MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING 2026
STUDY GUIDE REVISION SHEET CORE
CONCEPT BREAKDOWN
◉ Maternity nursing is.
Answer: the care given by the nurse to the expectant family before,
during and following the birth
◉ Obstetrician.
Answer: a physician who specializes in providing medical care to
women during pregnancy, childbirth, and immediately thereafter
◉ Pediatrics.
Answer: is defined as the branch of medicine that deals with the
child's development and care and the diseases of childhood and
their treatments
◉ morbidity.
Answer: term pertaining to incidence of illness and disease
◉ mortality.
Answer: term pertaining to incidence of death
, ◉ HIPPA.
Answer: enacted in 2003, set standards to protect patients' health
information
◉ labor, delivery and recovery rooms (LDR).
Answer: the patient is not moved from one area to another, but
receives care during labor and delivery and remains in the same
room to recover and care for her new infant.
◉ free standing birthing centers.
Answer: outside the traditional hospital setting, are popular with
low risk maternity patients. Provide comprehensive care, including
antepartum, labor delivery, postpartum, mothers' classes, lactation
classes and follow-up family planning
◉ cost containment.
Answer: is the efficient and effective use of resources. It includes
monitoring and regulating expenditures of funds and involves the
institutions budget
◉ CNM (certified nurse midwife).
Answer: RN with advanced training in labor, birth, prenatal care,
well woman care for women throughout the lifespan.
STUDY GUIDE REVISION SHEET CORE
CONCEPT BREAKDOWN
◉ Maternity nursing is.
Answer: the care given by the nurse to the expectant family before,
during and following the birth
◉ Obstetrician.
Answer: a physician who specializes in providing medical care to
women during pregnancy, childbirth, and immediately thereafter
◉ Pediatrics.
Answer: is defined as the branch of medicine that deals with the
child's development and care and the diseases of childhood and
their treatments
◉ morbidity.
Answer: term pertaining to incidence of illness and disease
◉ mortality.
Answer: term pertaining to incidence of death
, ◉ HIPPA.
Answer: enacted in 2003, set standards to protect patients' health
information
◉ labor, delivery and recovery rooms (LDR).
Answer: the patient is not moved from one area to another, but
receives care during labor and delivery and remains in the same
room to recover and care for her new infant.
◉ free standing birthing centers.
Answer: outside the traditional hospital setting, are popular with
low risk maternity patients. Provide comprehensive care, including
antepartum, labor delivery, postpartum, mothers' classes, lactation
classes and follow-up family planning
◉ cost containment.
Answer: is the efficient and effective use of resources. It includes
monitoring and regulating expenditures of funds and involves the
institutions budget
◉ CNM (certified nurse midwife).
Answer: RN with advanced training in labor, birth, prenatal care,
well woman care for women throughout the lifespan.
