Challenges faced in providing safe care in rural perinatal settings.

Angela M. Jukkala; Russell S. Kirby

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Challenges faced in providing safe care in rural perinatal settings.

November 25, 2009

Jukkala AM, Kirby RS. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2009;34(6):365-371.

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This survey of rural hospitals in the southern United States found that hospitals with fewer than 125 deliveries per year were relatively less prepared to administer neonatal resuscitation. As well, one-third of hospitals did not have an established method for transferring patients to tertiary care hospitals.

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