The Space in the Middle

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

Bibliographic Data

ID15313671
AuthorsAmy Alspaugh (0000-0003-4427-4807, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, corresponding author), 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)
Year2021
Volume32
Issue2
Pages130-139
Publication date2021-11-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWomen s Health Issues (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-3867 • E-ISSN: 1878-4321
PublisherElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.whi.2021.10.011
PMID34844851
OpenAlexW3215326563
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited35

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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