May 2008 Instant Poll Results

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FAILED HOME BIRTH, NOW IN THE ED

You are at the hospital, caring for your patients in labor, when a 32-year-old G3P2 with two prior cesarean section deliveries is brought to the emergency department in labor after a failed home birth.

“Will you assume care for this woman?” the nursing administrator asks you. Quickly! What would you do?



7%  Refuse to accept responsibility for a high-risk patient whom you’ve never seen

29%  Assume her care and recommend cesarean section

46%  Assume her care and recommend cesarean section—plus, later, report the responsible midwife to the department of public health and her credentialing organization

18%  Agree to assume her care as long as the hospital’s attorney and risk management team indemnify you

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FAILED HOME BIRTH, NOW IN THE ED

You are at the hospital, caring for your patients in labor, when a 32-year-old G3P2 with two prior cesarean section deliveries is brought to the emergency department in labor after a failed home birth.

“Will you assume care for this woman?” the nursing administrator asks you. Quickly! What would you do?



7%  Refuse to accept responsibility for a high-risk patient whom you’ve never seen

29%  Assume her care and recommend cesarean section

46%  Assume her care and recommend cesarean section—plus, later, report the responsible midwife to the department of public health and her credentialing organization

18%  Agree to assume her care as long as the hospital’s attorney and risk management team indemnify you

FAILED HOME BIRTH, NOW IN THE ED

You are at the hospital, caring for your patients in labor, when a 32-year-old G3P2 with two prior cesarean section deliveries is brought to the emergency department in labor after a failed home birth.

“Will you assume care for this woman?” the nursing administrator asks you. Quickly! What would you do?



7%  Refuse to accept responsibility for a high-risk patient whom you’ve never seen

29%  Assume her care and recommend cesarean section

46%  Assume her care and recommend cesarean section—plus, later, report the responsible midwife to the department of public health and her credentialing organization

18%  Agree to assume her care as long as the hospital’s attorney and risk management team indemnify you

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