[Good nursing care in the postnatal wards--mothers' views on the aspect of nursing care].

Abstract

The aim of the study "Good Nursing Care in the postnatal Wards: Mothers Views on the Aspects of Nursing Care was to describe important nursing activities and their realization in postnatal wards. Activities were classified into task-centred and human-centred ones, which were then assessed on the Leino-Kilpi "Good Nursing Care Scale" (GNCS). (Leino-Kilpi et. al., 1994). The purpose of this article is describe the results of the task-centred activities. Research material was collected using a structured Likert-scale form in May 1-15, 1995 from mothers who gave birth at one University Central Hospital (n = 123). According to the results, most nursing activities studied were important to the mothers. Physical activities were grated 'very good', decision making and support for the mothers' own initiative and continuity 'good', and councelling 'fair'. The councelling stressed certain issues, such as explaining hospital procedures and teaching the mothers self-care, breast-feeding and baby care, and all these were ranked good on the average. However, the general grade given for counselling was 'fair because the shortcomings in more individual councelling.