Reimagining and Contextualizing Fetal Weight Estimation. Issue 6 (November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dreisbach, Caitlin
• Is Part Of: MCN, the American journal of maternal child nursing. Volume 46:Issue 6(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-11
• Subjects: Obstetric Nursing -- Periodicals; Pediatric Nursing -- Periodicals; Maternal-Child Nursing -- Periodicals; Pediatric nursing -- Periodicals -- Databases; Maternity nursing -- Periodicals -- Databases; Electronic journals; Electronic journals; Maternity nursing; Pediatric nursing; Databases; Periodicals; Electronic journals; Databases; 610.73
• DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000764
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0361-929X

Abstract

Abstract : Some women feel pressured to make decisions about timing and mode of birth based on estimated fetal weight. Our perinatal patient safety guest columnist, Dr. Dreisbach, presents the evidence for accuracy and utility of various methods of estimating fetal weight in the last few weeks of term pregnancy and how nurses can help pregnant women make informed decisions.