In keeping with the vision of the National Guard Health Affairs, the provision of health care for maternal/child services is in accordance with standards and guidelines for professional nursing practice.

Nursing care of women and children is centered on the principles of treating the patient as a whole being within the context of the family and community.

This blending of nursing art and science is evident and emphasized in the nurse’s role in coordinating care to provide the opportunity for patients and their families to achieve the best possible outcomes.
Maternity Services Scope of Care

The American Nurses Association (ANA) Standards of Professional Performance serve as the foundation for clinical nursing practice. The standards delineate the unifying elements within nursing practice and provide women’s health, obstetric and neonatal nurses with a clear definition of the unique elements of nursing, regardless of the area of specialty.

Standards of Professional Performance delineate the various roles and behaviors for which the professional nurse is accountable. The standards of care broadly define the nurse’s responsibility to the patient.

The standards are enduring and should remain stable over time because they reflect the philosophical values of the profession (ANA, 1998). Measurement criteria are included with each standard. The measurement criteria are a means to evaluate practice and may change more often as new knowledge is acquired and integrated into the profession.

Maternal/Child Health Services nursing care reflects a systematic approach to the nursing process. Nursing care includes a wide range of expertise in prenatal and neonatal care with the goal of providing optimum comprehensive care. Nursing care is based on Nursing Division mission and philosophy as well as the philosophy of NGHA-KAMC.

The Maternal/Child Health Service areas are staffed with Nurse Managers, registered nurses, certified midwives and unit assistants. Staff are supported and encouraged in their efforts to participate in continuing education programs, patient education, symposia and interdisciplinary committees and meetings. The patient population includes healthy to acutely ill high-risk childbearing women and foetus/neonates. In addition, infants and children receive high quality care in our Paediatric ward and in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Paediatrics Step-down Unit.

Director of Clinical Nursing: Amira Amatullah  Amatullah@ngha.med.sa