“How Are You Coping with Your Labor?” Implementing the Coping Algorithm to Support Laboring Women

The purpose of this study is describe how a system team implemented the Coping with Labor Algorithm, a pain management and documentation program that is unique to measuring a patient’s ability to cope with the discomforts of labor in comparison to the numerical scale for pain assessments. A pre-survey and post survey of patients and staff perception of the current practice management of labor compared to providing more non-pharmacological intervention options to increase patient satisfaction of their labor experience and compare with delivery and labor outcomes.