Framework of Maternal and Child Nursing Flashcards
4 phases of of maternal and child health nursing practice
Health promotion
Health maintenance
Health restoration
Health rehabilitation
it is educating clients to be aware of good health through teaching and role modeling
health promotion
intervening to maintain health when risk of illness is present
health maintenance
promptly diagnosing and treating illness using interventions that will return client to wellness most rapidly
health restoration
Preventing further complications from an illness; bringing an ill client back to an optimal state of wellness or helping a client to accept inevitable death.
health rehabilitation
nurses prepared at the
master’s or doctorate degree level
clinical nurse specialist
manage the care of
infants at birth and in intensive care settings
neonatal nurse specialist
educate women about
breastfeeding and support them while they learn how
to do this.
lactation consultant
consult with families
about patterns of inheritance and offer support to
families with a child who has inherited a genetic
disorder.
genetic nurse counselors
a graduate-level nurse who
supervises a group of patients from the time they enter
a health care setting until they are discharged from the
setting
case manager
nurses educated at the master’s or
doctoral level
nurse practitioners
Has advanced
study in the promotion of health and prevention of
illness in women
women’s health nurse practitioner
a nurse
prepared with extensive skills in physical assessment,
interviewing, and well-child counseling and care
pediatric nurse practioner
an advanced-practice role
for nurses who are skilled in the care of newborns, both well
and ill
neonatal nurse practioner
an advanced-practice
role that provides health care not only to women and
children but also to the family as a whole
family nurse practitioner
an individual
educated in the two disciplines of nursing and
midwifery and licensed. Plays an important role in
assisting women with pregnancy and childbearing.
certified nurse-midwife
The promotion and maintenance of optimal family
to ensure cycles of optimal childbearing and child rearing
primary goal
the process of giving birth to children
childbearing
the process off bringing up a child or children
childrearing
a multidimensional phenomenon that includes
feelings, attitudes, and actions
sexuality
the term used to denote a person’s
chromosomal sex: male (XY) or female (XX)
biologic gender
the male or female behavior a person
exhibits, which, again, may or may not be the same as
biologic gender or gender identity
gender role
Behavior or act committed to please the
sexual desire.
sexual gratification
person who finds sexual fulfillment
with a member of the opposite gender
heterosexual
person who finds sexual fulfillment
with a member of his or her own sex
homosexual
if they
achieve sexual satisfaction from both homosexual and
heterosexual relationships
bisexuality
an individual
who, although of one biologic gender, feels as if he or
she is of the opposite gender
transsexual
separation from sexual
activity
sexual abstinence
self-stimulation for erotic pleasure
masturbation
the use of visual materials such as
magazines or photographs for sexual arousal
erotic stimulation
sexual arousal resulting from the use of certain objects or situations
fethisism
an individual who dresses in the clothes of the opposite sex
transvestite