INTRODUCTORY MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC
NURSING FULLY SOLVED TEST PAPER GRADED
A+
◉ Institute of Medicine definition of Quality:
Answer: - "The degree to which health services for individuals and
populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and
are consistent with current professional knowledge."
◉ Ways for nurses to improve quality.
Answer: - Work in scope of practice
- Utilize standards of care based on evidence-based practice
- Make sound decisions in providing care
- Deliver family and patient-centered care with attention to specific
needs, values, and expectations of patient and family
- Identify errors and hazards
◉ Ways for nurses to improve quality: (part 2).
Answer: - Implement safety principles
- Collaborate with heath team members to reduce errors and
improve care
, - Utilize hospital resources in a cost-effective manner by not wasting
materials and time
- Provide equal care to all patients that does not vary in quality
based upon gender, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status
◉ Roles in Maternity/Peds Nursing: CNA.
Answer: - assist patient's daily needs of nutrition, dressing, and
movement
- take vital signs, collect specimens, assist with transportation
- under direct supervision of RNs, NPs, and PAs, or Physicians
◉ Roles in Maternity/Peds Nursing: LPN/LVN.
Answer: Mainly work in Post Partum and Newborn Nursey, not
Labor&Delivery
- Provide nursing care in multiple settings under RN, NP, physician
or midwife
- May help prep patients for pregnancy and delivery
◉ Roles in Maternity/Peds Nursing: RN.
Answer: - Assess, plan, and provide care to patient, including
teaching, monitoring the pregnancy through delivery, providing
postpartum and newborn care, and caring for pediatric patients
across developmental period
NURSING FULLY SOLVED TEST PAPER GRADED
A+
◉ Institute of Medicine definition of Quality:
Answer: - "The degree to which health services for individuals and
populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes and
are consistent with current professional knowledge."
◉ Ways for nurses to improve quality.
Answer: - Work in scope of practice
- Utilize standards of care based on evidence-based practice
- Make sound decisions in providing care
- Deliver family and patient-centered care with attention to specific
needs, values, and expectations of patient and family
- Identify errors and hazards
◉ Ways for nurses to improve quality: (part 2).
Answer: - Implement safety principles
- Collaborate with heath team members to reduce errors and
improve care
, - Utilize hospital resources in a cost-effective manner by not wasting
materials and time
- Provide equal care to all patients that does not vary in quality
based upon gender, ethnicity, culture and socioeconomic status
◉ Roles in Maternity/Peds Nursing: CNA.
Answer: - assist patient's daily needs of nutrition, dressing, and
movement
- take vital signs, collect specimens, assist with transportation
- under direct supervision of RNs, NPs, and PAs, or Physicians
◉ Roles in Maternity/Peds Nursing: LPN/LVN.
Answer: Mainly work in Post Partum and Newborn Nursey, not
Labor&Delivery
- Provide nursing care in multiple settings under RN, NP, physician
or midwife
- May help prep patients for pregnancy and delivery
◉ Roles in Maternity/Peds Nursing: RN.
Answer: - Assess, plan, and provide care to patient, including
teaching, monitoring the pregnancy through delivery, providing
postpartum and newborn care, and caring for pediatric patients
across developmental period
