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  • Healthcare
  • Nursing
  • Reproductive Health

Background:

  • Registered nurses (RNs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) play crucial roles in delivering abortion care and family planning services.
  • Nurses offer essential support through sexual health education, medication abortion provision, and follow-up care.
  • Existing nursing roles in abortion care require further understanding and optimization for improved accessibility.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the current status and potential for optimizing nursing roles in abortion care throughout Canada.
  • To identify strategies for enhancing the provision of accessible and inclusive abortion services by nurses.
  • To address barriers hindering the full optimization of nursing scope of practice in abortion care.

Main Methods:

  • The study involved a priority-setting meeting with nurse practitioners (NPs) and registered nurses (RNs) actively involved in medication abortion.
  • Insights were gathered from professionals providing community-based medication abortion care.
  • Qualitative data likely derived from discussions and consensus-building during the meeting.

Main Results:

  • Nurses demonstrate leadership in providing accessible and inclusive abortion services.
  • Key barriers to optimizing nursing roles in abortion care were identified.
  • Participants shared insights on enhancing medication abortion delivery within communities.

Conclusions:

  • Optimizing nursing roles is a critical strategy for improving equitable access to comprehensive abortion and family planning care.
  • Evolving scopes of practice present opportunities to expand nursing contributions to reproductive healthcare.
  • Further research and policy development are needed to fully leverage nursing expertise in abortion care.