NSG 432-Exam 1; Intro to Maternity
questions well answered graded A+
stages of maternity - ANS ✔✔-preconception: prior to conceiving
-prenatal or antepartum: pregnancy
-intrapartum: labor and birth
-postpartum: birth-6 weeks
maternity care in the early 1900s - ANS ✔✔-more standardized care for women and childbirth
*childbirth classes and first milk bank
-improvements in birth control and feminine products
maternity care in mid 1900s - ANS ✔✔-lamaze education
-birth control pill introduced
-research on causes of birth defects
-NAACOG founded
-mammograms
maternity care in late 1900s - ANS ✔✔-home pregnancy kits
-family and medical leave act
-newborns and mothers health act
-emergency contraception
maternity care in early 2000s to current day - ANS ✔✔-affordable care act
-HPV vaccine
, -further research on affect of viruses to fetus/neonate
vulnerable populations - ANS ✔✔women, racial and ethic minorities, adolescent girls, older
women, incarcerated women, immigrants and refugees, homeless, rural communities
racial disparities in maternal care - ANS ✔✔-black women face much greater risk of death from
birth than white women
-maternal mortality rate doubled over last two decades
-non-hispanic black women have 3-4X greater likelihood of dying from a pregnancy related
condition
efforts to reduce disparities in maternal care - ANS ✔✔-HRSA health disparity collaboratives
-Office of minority health
-National institute of Health
-CDC
-US department of health and human service
maternal, fetal, and newborn goals healthy people 2030 - ANS ✔✔-reduce rate of fetal and
newborn deaths
-increase proportion of clients who attend childbirth classes
-reduce maternal mortality rates
contemporary problems in the US - ANS ✔✔-structure of delivery system: fragmented care and
costs
-reducing medical errors (institute of medicine)
-high cost
-limited access
-health care reform (affordable care act)
questions well answered graded A+
stages of maternity - ANS ✔✔-preconception: prior to conceiving
-prenatal or antepartum: pregnancy
-intrapartum: labor and birth
-postpartum: birth-6 weeks
maternity care in the early 1900s - ANS ✔✔-more standardized care for women and childbirth
*childbirth classes and first milk bank
-improvements in birth control and feminine products
maternity care in mid 1900s - ANS ✔✔-lamaze education
-birth control pill introduced
-research on causes of birth defects
-NAACOG founded
-mammograms
maternity care in late 1900s - ANS ✔✔-home pregnancy kits
-family and medical leave act
-newborns and mothers health act
-emergency contraception
maternity care in early 2000s to current day - ANS ✔✔-affordable care act
-HPV vaccine
, -further research on affect of viruses to fetus/neonate
vulnerable populations - ANS ✔✔women, racial and ethic minorities, adolescent girls, older
women, incarcerated women, immigrants and refugees, homeless, rural communities
racial disparities in maternal care - ANS ✔✔-black women face much greater risk of death from
birth than white women
-maternal mortality rate doubled over last two decades
-non-hispanic black women have 3-4X greater likelihood of dying from a pregnancy related
condition
efforts to reduce disparities in maternal care - ANS ✔✔-HRSA health disparity collaboratives
-Office of minority health
-National institute of Health
-CDC
-US department of health and human service
maternal, fetal, and newborn goals healthy people 2030 - ANS ✔✔-reduce rate of fetal and
newborn deaths
-increase proportion of clients who attend childbirth classes
-reduce maternal mortality rates
contemporary problems in the US - ANS ✔✔-structure of delivery system: fragmented care and
costs
-reducing medical errors (institute of medicine)
-high cost
-limited access
-health care reform (affordable care act)
