Topic 1: Goals and Philosophies

Question 1

primary goals of maternal and child health nursing is?

Answer 1

promotion and maintenance of optimal family health and to ensure cycles of childbearing and childrearing

Question 2

refers to health of mother before she becomes pregnant

Answer 2

preconceptual health care

Question 3

refers to 6 weeks after child birth

Answer 3

postpartum

Question 4

6 weeks before conception and 6 week after birth

Answer 4

perinatal period

Question 5

t/f: maternal and child health nursing is family centered

Answer 5

true

Question 6

t/f: both nursing theory and evidenced- base practice provide a foundation for nursing care

Answer 6

true

Question 7

t/f: promoting health is an important role

Answer 7

true

Question 8

t/f: personal, cultural, and religious attitudes and beliefes DO NOT influence the meaning of illness and its impact on the family.

Answer 8

false

Question 9

goals:

nurse systematically evaluates quality and effectiveness of nursing practice

Answer 9

quality of care

Question 10

goals:

nurses evaluates his/her own nursing practice in relation to professional practice or standard and relevant statutes and regulations

Answer 10

performance appraisal

Question 11

goals:

nurse acquires and maintain knowledge in nursing practice

Answer 11

education

Question 12

goals:

nurse contributes to the professional development of peers, colleagues, and others

Answer 12

collegiality

Question 13

goals:

nurse’s decisions and actions of behalf of patient are determined in an ethical manner

Answer 13

ethics

Question 14

goals:

the nurses collaborates with other health care professionals, patient and family to provide optimal patient care

Answer 14

collaboration

Question 15

goals:

the nurses uses research findings in practice

Answer 15

research

Question 16

goals:

the nurse considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning, and delivering patient care

Answer 16

resource utilization

Question 17

goals:

the nurse contributes to the environment of care delivery within practice settings

Answer 17

practice environment

Question 18

goals:

the nurse professionally and legally accountable for his/her practice. the professional RN may delegate to and supervise qualified personnel who provide patient care

Answer 18

accountability

Question 19

4 frameworks for maternal and child health nursing care

Answer 19

health promotion, health maintenance, health restoration, and health rehabilitation

Question 20

Theories:

nursing is a caring relationship. nurses grow from novice to experts as they practice in clinical settings

Answer 20

Patricia Benner

Question 21

Theories:

a person compromise subsystems that must remain in balance for optimal functioning. any actual or potential threat to this sytems balance in a nursing concern

Answer 21

Dorothea Johnson

Question 22

Theories:

Nursing is a process of action, reaction, interaction, and transaction; Needs are identified based on client’s
social system, perceptions, and health; the role of the
nurse is to help the client achieve goal attainment.

Answer 22

Imogene King

Question 23

Theories:

The essence of nursing is care. To provide
transcultural care, the nurse focuses on the study and
analysis of different cultures with respect to caring
behavior.

Answer 23

madeleine leininger

Question 24

Theories:

The role of the nurse is viewed as changing or
structuring elements of the environment such as
ventilation, temperature, odors, noise, and light to put
the client into the best opportunity for recovery.

Answer 24

Florence Nightingale

Question 25

Theories:

A person is a open system that interacts with the
environment; Nursing is aimed at reducing stressors
through primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.

Answer 25

Betty Neuman

Question 26

Theories:

The focus of nursing is on the individual; clients are
assessed in terms of ability to complete self-care. Care
given may be wholly compensatory (Client has no role);
partly compensatory (Client participates in care); or
supportive-educational (Client performs own care).

Answer 26

Dorothea Orem

Question 27

Theories:

The focus of the nurse is interaction with the client;
effectiveness of care depends on the client’s behavior
and the nurse’s reaction to that behavior. The client
should define his or her own needs

Answer 27

Ida jean orlando

Question 28

Theories:

Nursing is a human science. Health is a lived
experience. Man-living-health as a single unit guides
practice.

Answer 28

Rosemarie Rizzo Parse

Question 29

Theories:

The promotion of health is viewed as the forward
movement of the personality; this is accomplished
through an interpersonal process that includes
orientation, identification, exploitation, and resolution.

Answer 29

Hildegard Peplau

Question 30

Theories:

The purpose of nursing is to move the client toward
optimal health; the nurse should view the client as
whole and constantly changing and help people to
interact in the best way possible with the environment.

Answer 30

Martha Rogers

Question 31

Theories:

The role of the nurse is to aid clients to adapt to the
change caused by illness; Levels of adaptation depend
on the degree of environmental change and state of
coping ability; Full adaptation includes physiologic
interdependence.

Answer 31

Sister Callista Roy

Question 32

serves as a consultant of the staff of the hospital

Answer 32

clinical nurse specialist

Question 33

responsible for planning and providing efficient and high quality health care.

Answer 33

case manager

Question 34

the one who assess. diagnose and treat the health care needs of women throughout their lifespan

Answer 34

women’s health nurse practitioner

Question 35

a nurse with expert training in primary or speciality care for patients in all ages. they focus more in managing healthcare of individuals and their families to provide preventive and maintenance

Answer 35

family nurse practitioner

Question 36

nurse which takes part in the delivery of a newborn

Answer 36

neonatal nurse practitioner

Question 37

advanced practice which specializes in caring for newborn. infants, toddlers, adolescent, and young adults. ranges from 1-18

Answer 37

Pediatric nurse practitioner

Question 38

an advanced practice who is responsible for the gynecology and primary care of women. Offers assiatnce in women through childbirth, and offers holistic care to women at many different stages in life.

Answer 38

Nurse-midwife