Single room maternity care srmc also known as labour delivery recovery postpartum ldrp care was developed as an alternative to the traditional labour and delivery suites during the family centred care movement which promoted birth as a normal family process stolte myers owen 1994 . Background single room maternity care is the provision of intrapartum and postpartum care in a single room it promotes a philosophy of family centered care in which one nurse cares for the family consistently throughout the intrapartum and postpartum periods at bc womens hospital a tertiary level obstetric teaching hospital in vancouver british columbia a seven bed single room maternity care unit was developed and opened as a demonstration project as part of the evaluation of this . O single room maternity care provides benefits for both patients and nursing staff and potentially a better quality of care findings single room maternity care nurses were significantly more satisfied with the physical setting their ability to respond to patients need their opportunity for teaching families the nursing practice environment peer support and their perceived level of competency. Single room maternity care is a more patient and family centered model which can lead to greater client satisfaction findings study group women were more satisfied than comparison groups in all areas evaluated including provision of information and support physical environment nursing care patient education assistance with infant feeding respect for privacy and preparation for discharge