Test Bank For Introductory Maternity & Pediatric
Nursing 5th Edition By Nancy Hatfield; Cynthia
Kincheloe
Advanced practice nurses - ANSWER:A term often used to describe the pediatric
nurse practitioner and the clinical nurse specialist
advocate - ANSWER:Speaking or acting in support of a persons right and needs
Birthing centers - ANSWER: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) - ANSWER:The CNS provides care in the hospital or
community to patients in specific areas such as cardiac, neurological, or oncology
care
Clinical pathways - ANSWER: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 - ANSWER:Efficient and effective use of resources
critical thinking - ANSWER:Applying creativity to solve the problem. Combining basic
standard Principal is with Data specific to the patient
Cultural awareness - ANSWER:A conscious awareness of the cultural values, beliefs,
and perceptions of oneself and others
Cultural competence - ANSWER: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 - ANSWER:And understanding of insensitivity to cultural practices
and values that differ from one's own
Culture - ANSWER: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 - ANSWER:This refers to a Medicare system that
determines payment for a hospital stay based on the patient's diagnosis
, Documentation - ANSWER:The written or electrical recordings of any actions taken
by the nurse or other healthcare provider, including when the medication is given, a
treatment performed, etc. This information must be accurately entered on the
patient's chart
Empowerment - ANSWER:Providing tools and not knowledge to the family that
enable informed participation in decision-making about healthcare
Evidence-based practice - ANSWER:Taking the best evidence obtained from current,
balance, published research in combining that information with the nurses critical
thinking process, experiences, and patient needs to plan safe, effective nursing care
for the patient
Family care plan - ANSWER:The expansion of the nurse care plan that includes family
members
full inclusion - ANSWER:The process of fully intergrating They physically or mentally
challenged child into society
Genomics - ANSWER:The study of the functions of all of the jeans in the human
body, with a focus on their interactions with each other and the environment
Health information portability and accountability act - ANSWER:Enacted in 2003,
HIPPA Set standards to protect the patient health information and allow patient
access to their medical records and control over how their personal information is
disclosed
Health maintenance organization's - ANSWER:A medical care delivery system that
offers health services for a next premium, service people who are financially stable
Labor, delivery, and recovery rooms - ANSWER:Rooms in which the pregnant patient
receives care during labor and delivery and then remains to recover and care for her
new infant
Main stream - ANSWER:A term used to describe the process of integrating a
physically and mentally Challenged child into society
Midwives - ANSWER:A certified nurse, midwife is a registered nurse who has
graduated from and excelled midwife program and is nationally certified by the
American College of nurses and midwives. The midwife provides comprehensive
prenatal and postnatal care and attend uncomplicated deliveries
Morbidity - ANSWER:The term pertaining to incidence of illness and disease
mortality - ANSWER:death
Nursing 5th Edition By Nancy Hatfield; Cynthia
Kincheloe
Advanced practice nurses - ANSWER:A term often used to describe the pediatric
nurse practitioner and the clinical nurse specialist
advocate - ANSWER:Speaking or acting in support of a persons right and needs
Birthing centers - ANSWER: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) - ANSWER:The CNS provides care in the hospital or
community to patients in specific areas such as cardiac, neurological, or oncology
care
Clinical pathways - ANSWER: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 - ANSWER:Efficient and effective use of resources
critical thinking - ANSWER:Applying creativity to solve the problem. Combining basic
standard Principal is with Data specific to the patient
Cultural awareness - ANSWER:A conscious awareness of the cultural values, beliefs,
and perceptions of oneself and others
Cultural competence - ANSWER: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 - ANSWER:And understanding of insensitivity to cultural practices
and values that differ from one's own
Culture - ANSWER: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 - ANSWER:This refers to a Medicare system that
determines payment for a hospital stay based on the patient's diagnosis
, Documentation - ANSWER:The written or electrical recordings of any actions taken
by the nurse or other healthcare provider, including when the medication is given, a
treatment performed, etc. This information must be accurately entered on the
patient's chart
Empowerment - ANSWER:Providing tools and not knowledge to the family that
enable informed participation in decision-making about healthcare
Evidence-based practice - ANSWER:Taking the best evidence obtained from current,
balance, published research in combining that information with the nurses critical
thinking process, experiences, and patient needs to plan safe, effective nursing care
for the patient
Family care plan - ANSWER:The expansion of the nurse care plan that includes family
members
full inclusion - ANSWER:The process of fully intergrating They physically or mentally
challenged child into society
Genomics - ANSWER:The study of the functions of all of the jeans in the human
body, with a focus on their interactions with each other and the environment
Health information portability and accountability act - ANSWER:Enacted in 2003,
HIPPA Set standards to protect the patient health information and allow patient
access to their medical records and control over how their personal information is
disclosed
Health maintenance organization's - ANSWER:A medical care delivery system that
offers health services for a next premium, service people who are financially stable
Labor, delivery, and recovery rooms - ANSWER:Rooms in which the pregnant patient
receives care during labor and delivery and then remains to recover and care for her
new infant
Main stream - ANSWER:A term used to describe the process of integrating a
physically and mentally Challenged child into society
Midwives - ANSWER:A certified nurse, midwife is a registered nurse who has
graduated from and excelled midwife program and is nationally certified by the
American College of nurses and midwives. The midwife provides comprehensive
prenatal and postnatal care and attend uncomplicated deliveries
Morbidity - ANSWER:The term pertaining to incidence of illness and disease
mortality - ANSWER:death
