This section in Davis and Aroskar’s Ethical Dilemmas and
Nursing Practice provides a short overview of how abortion has been approached
by the nursing field, stressing the importance of each nurse clarifying the
relationship an individual ethical standpoint and responsibility to the
patient.
This article by Taylor et al
published in The Nurse Practitioner
offers and overview of medication abortion as provided by NPs as well as five
case studies exploring issues related to this care from the provider
perspective.
Developed and
reviewed by leading reproductive health experts and women's health
advocates, this powerpoint createde by AAPhas everything you need to teach students in
nursing programs the basics about unintended
pregnancy, emergency contraception, pregnancy options counseling, and
abortion.
This toolkit was created for nursing students by a current nursing student in collaboration with AAP, providing exercises and information to help students decide what role (if any) abortion care will play in their future practice.
This white paper by the
Abortion Access Project discusses
results of a survey of Massachusetts nursing
schools’ inclusion of reproductive health and abortion content, contextualizing
it in the need for more widespread education on these issues.
The reviews were conducted by Joyce Cappiello RN, FNP, Asst. Clinical Professor at the University of New Hampshire. Textbooks were reviewed for their inclusion if they met the criteria of: 1) authorship by family nurse practitioners, 2) marketed to family nurse practitioner, and 3) publication date of 2000 or later. Only three textbooks met this criteria as NP authorship of textbooks is limited at this time. Family practice guideline texts were also selected using the same criteria. Texts were reviewed for their inclusion of the following: 1) general counseling guidelines for unintended pregnancy counseling, 2) initiating referrals for abortion care, 3) discussion of types of procedures, and 4) overall attention to reproductive choices.
This extensive resource guide offers a comprehensive list of lecture slides, presentations, publications, videos, and fact sheets on pregnancy options counseling, abortion, emergency contraception, and adoption.
This article by Engstrom and Hunter published in
Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic and
Neonatal Nursing explores the use of fiction as a teaching tool for
reproductive options and abortion care content.
This article by Ventura published in RN explores survey data of
nurses views on abortion in their workplace from 1998 and explores balance
personal values with patients’ needs.
