Nursing and regionalization of perinatal services.
In regional perinatal projects, which include emphasis on service coordination and education, nursing must be planned to coordinate with the general goals of regionalization that go beyond the limits of individual institutions. This approach was applied in one such program where the nursing departments were successfully united to develop nursing care standards. A multifaceted educational program, based on these standards and a survey of 200 nurses, is in operation. This experience suggests that it is possible to organize perinatal nursing care throughout regions as long as due consideration of hospital individuality and autonomy is extended.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009773:Obstetric Nursing; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care