Intro to Maternal Child Flashcards
Does the US lag behind rest of world in maternal/child mortality?
yes
what are causes of child mortality?
low birth weight, education, antiseptic
how is government involved?
beginning of state programs for women and children
Family-Centered Maternity Care
safe, quality care which began to focus on the whole family
goal of maternal/child health
meet the needs of the family unit
Birth Centers
need to be a low-risk pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Not only are these free standing facilities but they also provide women’s health care for non-pregnant women by delivering annual checks and family planning counseling
Preconception counseling - women
- lower child mortality - Talk to men/women about conception long before you even think about it - What healthy choices do I need to make before I have a baby?
Preconception counseling - men
- smoking effects sperm - Alcohol causes FAS, used to think that it was only Mom - Congenital defect, can it be changed prior to conception
Home birth
- Facilitate family bonding - Once health of mom and baby are secured work on bonding - Really want Mom/Dad to go skin to skin right away to start bonding process
home birth cons
- Client should have a low risk pregnancy - Certified midwife must have a DR backup - What is the time from home to hospital in the event of an emergency? - less support
why is there less support for home birth?
- no nurses are available to provide maternal or infant care - Midwife is busy with mom
home birth pros
- Keeps families together in their own environment - Facilitates family bonding
Is it ok to have family in room?
ok as long as they don’t impede bonding
what happened when we sent mothers home shortly after giving birth?
- Postpartum infection when moms were sent home early - Insurance companies backed off on sending Moms home so early
How were children viewed in the earlier history of the United States?
- Slow to respond to the health care needs of children despite early studies on children. - Late 19th century strives were being made to decrease childhood mortality. - Discovery of vaccine, public health practices, child labor laws, etc
Current Healthcare Trends
- Cost containment-managed care, HMO, PPO - Home care - Health Insurance - Healthcare Assistance Programs
Healthcare Assistance Programs
- WIC - Healthy Start - March of Dimes
Maternal mortality
- 12.1 per 100,000 live births for all women - 30.5 for African American women - 8.7 for white women
Infant mortality
6.8 per 1000 live births
Childhood mortality
ages 1-19
Morbidity
ratio of sick to well person per 1000 people
Ethical Issues
- abortion - Elective abortion - Mandated contraception - Fetal injury - Fetal therapy - Infertility treatment - Child Health Nursing - Cessation of treatment/terminate life support
Abortion
- don’t comment - give facts - take care of people - If someone asks what you think about it - just provide information
Elective abortion
- not our job to punish or criticize - must put views aside and take care of patient - Just provide info
Mandated contraception
- See with mentally ill/handicapped (1950s) - Not our place to judge - Be supportive - Court ordered
court ordered contraception…
- children repeatedly taken away - alcohol/drug abuse
Fetal injury
- mom tries to abort fetus on own - Chemical impairment
Fetal therapy
surgical interventions
Infertility treatment
If you are infertile is it right to use tissue made in a lab
Child Health Nursing
- Public health/Home health - Try to keep kids with parents
Cessation of treatment/terminate life support
mom or baby
Societal Issues
- cycle of poverty - homelessness - access to health care - prenatal care - Medicaid - violence - adoption
cycle of poverty
- can it be broken - poor parenting - can someone rise above
access to health care
- hopefully it gets better
prenatal care
- advocate for everyone
medicaid
help someone sign up
violence
- not always men/women - could be parent/kids and kids/parents
adoption
- always a choice - talk openly with parents
legal issues
- Nurse Practice Act - Standard of Care - Accountability - Malpractice - Documentation
Nurse Practice Act
- what does it say - std of care for women/child
std of care
what is acceptable and what is not
accountability
- highest place of malpractice (especially OB) - family practice shies away from delivering babies now because they always got sued
malpractice
Informed consent, competence, full disclosure, information, consent, refusal of care
documentation
most important part of nurse’s job
Role of nurse
- care provider - teacher - collaborator - researcher - advocate - manager
care provider
direct care to patient
teacher
- education to promote health, prenatal care, and newborn care - extremely important, enormous amount of information to get to mom in a short time - have a plan to get information out
Collaborator
Lab, Doctor, OR staff, court
Researcher
apply research to practice
Advocate
- humanize and personalize care - Baby taken by court
Manager
delegate tasks and coordinate care
Advanced Practice Nurses
- Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) - Nurse Practitioner-primary care - Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)-not primary care
Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM)
- provide complete care in uncomplicated pregnancies, during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum - prescribes meds
Nurse Practitioner-primary care
- No deliveries - Yearly visit - Prescribes meds
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)-not primary care
- Masters - Find specialty they want to work in (wound, ostomy) - Can prescribe wound methods but not meds
Family Issues
- Types of families - High risk families - Cultural influences - Religious influences - Parenting styles
Types of families
- traditional, nontraditional, single-parent, blended, adoptive, multigenerational, same-sex, and communal - whatever the patient says it is
High risk families
Social and physical
Cultural influences
- be open - why is it there? - is it hurting anyone? - leave if there is no harm
Religious influences
- female circumcision - virginal in arranged marriages - African tribes and mediterranean
parenting styles
- this is what the parent would like to happen - distinct wants
Mother’s ovum
X chromosome
Father’s sperm
X or Y chromosome
XX
female
XY
male
when is genetic sex determined?
