Document Type
DNP Project
Department
School of Nursing
Date of Degree
Spring 2023
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Primary Advisor
Linda Cassar, DNP, RNC-OB, CNE; Loral Patchen, PhD, MSN, CNM, IBCLC
Keywords
Cesarean Section, Primary, African American, First Stage Labor, Second Stage Labor, Disparities, Caregiver Education
Abstract
Background: Cesarean section delivery rate in the United States has reached an alarming rate of over 30%. African American women experience a higher cesarean birth rate compared to Caucasian Women. The repeat c-section rate for all patients is greater than 80%. These findings underscore the need for intervention to reduce primary cesarean section deliveries in African American Women.
Objective: This quality improvement project aimed to implement caregiver education on the ACOG/SMFM definition of the first and second-stage labor arrest disorder to reduce primary cesarean section birth for African American women.
Method: This pre-and post-intervention quality improvement project was conducted on a Labor and Delivery unit at a large academic medical center. African American women between the ages of 18-40 who are nulliparous, full-term >37.0 weeks, and singleton pregnancy were included in the data collection. This was completed via retrospective chart review.
Results/Finding: The data was analyzed in SPSS using Pearson’s Chi-Square test. The pre-intervention sample size was 79 patients with 34 cesarean sections and 45 vaginal births. In the post-intervention sample, there were 62 patients with 23 cesarean sections and 39 vaginal births. The primary cesarean section birth rate decreased from 43% in the pre-intervention period to 37.1% in the post-intervention period. The p-value was 0.476 and while statistically not significant, there is a clinical significance to this finding.
Conclusion and implication: The reduction in the primary cesarean section rate of 5.9% indicates that the educational intervention was clinically impactful. A larger sample size is needed to demonstrate statistical significance.
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Recommended Citation
Yitbarek, A. (2023). Management of Stage I and Stage II Labor Arrest Disorder to Reduce Primary Cesarean Section Birth Rate for African American Women. , (). Retrieved from https://hsrc.himmelfarb.gwu.edu/son_dnp/134
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