Effects of Systematic Cervical Exam Training on Labor and Delivery Care
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
1,125 participants
Jul 23, 2020
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
All physicians, nurses, and nurse midwives working on Labor and Delivery will be required to complete cervical exam simulation training. Data before and after institution of the training will be compared to determine if the training leads to less cervical exams during labor and increases consistency between examiners
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria4
- Healthcare providers:
- • physicians, midwives, and labor and delivery nurses working on the Labor and Delivery unit within the Wake Forest Baptist Birth Center
- Patients:
- • any pregnant women receiving care on the Labor and Delivery unit of Wake Forest Baptist Birth Center
Exclusion Criteria6
- Healthcare providers:
- • none
- Patients:
- placenta previa
- vasa previa
- any other contraindication to cervical exam
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Interventions
Each nurse will then examine 1 sets of 10 high-fidelity silicone task trainers approximately three per week for a maximum of 20 sessions (200 repetitions total). For each set of 10 exams, the estimates will recorded on an answer sheet. A cumulative summation analysis will be performed on each participant. When an individual nurse achieves competence her training will be suspended
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NCT04421768