INTRODUCTION In the Finnish primary health care, relational continuity of care is implemented in integrated maternity and child health clinics where the same nurse takes care of the family from the pregnancy until the child reaches school age. The aim of this study was to clarify the association between this relational continuity of care and the availability, utilisation and selected features o...

Introduction: Maternal mortality remains a major health concern in Sub-Saharan Africa and Kenya particular. Providing quality maternal care has the potential of preventing over 75% deaths. The requires utilization standards. Objectives: objective this study was to determine nurse-midwives knowledge attitude toward use Methodology: This descriptive cross-sectional survey carried out at Embu Meru...

Does untreated cancer equal death? Does having a registered nurse versus a licensed practical nurse versus a medical assistant affect diabetes quality outcomes? Do physicians caring for stressed patients experience vicarious traumatic stress? Oregon presents an operationalized definition of a patient-centered medical home for their state. Lots of important clinical topics in family medicine--ad...

The Family Nurse Partnership programme, which supports first-time mothers aged 19 or under with home visits, has been rolled out to more than 130 local authority areas over the past seven years – and is expected to hit the government’s target of reaching 16,000 young mothers this month. Each family nurse visits up to 25 mothers, mostly referred from maternity services, once a week. The nurses w...

An outbreak of staphylococcal bullous impetigo occurred over a period of five months in a maternity ward involving seven infected and two colonised neonates. The skin lesions were due to epidermolytic toxin A-producing Staphylococcus aureus. Infection control measures were implemented and a retrospective case-control study performed. Contact with an auxiliary nurse was the only risk factor for ...

Respectful maternity care is the universal rights of women and newborns (WRA). WRA produced ground breaking RMC charter, which has been updated to delineate actively used raise awareness create policy change worldwide. Memories childbearing experiences stay with throughout their lifetime. Health providers play a very important role in creating respectful care.Aim: The aim present study was meas...

BACKGROUND In Tanzania, half of all pregnant women access a health facility for delivery. The proportion receiving skilled care at birth is even lower. In order to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity, the government has set out to increase health facility deliveries by skilled care. The aim of this study was to describe the weaknesses in the provision of acceptable and adequate quality care...

This paper investigates the marginalization of certified nurse-midwives (CNMs) in the US. This marginalization occurs despite ample evidence demonstrating that a midwifery model delivers highquality cost-effective care. Currently midwives attend only 7% of births, compared to 50–75% of births in other developed countries. Given the escalating costs of health care and relatively poor maternal an...