MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING

MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING




BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING:
CARE OF MOTHER, CHILD AND
ADOLESCENT (Well Clients)

COURSE MODULE COURSE UNIT WEEK

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Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing




 Read course and unit objectives
 Read study guide prior to class attendance
 Read required learning resources; refer to unit terminologies for jargons
 Proactively participate in classroom discussions
 Participate in weekly discussion board (Canvas) Answer and submit course unit tasks




At the end of this unit, the students are expected to:
Cognitive:
1. Describe the evolution, scope, standards, and professional roles for nurses in maternal and child
health nursing.
2. Describe family-centered care and ways that maternal and child health nursing could be made more
family centered.
3. Identify legal and ethical issues important to maternal and child health nursing.
4. Identify the goals and philosophy of maternal and child health nursing.
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, 5. Define common statistical terms used in the field, such as infant and maternal mortality.
6. Discuss the interplay of nursing process, evidence-based practice, and nursing theory as they relate to
the future of maternal and child health nursing practice..
Affective
1. Listen attentively during class discussions
2. Demonstrate tact and respect of other students opinions and ideas
3. Accept comments and reactions of classmates openly.
Psychomotor:
1. Participate actively during class discussions
2. Follow Class rule and Apply Netiquettes
3. Use critical thinking to identify areas of care that could benefit from additional research or
application of evidence-based practice.
4. Integrate knowledge of trends in maternal and child health care with the nursing process to
achieve quality maternal and child health nursing care.




Adele Pilliteri, JoAnne Silbert-Flagg. (2018). Maternal and Child Health Nursing: Care of the
Childbearing and Childrearing Family. (8 th Ed.).

Ricci, Susan Scott Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing (4th Ed.)
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/health-andmedicine/human-anatomy-and-physiology/reproductive-
systemintroduction/v/welcome-to-the-reproductive-system




I. STANDARDS OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE
1. Health promotion
- Educating clients to be aware of good health through teaching and role modeling
2. Health maintenance
- Intervening to maintain health when risk of illness is present
3. Health restoration
- Promptly diagnosing and treating illness using interventions that will return client to wellness
most rapidly.
4. Health rehabilitation
- Preventing further complications from an illness; bringing an ill client back to an optimal state of
wellness or helping a client to accept inevitable death
II. ADVANCED-PRACTICE ROLES FOR NURSES IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Clinical nurse specialists
 are nurses prepared at the master’s or doctorate degree level who are capable of acting as
consultants in their area of expertise, as well as serving as role models, researchers, and teachers
of quality nursing care.
 Neonatal nurse specialists - manage the care of infants at birth and in intensive care settings; they
provide home follow-up care to ensure the newborn remains well. Childbirth educators teach
families about normal birth and how to prepare for labor and birth.
 Lactation consultants- educate women about breastfeeding and support them while they learn how
to do this.
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