Introduction to maternity and pediatric nursing
Questions and Correct Answers
Advanced practice nurses
✓ ~~~ A term often used to describe the pediatric nurse practitioner and the clinical
nurse specialist
advocate
✓ ~~~ Speaking or acting in support of a persons right and needs
Birthing centers
✓ ~~~ Freestanding buildings outside of the hospital that provide a comprehensive
care, including antepartum time, labor and delivery, and postpartum care and
mothers classes, lactation classes, and follow up family planning
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
✓ ~~~ The CNS provides care in the hospital or community to patients in specific
areas such as cardiac, neurological, or oncology care
Clinical pathways
✓ ~~~ Also known as critical path ways, maps, or multi-disciplinary action plans,
clinical pathways our collaborative guidelines that define multi disciplinary care in
terms of outcomes within a timeframe
, Cost containment
✓ ~~~ Efficient and effective use of resources
critical thinking
✓ ~~~ Applying creativity to solve the problem. Combining basic standard Principal is
with Data specific to the patient
Cultural awareness
✓ ~~~ A conscious awareness of the cultural values, beliefs, and perceptions of
oneself and others
Cultural competence
✓ ~~~ Equality, attained by cultural awareness and sensitivity, that enables healthcare
providers to adapt practices to meet the needs of patients from various cultures
Cultural sensitivity
✓ ~~~ And understanding of insensitivity to cultural practices and values that differ
from one's own
Culture
✓ ~~~ The body of symbols, ideas, values, traditions, and practices shared by a group
of people, can also mean the growth of organisms in a special medium
Diagnosis related groups
✓ ~~~ This refers to a Medicare system that determines payment for a hospital stay
based on the patient's diagnosis
Questions and Correct Answers
Advanced practice nurses
✓ ~~~ A term often used to describe the pediatric nurse practitioner and the clinical
nurse specialist
advocate
✓ ~~~ Speaking or acting in support of a persons right and needs
Birthing centers
✓ ~~~ Freestanding buildings outside of the hospital that provide a comprehensive
care, including antepartum time, labor and delivery, and postpartum care and
mothers classes, lactation classes, and follow up family planning
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
✓ ~~~ The CNS provides care in the hospital or community to patients in specific
areas such as cardiac, neurological, or oncology care
Clinical pathways
✓ ~~~ Also known as critical path ways, maps, or multi-disciplinary action plans,
clinical pathways our collaborative guidelines that define multi disciplinary care in
terms of outcomes within a timeframe
, Cost containment
✓ ~~~ Efficient and effective use of resources
critical thinking
✓ ~~~ Applying creativity to solve the problem. Combining basic standard Principal is
with Data specific to the patient
Cultural awareness
✓ ~~~ A conscious awareness of the cultural values, beliefs, and perceptions of
oneself and others
Cultural competence
✓ ~~~ Equality, attained by cultural awareness and sensitivity, that enables healthcare
providers to adapt practices to meet the needs of patients from various cultures
Cultural sensitivity
✓ ~~~ And understanding of insensitivity to cultural practices and values that differ
from one's own
Culture
✓ ~~~ The body of symbols, ideas, values, traditions, and practices shared by a group
of people, can also mean the growth of organisms in a special medium
Diagnosis related groups
✓ ~~~ This refers to a Medicare system that determines payment for a hospital stay
based on the patient's diagnosis
