Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS.
Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont). 2022 Mar;35(1):54-68. doi: 10.12927/cjnl.2022.26750.
Registered nurses (RNs) provide abortion care in hospitals and clinics and support abortion care through sexual health education and family planning care in sexual health clinics, schools and family practice. Nurse practitioners (NPs) improve access to abortion not only as prescribers of medication abortion but also as primary care providers of counselling, resources about pregnancy options and abortion follow-up care in their communities. There is a need to better understand the current status of and potential scope for optimizing nursing roles in abortion care across Canada. In this article, we describe the leadership of nurses in the provision of accessible, inclusive abortion services and discuss barriers to role optimization. We present key insights from a priority-setting meeting held in 2019 with NPs and RNs engaged in medication abortion practice in their communities. As scopes of practice continue to evolve, optimization of nursing roles in abortion care is an approach to enhancing equitable access to comprehensive abortion care and family planning.
注册护士（RN）在医院和诊所提供堕胎护理，并通过性健康诊所、学校和家庭实践中的性健康教育和计划生育护理支持堕胎护理。执业护士（NP）不仅作为药物流产的处方者，而且作为咨询、妊娠选择资源和社区堕胎随访护理的初级保健提供者，改善了堕胎的可及性。需要更好地了解加拿大各地优化堕胎护理中护士角色的现状和潜在范围。在本文中，我们描述了护士在提供可及、包容的堕胎服务方面的领导作用，并讨论了优化角色的障碍。我们介绍了 2019 年与在社区从事药物流产实践的 NPs 和 RN 举行的一次优先事项设定会议的主要见解。随着实践范围的不断发展，优化堕胎护理中的护士角色是一种增强公平获得全面堕胎护理和计划生育的方法。
