Effectiveness of prenatal and postnatal instruction in postpartum care.

نویسنده

  • D D Petrowski
چکیده

An experimental study using a random sample of 40 staff patients in two inner-city maternity hospital clinics was conducted to determine the optimum time to teach postpartum content to maternity patients. Instruction of special postpartum content, or the lack of it, to prenatal and postpartum patients yielded no statistical difference in the results. However, the methodology used in patient instruction and the measurement of its effectiveness warrunts scrutiny.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • JOGN nursing; journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing

دوره 10 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1981