title: A journey to family-centered maternity care.
abstract: This article highlights the journey taken by the nursing staff of a traditional maternity care unit in a moderately sized Pennsylvania hospital as they moved to a new single-room maternity care (SRMC) unit and transformed their model of care to family-centered maternity care (FCMC). The steps of the journey are described, including the process undertaken, the road blocks encountered, and the factors that contributed to a successful outcome.
authors.affiliation: Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA. comfortpage@paonline.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ecenrod
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zwelling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003696:Delivery Rooms / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016389:Maternal-Child Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011247:Pregnancy; D016387:Women's Health