A client / family centered maternity care study on Henrieta Boatemaa

Abstract

Midwifery is a very vital aspect of health care given to the pregnant women and their families. Client and Family centered maternity care study is a systematic, comprehensive and holistic approach used in rendering obstetric care to the expectant mother and her family as a whole throughout pregnancy, labour and puerperium. The care involves data collection, nursing diagnosis, assessment, identification of problems, planning; implementation and evaluation of the data that would help solve the individual’s problems. The care also focuses on the mother's physical, emotional, spiritual, psychological and social needs to help attain maximum standard of care. The family Centered maternity care study also gives the student midwife an opportunity to use her knowledge and skills acquired both practically and theoretically during her period of training to care for a pregnant woman throughout pregnancy, labour and puerperium. Moreover, the family Centered care study helps the student midwife to use the new trend in midwifery like the partograph and nursing process in management of first stage of labour and to diagnose any complication during pregnancy. The nursing process provide framework for solving problems and making decisions in the management of the client and family in a systematic manner. The study also enables student midwife to educate the client and family and also promote cordial relationship between the student midwife, the mother and her family. Furthermore, the study helps the student midwife to put into practice the concept of safe motherhood initiative which has being adapted to render quality maternity care through antenatal, labour and puerperium which will eventually reduce maternal and neonatal mortality. The family Centered maternity care study is an academic exercise required by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana so as to enable the student midwife to practice after completion of her training.