title: Considering patient-centered obstetric nursing care: why and how?
abstract: The authors assay the need for, the procedures involved in, and the benefits derived from a primary nurse approach to providing patient-centered nursing care for those pregnant women who receive their major prenatal and postnatal care through clinic facilities rather than from private physicians.
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration