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Tailoring Peripartum Nursing Care for Women of Advanced Maternal Age
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Tailoring Peripartum Nursing Care for Women of Advanced Maternal Age

Patricia Dunphy Suplee, Katy Dawley and Joan Rosen Bloch
Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing, v 36(6), pp 616-623
Nov 2007
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00197.x
PMID: 17973707
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Abstract

Tailoring maternity care Delayed childbearing Maternal risk Maternal psychosocial aspects Advanced maternal age
Births to women of advanced maternal age have increased dramatically over the last decade in both the United States. The majority of women who deliver their first baby after age 35 are healthy and experience positive birth outcomes. According to current research, primigravidas over 35 tend to be educated consumers. Their physical and psychosocial needs differ from those of the mother in her 20s, due to advanced age and factors related to difficulty conceiving and life circumstances. This paper presents (a) an overview of the possible risks to outcomes of childbearing for women over the age of 35; (b) a discussion of how women of advanced maternal age may differ from younger women related to developmental stage, stress or anxiety or both, decision making, and support systems; and (c) an exploration of tailoring nursing care strategies during the peripartum period specifically for this age cohort.

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#3 Good Health and Well-Being
#5 Gender Equality

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Domestic collaboration
Web of Science research areas
Nursing
Obstetrics & Gynecology
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