Introduction to Maternal Child Health Nursing

Introduction to Maternal Child Health Nursing What *is* Maternity Nursing? - Caring for women and infants during the childbearing cycle What are the components of women's health nursing? - Meeting physical, psychologic, and social needs of women throughout the lifespan How did maternity nursing start? - With Lay immigrant midwives and "granny midwives" in the South What is the term of using hard sedatives for maternity nursing? - twilight sleep How did people in the 1700s do midwife stuff - with like distraction Who started the Children's Bureau and what did she do - Lillian Wald, discovered when you keep things clean and seek help, they have better birth outcomes Who stared "pain free birthing" - Queen Victoria What is the number one reason people have issue with getting maternity care? - Financial What is Healthy People 2020's main goal? - Attaining high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury and premature death