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answers updated version 2025/2026
SHORTAGE OF NURSES - Answer ...
What is a 'Baby Boomer' and how have they effected the current nursing shortage? - Answer -People
born between 1946 and 1964
-Large population group and their need for health care is expected to increase as they age.
-Many nurses are baby boomers and are nearing retirement age, therefore greatly contributing to the
shortage.
What have nursing schools done in response to the nursing shortage? - Answer Tried to increase
enrollment with government and public assistance to college and to nursing students.
What has lead to a decline in the number of admitted nursing students? - Answer -Average age of
nursing faculty is over 50 years old.
-Limited availability of sufficient clinical and classroom facilities for basic nursing education.
What factors lead to nurses leaving acute-care or leave the profession and what have the nursing
facilities done about it? - Answer -Lengthy shifts are hard on aging nurses, the new parent, and the
nurse trying to earn a higher degree.
-Many facilities support education by offering scholarships to non-RN employees.
-Still, facilities must learn to limit time demands and reduce the nurse-client ratio.
ADVANCED PREPARATION FOR MATERNAL NEWBORN AND WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSES - Answer ...
What has increased the need for advanced practice nurses? - Answer Greater complexity of care and the
need to contain costs.
Describe the role of the CNM - Answer -Certified Nurse-Midwives
, -Qualified to take complete health histories and perform physical examinations. They can provide
complete care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. They attend the mother and
infant as long as the mother's progress is normal.
-They also provide counseling and teaching to the child-bearing family.
-The practice approach of the CNM to childbirth is noninterventionist and supportive, and pregnancy
and birth are regarded as normal processes.
Describe the role of the NP. - Answer -Take complete health history, perform physical exams, order and
interpret laboratory and other diagnostic studies, and provide primary care for health maintenance and
health promotion.
-Subroles include: Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Neonatal Nurse
Practitioner.
Describe the role of the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP). - Answer -Provides wellness-
focused, primary, reproductive, and gynecologic care over the life span, beginning during adolescence.
-Usually does not delivery babies.
Describe the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). - Answer -Provides preventive, holistic care for
young and old family members.
-Care for women during uncomplicated pregnancies and provide follow-up care for mothers and infants
after childbirth.
-Do not assist with childbirth.
Describe the role of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP). - Answer -Assist in the care of high-risk
newborns in the immediate post-birth care or in a neonatal intensive care unit.
-Provide health maintenance care for infants and children who do not require the services of physicians.
Describe the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist. - Answer -Perinatal clinical nurse specialists are RNs
who, through study and supervised practice at the graduate level, have become expert in the care of
childrearing women with complex problems.
-Subroles include: expert practitioner, educator, researcher, and consultant.
-Do not provide primary care.
answers updated version 2025/2026
SHORTAGE OF NURSES - Answer ...
What is a 'Baby Boomer' and how have they effected the current nursing shortage? - Answer -People
born between 1946 and 1964
-Large population group and their need for health care is expected to increase as they age.
-Many nurses are baby boomers and are nearing retirement age, therefore greatly contributing to the
shortage.
What have nursing schools done in response to the nursing shortage? - Answer Tried to increase
enrollment with government and public assistance to college and to nursing students.
What has lead to a decline in the number of admitted nursing students? - Answer -Average age of
nursing faculty is over 50 years old.
-Limited availability of sufficient clinical and classroom facilities for basic nursing education.
What factors lead to nurses leaving acute-care or leave the profession and what have the nursing
facilities done about it? - Answer -Lengthy shifts are hard on aging nurses, the new parent, and the
nurse trying to earn a higher degree.
-Many facilities support education by offering scholarships to non-RN employees.
-Still, facilities must learn to limit time demands and reduce the nurse-client ratio.
ADVANCED PREPARATION FOR MATERNAL NEWBORN AND WOMEN'S HEALTH NURSES - Answer ...
What has increased the need for advanced practice nurses? - Answer Greater complexity of care and the
need to contain costs.
Describe the role of the CNM - Answer -Certified Nurse-Midwives
, -Qualified to take complete health histories and perform physical examinations. They can provide
complete care during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. They attend the mother and
infant as long as the mother's progress is normal.
-They also provide counseling and teaching to the child-bearing family.
-The practice approach of the CNM to childbirth is noninterventionist and supportive, and pregnancy
and birth are regarded as normal processes.
Describe the role of the NP. - Answer -Take complete health history, perform physical exams, order and
interpret laboratory and other diagnostic studies, and provide primary care for health maintenance and
health promotion.
-Subroles include: Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Neonatal Nurse
Practitioner.
Describe the role of the Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP). - Answer -Provides wellness-
focused, primary, reproductive, and gynecologic care over the life span, beginning during adolescence.
-Usually does not delivery babies.
Describe the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). - Answer -Provides preventive, holistic care for
young and old family members.
-Care for women during uncomplicated pregnancies and provide follow-up care for mothers and infants
after childbirth.
-Do not assist with childbirth.
Describe the role of the Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP). - Answer -Assist in the care of high-risk
newborns in the immediate post-birth care or in a neonatal intensive care unit.
-Provide health maintenance care for infants and children who do not require the services of physicians.
Describe the role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist. - Answer -Perinatal clinical nurse specialists are RNs
who, through study and supervised practice at the graduate level, have become expert in the care of
childrearing women with complex problems.
-Subroles include: expert practitioner, educator, researcher, and consultant.
-Do not provide primary care.
