Staffing in postnatal units: is it adequate for the provision of quality care? Staff perspectives from a state-wide review of postnatal care in Victoria, Australia

Table 2 Staff other than midwives providing postnatal care in participating hospitals by hospital category

Profession	Rural		Regional		Metropolitan (non-tertiary)		Tertiary		Totals
	(n = 28)		(n = 10)		(n = 8)		(n = 3)		(n = 49)
	n*	%	n*	%	n*	%	n*	%	n	%
Mothercraft nurses	2	7.1	3	30.0	3	37.5	2	66.7	10	15.0
Division 2 nurses	9	32.1	6	60.0	2	25.0	1	33.3	18	27.0
Registered nurses	5	17.9	1	10.0	0	-	0	-	6	9.0
Hospitals where only midwives provide postnatal care	16	57.1	2	20.0	3	37.5	0	-	21	42.9

* The number of hospitals in each category who reported employing care givers of each type

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