Clinical Implications
Effective communication is essential to the success of this
intervention. Communication regarding STS should begin
preoperatively between the nurses, the patient, and the
medical team, so that the entire team is aware of the possibility
of STS in the OR. In addition, we hope that as the
mother begins bonding with her infant in the OR, and having
been taught the benefits of STS is more likely to ask for her infant to be brought to her soon after she arrives in the
recovery room, where STS can continue in an unhurried
and uninterrupted manner