Safe Maternity Units and Perinatal High Reliability

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¹ Dr. Kathleen Rice Simpson is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in St. Louis, MO, and the Editor-in-Chief of MCN . Dr. Simpson can be reached via email at krsimpson@prodigy.net.

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Kathleen Rice Simpson. MCN Am J Matern Child Nurs. 2021 Mar-Apr.

. 2021 Mar-Apr;46(2):117.

doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000696.

¹ Dr. Kathleen Rice Simpson is a Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist in St. Louis, MO, and the Editor-in-Chief of MCN . Dr. Simpson can be reached via email at krsimpson@prodigy.net.

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Seven features of safety in maternity units: a framework based on multisite ethnography and stakeholder consultation.
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