The importance of maternal health for babies, mothers and the community

This episode on collaborative nursing looks at how nurses, other health care professionals, regulators, educators and professional associations can work together to improve Canadians access to patient-centred care. I also discuss the importance of using critical perspectives and getting to know what the patient wants out of their visit to the healthcare system. Check out the next page on this website to find more examples and information about the importance of collaboration in achieving patient health and well-being. 

Click here to listen more about why involving the patients family into their plan for care is essential. In this episode I elaborate on the idea of viewing families as partners in achieving care rather than visitors. Check out the supporting evidence page for more examples and educational resources regarding family-centred nursing care. 

I invite you to join the conversation about cultural sensitivity and analyze how we can involve this view into our daily practice as nurses. I've used a post structural and post colonial perspective to call attention to the need for all healthcare professionals to be sensitive to each individuals culture. Check out the next page, to see some artifacts about various cultures within the community and how nurses can work together with patients to fit health and healing into their lifestyle. 

Tune in if you want to hear more about some misconceptions that the community holds about mothers. We dive in to maternal mental health specifically, and talk about how we can help the women that are so used to caring for everyone else. Check out the supporting evidence page to see more interesting evidence supporting this topic. 

Listen along to find out about how my perspectives on making a human connection and building therapeutic relationship with patients has changed as a result of this course. We will discuss the topic from a hermeneutic phenomenological perspective and shine light on the importance of discovering what is most meaningful to our patients and how they are uniquely situated. I've briefly touched on the example of making human connections during maternal care and breastfeeding, but encourage you to visit the supporting evidence page to see what else has contributed to my learning of relational inquiry.