Participation in prepared childbirth. Baccalaureate nursing education

JOGN Nurs. 1984 Jul-Aug;13(4):233-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.1984.tb01133.x.

Abstract

Nurses need to meet consumer demands for quality maternal-infant health care. To meet this need, the College of Nursing faculty at the University of Florida included prepared childbirth classes as a clinical experience in a BSN program. Each student works with a client couple in an ambulatory care setting to provide complete and individualized nursing care through the final weeks of pregnancy, the labor and delivery experience, and for a brief period postpartum. How this program facilitates students' development of a holistic approach to maternal-infant nursing and increases the quality of health care for expectant parents is described.

MeSH terms

  • Consumer Behavior
  • Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate*
  • Female
  • Holistic Health
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Male
  • Natural Childbirth*
  • Obstetric Nursing / education*
  • Personal Satisfaction
  • Pregnancy
  • Students, Nursing / psychology