Key terms - Chapter 1 Flashcards
Advanced practice nurses
Registered nurses with an advanced degree, can specialize in perinatal, paediatric or neonatal care.
Advocate
Person who stands up on behalf of another person.
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Provides care in hospital or community to specific specialty patients, such as, perinatal, cardiac, Neuro, oncology.
Clinical Pathways
Collaborative guidelines that define multidisciplinary care in terms of outcomes within a timeline.
Critical Thinking
Synthesis and analysis of all the information with the goal of developing purposeful goal directed thinking.
Cultural Awareness/ Cultural Sensitivity
Being sensitive to the differences and similarities between two cultures when communication and interacting.
Cultural Competence
Ability to effectively interact, work, develop relationships with people of various cultural backgrounds.
Cultural Humility
A process of self reflection and discovery for building honest and trustworthy relationships.
Cultural Safety
Understanding the power imbalances inherent in health care services and relationships and addressing these inequities in service delivery.
Culture
Socially inherited characteristics that one generation hands down to the next. Consists of values, beliefs, and practices.
Midwives
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
Eight international goals that focused on improving the health and education of the global community.
1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. Achieve university primary education
3. Promote gender equality and empower women
4. Reduce Child mortality
5. Improve maternal health
6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. Ensure environment sustainability
8. Develop a global partnership for development
Morbitity
Death
Mortality
Birth and illness
