Research and resources for perinatal professionals.
May 19, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Many readers of this blog follow our Understanding Research series developed by our very own Andrea Lythgoe, LCCE. Here's another learning resource for those interested in deepening their understanding of the fundamentals of evidence-based healthcare.Consumers United for Evidence-Based Healthcare, a
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May 16, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Qualitative research generally describes and sometimes explains. It doesnt try to prove anything. Because qualitative research is more interested in depth, the sample sizes tend to be much smaller. Once youve determined that what you have here is an original piece of quantitative research and you
May 12, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
Quantitative research seeks to prove something through experimentation and statistics. Once youve determined that what you have here is an original piece of quantitative research and youve already considered the basic questions here, youre ready for the specific questions
May 09, 2010 | by: Henci Goer, BA
Last August, I argued against ACOGs current position on inducing labor with misoprostol, which is that misoprostol is safe when used appropriately (p. 387), by which ACOG means provided it is used in doses no greater than 50 micrograms in women with an unscarred uterus. In March, I started work
May 05, 2010 | by: Andrea D. Lythgoe, LCCE
When most people think of reading research, they think of reading an original research study. And there are plenty of those published in journals all the time. Original research generally falls into two main categories: quantitative research and qualititative research. Its really too bad the terms
April 27, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), the leading nonprofit organization working to accelerate change in healthcare, has been in the news this month because its CEO, Donald Berwick, was recently nominated to head up the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
April 25, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
If you haven't heard, the Joint Commission, the organization that accredits U.S. hospitals, has recently rolled out a bundle of perinatal quality measures. These measures are designed for hospitals to track and improve their performance on indicators of perinatal quality, including the proportion of
April 24, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Our Consider the Source series offers an inside look at research from the researchers themselves. In this installment, my guest is a prominent midwife-researcher who was the lead investigator on The National Birth Center Study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, researched and wrote
April 21, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
As I mentioned the other day, this week is my one-year blogiversary. Like many bloggers, I look back on my first year and realize that I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I clicked publish to submit that first post. I didnt know how much time and mental energy it would take, how
April 18, 2010 | by: Amy M. Romano, RN,CNM
Note: If this post looks familiar, then thank you for being one of my dedicated readers who has followed me from the very beginning. Yes, this is a repost of my very first blog postand this week marks the first anniversary of Science & Sensibility! Happy blog-aversary to us! Later this week, Ill
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