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Registered Midwife (RM)
The RM provides comprehensive independent prenatal, labour, and postpartum care
for up to 6 weeks, for women who are low risk.
Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI)
The BCC is responsible for BFI designation in Canada.
Cultural Safety
Asking the patient about her concerns helps promote understanding and
individualizes patient care.
Perinatal Mortality Rate
The perinatal mortality rate includes fetal and neonatal deaths per 1000 live births per
year.
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Current Perinatal Care Focus
Current maternity practice focuses on a high-quality family experience for all families.
Nursing Certification
The Canadian Nurses Association offers certification exams for registered nurses in
specialty areas including perinatal, community, neonatal, and pediatric intensive care.
Cultural Humility
Cultural humility is the precursor to providing culturally appropriate care. It is a
process of self-reflection and discovery to understand one's own assumptions, biases,
and values and how one's background and social environment have shaped one's
experience.
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Climate change and environmental protection are new goals of the SDGs.
Clinical Pathways
Clinical pathways, also known as critical pathways or care maps, are collaborative
guidelines that define patient care across disciplines.
Clinical pathways
Collaborative guidelines defining patient care across disciplines.
Nursing care plan
A structured approach to patient care management.
Nursing diagnosis
Assessment data used to identify patient care needs.
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Social determinants of health
Conditions affecting health outcomes in populations.
Empowerment
Control families have over their healthcare decisions.
Critical thinking
Analyzing situations to prevent problems in care.
Morbidity
Rates of illness in a population over time.
Expected progress
Anticipated patient outcomes within a timeline.
Variance
Deviation from expected progress in care pathways.
Electronic charting
Digital documentation ensuring comprehensive patient records.
Family-centred care
Healthcare approach prioritizing family involvement.
Nursing interventions
Actions taken to address nursing diagnoses.
Measurable outcomes
Specific goals to evaluate patient progress.
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