Application of clinical nursing pathway in obstetrics health education

Objective: To explore the values of clinical nursing pathway(CNP) in obstetrics health education. Methods: Two hundred cases of expectant mothers were randomly divided into the control group or study group,and each including 100 cases. The control group received conventional health education. According to the characteristics of obstetrical care, the clinical path table was made, the systematic health education was implemented in the study group. Results: The level of knowledge during pregnancy,self-care ability, newborn care skills and the success rate of breastfeeding were remarkably higher in study group than that in control group(P < 0.01). Conclusions: CNP can well distribute the informations of breastfeeding and newborn care to mother and increase the success rate of breastfeeding. Furthermore,it also can represent humanistic nursing and improve the satisfaction rate of both patients and relatives.