Hello, Uterverse!

 If your unit implement early AROM due to the ACOG practice bulletin, you might wonder "Does early AROM actually help induced labor progress faster—or does it create more problems than it solves?" In this Birth Nurse Hotline episode, Jen and Heidi answer a listener question about early artificial rupture of membranes (AROM) during induction and walk through how they think about the resea...

 Can labor nurses actually influence birth outcomes? And if so… how? In this episode, Heidi surprises Jen with a research study about nurse influence on labor outcomes—and the findings are not what either of us expected. Together, we react in real time to what the research says about bedside nursing, labor progress, interventions, and the factors that may shape patient outcomes in labor and d...

 What happens when nurses stop asking questions? In this episode, Jen and Heidi explore the concept of questioning attitude —a term often used in other high-risk industries, but is not well applied in labor and delivery nursing. We talk about why a questioning attitude is not the same thing as negativity, conflict, or “being difficult,” and why curiosity and critical thinking are es...

Every specialty has its “icks”—and labor and delivery research culture definitely has a few. In this episode, Jen and Heidi talk through some of their biggest research and evidence-based practice “icks” in perinatal nursing: from oversimplified interpretations of studies to rigid protocol thinking, black-and-white social media takes, and the pressure to treat research like a mic drop instead of a...

What do you do when you know something isn’t right—but you aren’t sure if you have the right words to back it up? In Part 2 of our evidence-based practice series, Jen and Heidi move beyond definitions and into the real-world application of evidence-based care at the bedside. If you’ve ever felt stuck trying to explain a clinical concern without the perfect study, guideline, or wording, this episod...

Evidence-Based Practice 101: What Labor Nurses Actually Need to Know What does evidence-based practice actually mean—and why do so many labor and delivery nurses feel like they’re “doing it wrong”? In this first episode of Hello Uterverse , Jen and Heidi break down one of the most misunderstood concepts in nursing: evidence-based practice (EBP) . If you’ve ever felt like you needed a study, a guid...