Unintended pregnancy is a common reproductive health event. Professional responsibilities for nurses providing care to women with unintended pregnancies include appropriate assessment, options counseling, provision of or referral for desired services, care coordination, and prevention efforts aimed at decreasing future unintended pregnancies. Nurses' awareness of available services and their involvement in referring or providing services is an essential component to reproductive health care.
© 2011 AWHONN, the Association of Women's Health, Obsteric and Neonatal Nurses.