A Client/Family Centered Maternity Care Study on Madam Hannah Boaa

Abstract

Client/family centered maternity care study is the systematic way of administering midwifery care to a pregnant woman and her family throughout pregnancy, labour and puerperium. The family centered maternity care is mainly based on total nursing care in which the physical, psychological, spiritual, social and rehabilitative aspect of the client is considered. It includes the expectant mother, her family and the community in preparing towards the impending arrival of the new family member. The client/family centered maternity care study also help the student midwife to use new trends in midwifery like the partograph which is recommended and tested by World Health Organization (WHO). The active management of third stage of labour was also introduced to limit the occurrences of postpartum hemorrhage. The care study offers the student midwife the opportunity to put the knowledge and skills acquired during training into practice. It also enables her to detect problem and need of the mother and her family. Also the family centered maternity care study helps to reduce maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. The client and family centered maternity care study is compiled into a document in partial fulfillment for the award of registered midwifery certificate by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana.