The obtained results allow a defining of the aim of the professional roles of nurses and midwives in supporting
and assisting the pregnant, as well as identifying their key results areas and crucial competencies from the patients’
point of view. In comparing our own study results to that involving patients’ opinions (gained by way of a study conducted
in the obstetrics and gynaecology unit, by the quality care assessment section of the Regional Specialist Hospital in Biała
Podlaska), it can be stated that there is continuous positive growth in the quality of service provided by nurses and midwives.