conception
Sexually undifferentiated
even though sex is determined at conception, the reproductive systems of males/females is similar for the first 6 weeks
Sexually differentiation at 12 weeks
- 7th week internal organs begin differentiating - 9th week external organs begin differentiating - 12th week sexually differentiation is about complete
are sex glands active during infancy and childhood?
no
when do sex organs become functional?
puberty
average age of menstruating
9 yrs old
what cause girls to menstruate early?
hormones that they ingest
puberty
period of life when the body experiences a growth spurt, the reproductive organs develop to adult size and function
when does sexual development begin?
conception
is sexual development active during childhood?
no
what does the hypothalamus produce to begin puberty?
gonadotropin-releasing hormone
when do sex organs become fully functional?
during the phase of puberty
are girls born with all the eggs they will ever have?
yes
menarche
1st menstrual period
menses
normal flow of blood and tissue during menstruation
Menopause
normal cessation of menstrual function that usually occurs in the 5th or 6th decade of life; the final menstrual period
do you need to use birth control during pre-menopause?
yes
do men make sperm every day?
yes
when does sperm count begin to decrease?
when they are in their 60s
female changes in puberty
- breast - pelvis - body hair - growth spurt - external genitalia and reproductive organs - early menstrual cycles irregular
female changes in puberty - breast
first visible signs of change, nipples and areola protrude from enlargement, glandular and ductal tissue develops and fat deposits begin
female changes in puberty - pelvis
widens, hips become rounder/contoured from fat deposits, and becomes favorable for childbirth
female changes in puberty - body hair
pubic and axillary develop; becomes thicker with maturation, and varies among ethnic groups
female changes in puberty - growth spurt
Growth and changes begins and ends earlier than in males
female changes in puberty - external genitalia and reproductive organs
grow larger, vaginal mucosa changes, menstrual cycle begins
amenorrhea
absence of menstruation or first period has not begun
male puberty changes
- testes - penis - nocturnal emissions - body hair - increased muscle mass - skeletal growth - voice changes
male puberty changes - testes
Growth of testes (first) between 10 – 17 years of age
male puberty changes - penis
Penis lengthening and growth begins about 1 year after testicular growth begins
male puberty changes - nocturnal emissions
“wet dreams” common in adolescence, often during dreams of sexual content
male puberty changes - body hair
○ pubic hair begins at base of penis, axillary hair growth begins in about 2 years, facial changes from fine downy texture to the male beard, increased growth of chest and back hair. Amounts of hair growth varies in ethnic groups.
male puberty changes - increased muscle mass
cause by testosterone (50% more than female at maturity)
male puberty changes - skeletal growth
longer growth spurts than girls resulting in great height
male puberty changes - voice changes
caused by enlargement of the larynx and hypertrophy of the laryngeal mucosa
spermatogenesis
formation of male gametes (sperm) in the testes
climacteric
woman’s ability to reproduce decreases over a period of years; physical/emotional changes that occur at the end of the reproductive period
perimenopause
the time from onset of symptoms associated with climacteric until at least 1 year after the last menstrual period
female reproductive anatomy
- mons pubis - Labia majora and minora - clitoris - vestibule - external vulva - hymen - perineum
mons pubis
- Protection, soft cushion over pubic, protect fetus
clitoris
Sexual pleasure
Vestibule
- structures enclosed by labia minora - urinary meatus - vaginal introitus - ducts of skene - bartholin glands
External “vulva”
- mons pubis - labia majora - labia minora - clitoris - vestibule
hymen
- thin fold of mucosa partially separating the vagina from the vestibule - should be there until 4, 5 or 6 years old - might be asked if hymen is intact if sexual abuse is suspected
Perineum
- fibrous and muscular tissue supporting the pelvic structures - distal portion of vulva to the superior part of rectum - below vaginal opening to opening of rectum
female reproductive anatomy - internal
- vagina
- uterus
- fallopian tubes
- ovaris
- cervix
uterus
- Should not have a septum
Bicornate uterus
- septum down middle of uterus