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ONGOING COLUMNS: Perinatal Patient Safety

Simpson, Kathleen Rice PhD, RNC, CNS-BC, FAAN

Author Information

Dr. Kathleen Rice Simpson is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in St. Louis, MO, and the Editor-in-Chief of MCN. Dr. Simpson can be reached via email at [email protected]

The author declares no conflicts of interest.

MCN, The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing:

doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000871

Metrics In Brief

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission have announced two new designations for hospitals with maternity services. When the public sees that hospitals are designated as providing high quality maternity services, there is an assumption that there are enough nurses to care for the childbearing family from admission to discharge. It is well known that adequate nurse staffing in linked to less risk of inpatient morbidity and mortality, yet neither of these new designations include nurse staffing as part of the criteria.

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