Project Director

Collier, Angel

Department Examiner

Summers, April

Department

Dept. of Nursing

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

The United States has the highest Maternal Mortality Rate in the developed world, and it has been increasing since 1987. To combat this problem, researchers have developed Early Warning Systems (EWS) to identify when a woman is developing signs of a life-threatening problem during the maternal period. The goal of this research is to identify if these early warning systems are being used in U.S. hospitals, and, if not, what the best way is to implement them. Several interviews were performed with hospitals across the U.S. and the transcripts were run through the analyzing software NVivo. Each transcript will be analyzed for common responses and frequently used words to determine the usage of EWS and the barriers to implementation.

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Dr. Angel Collier and Professor April Summers for their guidance and contribution.

IRB Number

19-049

Degree

B. S. N.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

Date

5-2020

Subject

Mothers--Mortality--United States

Keyword

Early Warning Systems; Maternal Death; Maternal Death in the United States; Maternal Mortality; Maternal Mortality in the United States; Obstetric

Discipline

Maternal and Child Health

Document Type

Theses

Extent

i, 42 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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