A client/family centered maternity care study on madam Naomi Kwakye

Abstract

The client/family centered maternity care study is a systematic process in which nursing care is given to a pregnant woman and her family and the community, beginning from antenatal period through to labour and puerperium. The client/family centered maternity care study also help the student midwife to use new trends in midwifery like the pathography which is recommended and tested by the World Health Organization (WHO)in the management of labour. As health is an essential factor of life and everyone dreams of enjoying it, the family centered maternity care aims at helping these mothers and their families realize their dreams. This client centered maternity care helps the client/family to allay any anxiety during the pregnancy through to and the time of puerperium. In this event, the care given is to give special attention to the pregnant woman as unequaled individual who is care for in all facet of life including social, psychological, physical as well as mental well-being which is considered within the framework of the family, and community at large. The client/family centered maternity care study enables the pregnant woman to through pregnancy without any complication to herself and her unborn baby, have an uneventful labour and successful puerperium. Confidentiality was ensured throughout the duration of care to the client.