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Implementation Of Virtual Reality For The Laboring Patient: A Quality Improvement Project, Chantal Cole
Implementation Of Virtual Reality For The Laboring Patient: A Quality Improvement Project, Chantal Cole
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BACKGROUND: Having a baby can be one of the most challenging and painful experiences a woman has in their lifetime. Being able to choose between a variety of pharmacological and non-pharmacological pain-control methods is important to improve the patient experience and outcomes. This quality improvement project aimed to introduce a virtual reality device into the labor and delivery setting as a non-pharmacological pain control method. The goal was to decrease pain and anxiety levels, decrease the rate of epidural anesthesia use, and decrease the length of time epidural anesthesia medication was running before delivery.
METHODS: The four key components of …