A client/ family centered maternity care study on madam Helena Badu

Abstract

Good health is an essential aspect of life which everyone dreams of having, including expectant mothers who want to have healthy babies. The family centered maternity care study is a comprehensive nursing and midwifery care rendered to a pregnant woman, her family and the community members at large to enable her to go through pregnancy, labour and puerperium safely using complete midwifery measures. In rendering this type of care, the individual is cared for in all aspects of life including spiritual, social, and psychological as well as her physical wellbeing which are considered within the frame work of the family and the community at large. The family centered care study is also an academic work which gives the student midwife the opportunity to choose a pregnant woman and nurse her through late pregnancy, labour and puerperium, putting into practice the knowledge and skills she has acquired during her training to care for the client. The family centered maternity care study is also a requirement of the Nursing and Midwifery council (NMC) as a partial fulfilment of the assessment to become a qualified midwife.