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Expressing frustration, anger and moral distress, emergency department (ED) nurses interviewed in states with abortion bans say they are getting no information or guidance from nursing leaders or hospital administrators on how to provide care to obstetric patients, according to new, multidisciplinary research by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

“Basically, the nurses felt like they were set adrift with no guidance, no support, no backup, and they were concerned for their patients,” says Lisa Wolf, associate professor at the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and lead author of the paper published in the Journal of Nursing Administration.

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