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. 2024 Oct 1;33(4):206-211.
doi: 10.1891/JPE-2023-0021.

The Effect of Spinning Babies® Education on Confidence in Implementing Techniques and Knowledge Regarding Safety Related to Labor Positioning Among Birth Professionals

Maggie Spagnoli, Martha Monroe, Claire Davies

The Effect of Spinning Babies® Education on Confidence in Implementing Techniques and Knowledge Regarding Safety Related to Labor Positioning Among Birth Professionals

Maggie Spagnoli et al. J Perinat Educ. .

Abstract

In order to support labor and delivery nurses' desire for education regarding labor positioning, we hosted an 8-hour class presenting the Spinning Babies® class for birth professionals. Labor and delivery nurses and certified nurse midwives (CNMs; N = 109) from three hospitals participated in a study evaluating the effect of the Spinning Babies® class on their confidence in implementing techniques and knowledge regarding safety related to labor positioning. After the class, participants demonstrated significant improvement in scores related to the variables of interest. This study supports educating labor and delivery nurses and CNMs on how to support laboring women using positioning techniques to promote physiologic (vaginal) birth.

Keywords: labor and birth; labor management; physiologic birth; professional issues; safety.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no relevant financial interest or affiliations with any commercial interests related to the subjects discussed within this article.

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