Nurses’ Home Visits Give New Moms Much Needed Help

Since 1996, new mothers have taken advantage of the Nurse Family Partnership, a program designed to improve the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of low income, first-time mothers and their children. Thirty-one states currently offer the program in which nurses monitor and promote the health of both mother and child and they also give much needed advice on prenatal health and parenting. Read this USA Today article to learn more about the Nurse Family Partnership and the families it serves.

Editor's Note:  This is the second article spotlighting the Nurse Family Partnership nurses. Read the first article here.