A Study on Perception of Nursing Support during Labour among the Postnatal Women of Selected Hospital at Mangaluru

Nancy TS; Dr. Savitha Pramilda Cutinho

Volume : VII, Issue : XI, November - 2017

A Study on Perception of Nursing Support during Labour among the Postnatal Women of Selected Hospital at Mangaluru

Nancy Ts, Dr. Savitha Pramilda Cutinho

Abstract :

A descriptive explorative design was carried out among 376 postnatal women who were recruited by purposive sampling technique with the purpose of determining their perception of nursing support during labour by using Bryanton Adaptation of the Nursing Support in Labour Questionnaire. The findings shows overall nursing support of the postnatal mothers was very helpful(84.72%) and domain wise nursing support tangible(84.95%) emotional (84.64%) and informational(84.49%)corresponding to it. Among 25 nursing support behaviours 24 of them had mean percentage above 4 and 1 had below 4(3.93).The present study shows nurses are helpful in every way, but the nurses are supposed to spend more time with the women in labour. So 1:1 nurse patient ratio is recommended to provide quality care during labour.