C1: A Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing Flashcards
What includes in maternal and child health nursing?
care of the
pregnant woman, child, and family
What nurses do during prenatal visit?
a nurse assesses that a pregnant woman’s uterus is expanding normally
What nurses do during a health maintenance visit?
a nurse assesses a child’s growth and development
What is the primary goal of both maternal and child health nursing?
the promotion and maintenance of optimal family health
Regardless of the setting, What is the preferred focus of nursing care?
a family-centered approach
RATIONALE: Family is considered the primary unit of care. Since, a healthy family establishes an environment conducive to growth and health-promoting behaviors that sustain family members functioning during crises
How can a nurse promote a family-centered care?
a nurse involves the family members (mother, father, etc.) in a physical exam
RATIONALE: to provide physical and emotional care based on the individual situation and their comfort level
What are the two main overarching national health goals?
- To increase quality and years of healthy life
- To eliminate health disparities
What are the global health goals?
- To end poverty and hunger
- To achieve universal primary education
- To promote gender equality and empower women
- To reduce child mortality
- To improve maternal health
- To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
- To ensure environmental sustainability
- To develop a global partnership for development
Four Phases of Health Care
Health Promotion
Health Maintenance
Health Restoration
Health Rehabilitation
What phase of health care?
“Educating parents and children to follow sound health practices through teaching and role modeling”
Health Promotion
What phase of health care?
“Intervening to maintain health when risk of illness is present”
Health Maintenance
What phase of health care?
“Using conscientious assessment to be certain that symptoms of illness are identified and interventions are begun to return patient to wellness most rapidly”
Health Restoration
What phase of health care?
“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”
Health Rehabilitation
It is a scientific form of problem solving, serves as the basis for assessing, making a nursing diagnosis, planning, implementing, and evaluating care.
Nursing Process
These are designed to offer helpful ways to view patients so nursing activities can be created to best meet patient needs
Nursing Theories
