title: [Nursing school of the University of Sao Paulo and the Sao Paulo state health department: partners in the obstetric nursing specialization].
abstract: The School of Nursing at the University of São Paulo and the São Paulo State Health Department established a proposal to qualify nurses by a Specialization Program in Midwifery, which purposes were: to analyse the midwifery care problems in the context of the family and the National Health System; to qualify the nurse to give care to the woman in the pregnancy, delivery and postpartum, on clinical, epidemiological and humanistic bases; to qualify the nurse to delivery babies. The Program was concluded by 19 students, whom delivered the rate of 35 childbirth/nurse.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem Materno-Infantil e Psiquiátrica, Escola de Enfermagem, Universidade de São Paulo. riesco@usp.br
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Riesco
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Bonadio
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Chande
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D006077:Government Agencies; D006801:Humans; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D014495:Universities