Application research of community voluntary nursing service in puerperal women

Abstract

Objective To explore application effects of community voluntary nursing service in puerperal women. Methods A total of 128 natural labored puerperal women were selected as experimental group (routine nursing education and voluntary nursing service) from January to June 2014, and another 128 natural labored puerperal women were selected as control group (routine nursing education) from January to June 2013. Eight weeks after interventions, we compared the puerperal mastery of nursing skills and nursing satisfaction, and incidence of complications. Results In the experimental group, puerperal women had higher mastery rate than that of the control group in nursing skills such as perineal care, feeding baby skills, postpartum setting-up exercises, copping with cracked nipple, bath, diaper change, and umbilical nursing (P<0.05). The nursing satisfaction was 100.0% in the experimental group compared with 89.8% in the control group (χ2=15.236, P<0.01). The incidence of complications in the experimental group was lower than that in the control group (P<0.01). Conclusions Community voluntary nursing service can enhance nursing skills of puerperal women, reduce the incidence of complications and enhance nursing satisfaction of puerperal women. Key words: Volunteer plan; Nursing; Puerperal period