Decision Making by Auxiliary Nurses to Assess Postpartum Bleeding in a Dominican Republic Maternity Ward

A collaboration of U.S. midwives and Dominican nurses will build on the assets of the auxiliary nurses. Rather than focusing the content of educational conferences on current knowledge of labor and delivery, an important next step is modeling woman‐ and family‐centered care. The U.S. midwives and Dominican nurses are committed to finding empowering and effective ways to improve maternity care.JOGNN, 35,728‐734; 2006. DOI: 10.1111/J.1552‐6909.2006.00096.x