the Hmong move and redistribute themselves across the country to be with family or pursue new opportunities, it is more and more likely that nurses everywhere will interact with Hmong children and their …