Summary Effective and comprehensive maternity care is becoming an increasingly difficult challenge for birthing hospitals since there

are over four million births per year thus making childbirth the most common cause of hospitalizations. Prior to this situation, the hospitals shortened the hospital stay of both the mother and infants for only about 24 hours which leads to lack of proper postpartum care causing the increase in newborn hospital readmissions (NNR). Researches have focused more on the importance of routine postpartum care following early discharge and less on the health-promoting activities for the mother and infant or the development of service systems that provide social as well as health-focused services. Also, researchers mainly focus on the number of postpartum hospital stay rather than the needs of the mother and newborn or on the content and quality of the care they receive. Because of this, a case study was conducted testing models of psychosocial support and their effects on normal newborn readmission (NNR) rates. A cost-benefit analysis was performed to compare the costs of the intervention to the costs for NNRs. The costs of the comprehensive and limited interventions were quantified and compared. The results of the study show a positive relationship between providing comprehensive psychosocial support as part of a postpartum program and fewer readmissions among healthy infants. Providing comprehensive followup to mothers after birth is a critical component of maternity care. As a conclusion, comprehensive psychosocial support in postpartum program was successful in reducing NRRS, lowering the average costs of newborn readmissions and improving quality of both inpatient and outpatient services. Reducing readmissions is a leading indicator of quality healthcare services. Reactions To begin with, this journal has helped me realize that my responsibilities to my patients in OB ward as a nurse do not end only after the child has been born. This made me realized that my task is never ending and is a continuous process. After the delivery of the newborn baby, I still have a responsibility to my patients, both the mother and her newborn. One of which is to take care our patients unconditionally and willingly through emotional, social and mental supports and other related support that we could provide them especially for those mothers who had just delivered their first born baby. We must provide them the necessary health care education for the prevention of any medical problem which may arise in relation to giving birth.

Secondly, since the time given for postpartum care is only limited, we are still obliged to do caring measures that will help our patient cope up with her situation. We must also initiate a comprehensive follow-up on the mother and the newborn in order to assess and observe the patients physical, mental and psychological state. We may not be able to assess all aspects, but we have to provide the patient with the best of our care. If there are any deviations from the normal, we should act immediately as we are only given a limited time. Hence, we must do every procedure that is necessary for the patients complete health care. This will help solve any problems before hand and thus reducing the readmission rate or preventing readmission. In conclusion, nurses responsibilities in patients health care do not end in the delivery room but it extends to postpartum care area which is of equal essence with delivery room nursing care. Thus, nurses role is of importance in the patients postpartum care area as well considering that they are the front liners persons in terms of health care services.