tailieunhanh - Maternal and Child Health Nursing Practice

Grades are assigned to bring attention to the current status of each indicator of child health and safety. Grades are assigned by a group of health experts from the sponsoring organizations. “A” indicates that the current status is “very good”; “B” is “satisfactory”; “C” is “mediocre”; “D” is “unsatisfactory”; “F” is “very poor.” Data trends are described as “Better,” “Worse” or “No Change.” Indicators with trends described as “Better” or “Worse” experienced a change. | UNIT ONE Maternal and Child Health Nursing Practice CHAPTER 1 A Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing Key Terms Objectives clinical nurse specialist evidence-based practice family nurse practitioner fertility rate maternal and child health nursing mortality rate neonatal nurse practitioner neonate nurse-midwife nursing research pediatric nurse practitioner puerperium scope of practice women s health nurse practitioner After mastering the contents of this chapter you should be able to 1. Identify the goals and philosophy practice and nursing theory as of maternal and child health they relate to the future of nursing. maternal and child health 2. Describe the evolution scope nursing practice. and professional roles for 6. Use critical thinking to identify nurses in maternal and areas of care that could benefit child health nursing. from additional research or 3. Define common statistical terms application of evidence-based used in the field such as infant practice. and maternal mortality. 7. Apply concepts of family- 4. Discuss the implications of the centered care to maternal and common standards of maternal child health nursing. and child health nursing and the 8. Integrate knowledge of trends in health goals for the nation for ma- maternal and child health care ternal and child health nursing. with the nursing process to 5. Discuss the interplay of nursing achieve quality maternal and process evidence-based child health nursing care. A nna Chung is a premature neonate who must be transported to a regional center for care about 30 miles from your local hospital. Her parents Melissa and Robert have many concerns. They don t want to be so far from their daughter and they don t know how they will pay for her special care. Also Melissa 37 years old believes she is too old to leave the hospital so soon after having a cesarean birth. She recalls staying in the hospital much longer after having her first child Micko now 6 years old. This chapter discusses .