Can Ongoing Prenatal Education and Support by a Nurse Perinatal Educator Improve Pregnancy and Education Outcomes in At-Risk, Expectant Teenage Students?

Abstract

To improve the social, legal, and educational outcomes for pregnant teens at the Guinn Special Programs Center, an alternative public education site in Plano, Texas, by having a perinatal nurse educator teach childbirth classes, infant safety, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation to teenage mothers. The first class followed the outline and evidence-based content used in parent education classes at Medical City Plano.