The Space in the Middle

Attitudes of Women's Health and Neonatal Nurses in the United States about Abortion

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15313671
AutoresAmy Alspaugh (0000-0003-4427-4807, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, autor de correspondencia), Rekha Mehra (0000-0002-9794-2971, University of California, San Francisco), Kate Coleman-Minahan (0000-0001-7722-1985, Colorado College), Thomas J Hoffmann (0000-0003-4129-9478, University of California, San Francisco), Candace W Burton (0000-0002-0557-6020, University of California, Irvine), Meghan Eagen‐Torkko (0000-0001-9064-6494, University of Washington Bothell), Meghan Eagen-Torkko, Toni M Bond (University of California, San Francisco), Linda S Franck (0000-0003-4291-9181, University of California, San Francisco), Liz Cretti Olseon (University of California, Davis), Nikki Lanshaw (0000-0002-7853-2870, University of California, San Francisco), Jacqueline Rychnovsky (United States Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Association), Jacqueline D Rychnovsky, M R Mclemore (0000-0001-6539-4256, University of California, San Francisco)
Año2021
Volumen32
Número2
Páginas130-139
Fecha de publicación2021-11-26
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWomen s Health Issues (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-3867 • E-ISSN: 1878-4321
EditorialElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.whi.2021.10.011
PMID34844851
OpenAlexW3215326563
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas35

Understanding nurses' attitudes toward abortion, and what characteristics may influence their attitudes, is critical to sustaining nursing care for patients considering and seeking abortion. Additionally, because personal characteristics were associated with antiabortion attitudes, it is likely that personal experiences may influence attitudes toward abortion. A large percentage of nurses held attitudes that placed them in the "unsure" category. Given the current ubiquitous polarization of abortion discourse, this finding indicates that the binary narrative of this topic is less pervasive than expected, which lends itself to an emphasis on empathetic and compassionate nursing care

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