Rural perinatal nursing in Canada: A hermeneutic literature review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses working in rural and remote settings are central to the delivery of perinatal services, often as the initial providers to assess and manage patients. Although policies and guidelines dictate nurses' responsibilities, little research focuses on rural perinatal nursing practice. Articulation of nurses' actual and significant involvement in rural perinatal care is needed as increasingly sustaining rural perinatal services is in jeopardy.

Objective

The study aimed to answer the question, "How are nurses understood to be involved in the delivery of rural perinatal care?"

Design

A hermeneutic literature review.

Setting

Rural and remote Canada.

Methods

A hermeneutic literature review was conducted through a two-phase, interpretive process of e

SUBMITTER: Zimmer LV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11840203 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature