Strategies for Providing Low‐Cost Water Immersion Therapy With Limited Resources

Abstract
At our university‐affiliated medical center, a major renovation of the women's health and birthing unit resulted in the temporary loss of the permanent tub used for water immersion therapy during labor. Because 40 percent of the women in the nurse‐midwifery practice utilize hydrotherapy, we undertook a rigorous search for an interim solution. We developed a safe and cost‐effective strategy that can be easily replicated and utilized by others to provide hydrotherapy for laboring women.

Source: AWHONN Lifelines - December 18, 2015 Category: Nursing Authors: Brenda Brickhouse, Christine Isaacs, Meghann Batten, Amber Price Tags: In Practice Source Type: research