The primary goal of maternal and child health nursing correct answers The promotion and maintenance of optimal family health to ensure cycles of optimal childbearing and childrearing
(Cant have a healthy baby without a healthy mom, A continuum)
Childbearing vs childrearing correct answers Bear...
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The primary goal of maternal and child health nursing correct answers The promotion and maintenance of optimal family health to ensure cycles of optimal childbearing and childrearing (Cant have a healthy baby without a healthy mom, A continuum)
Childbearing vs childrearing correct answers Bearing: the process of giving birth to children
Rearing: Parenting, or raising, disciplining and educating a child from birth to adulthood.
Major philosophical assumptions about maternal and child health nursing correct answers Family centered Community centered Evidence based (Needs to consider the family as a whole + partners in care; serves as an advocate; having a high degree of Independence; Teaching and; counseling; health and disease prevention; Respects personal, cultural, and spiritual attitudes; Encourage developmental stimulation to prolong life)
Family centered correct answers Assessment should always include the family and the individual Allows the nurse to better understand individuals and their effect on others (Health can impact the way someone can function as a member of a family; Nurses provide guidance and monitor the interaction between; family members to promote health and well being of the family unit)
Community centered correct answers The health of families is affected by and influences the health of communities (Community resources for families; Homecare, Hospice)
Scope of practice of maternal and child health nurse correct answers 1. preconception care 2.Care of women during three trimesters of pregnancy and the puerperium (the 6 weeks
after childbirth, sometimes termed the fourth trimester of pregnancy)
3. Care of infants during the perinatal period (the time span beginning at 20 weeks of pregnancy to 4 weeks [28 days] after birth)
4. Care of children from birth through late adolescent
5. Care in a variety of hospital and home care settings
2020 National health goals (2) correct answers Increase quality and years of healthy life
To eliminate health disparities
(Intended to help citizens more easily understand the importance of health promotion and disease prevention and to encourage wide participation in improving health in the next decade) Global health goals correct answers (Established in 2000)
To end poverty and hunger To achieve universal primary education To promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve child mortality Improve maternal health Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases To ensure environmental sustainability To develop a global partnership for development
Magnet Status correct answers Award given by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center to hospitals that satisfy a set of criteria designed to measure their strength and quality of nursing.
Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing Care (4 phases) correct answers Health promotion: (Educating parents and children to follow sound health practices through teaching and role modeling)
Health maintenance: (Intervening to maintain health when risk of illness is present) Health restoration: (Using conscientious assessment to be certain that symptoms of illness are identified and interventions are begun to return patient to wellness most rapidly) Health rehabilitation: (Helping prevent complications from illness; helping a patient with residual effects achieve an optimal state of wellness and independence; helping a patient to accept inevitable death)
Birth rate correct answers the number of births in a year for every 1,000 people in a population (has decreased)
Fertility Rate correct answers the average number of children per woman of childbearing age
Fetal death rate correct answers the number of fetal (over 500g) per 1,00 live births (greater than 20 weeks)
neonatal death rate correct answers the number of deaths per 1,000 live births occurring at birth or in the first 28 days of life
perinatal death rate correct answers the number of stillbirths and the number of neonatal deaths per 1,000 live births (fetal + neonatal deaths)
Maternal Mortality Rate correct answers Number of deaths per thousand of women giving birth.
Known causes of maternal mortality correct answers Non-cardiovascular disease
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