Significance of Medical Care Takers in Maternity Ward

[The paradoxes of humanized childbirth care in a public maternity ward in Brazil].

The maternity ward of the University Hospital in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, attempts to follow World Health Organization guidelines for humanized childbirth care, including the encouragement of non-surgical delivery, breastfeeding, rooming-in, extended family visitation, and reduction of excessive technological intervention in the delivery process. The study focuses specifically on ...

Validation of the Empowerment Model of Midwives Working in the Maternity Ward of Tehran Educational Hospitals

Introduction: Today, the issue of staff empowerment is in the spotlight because capable, skilled and better motivated staff will be able to adapt to change. Also, capable behaviors in hospitals can lead to improvements in health care. Method: The research was conducted to validate the model of empowerment of midwives working in the maternity ward of Tehran teaching hospitals. To validate 20 spe...

A coronary care unit in a general medical ward.

In all, 611 patients were admitted to the coronary care unit during the first 16 months. The diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction was confirmed in 461 (73.4%) of these patients and the results of treatment are shown. The hospital mortality was 19.1 per cent. Eighteen patients, who would have died without resuscitation, survived and left hospital. Ventricular fibrillation occurred in 41 (8.9...

Care management and nursing governance in a maternity ward: grounded theory.

ETJECTIVE To understand the care management strategies used by nurses in the governance of nursing practice in a maternity ward. METHOD Qualitative study based on grounded theory conducted with 27 participants, partitioned into four sample groups. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed through open, axial, and selective coding. RESULT The care management str...

Dissociative fugue in the patient of maternity ward – case report