Chap 1 intro to maternity and pediatric nursing
1. What is maternity nursing?: providing care from puberty to menopause
2. What is included in maternity nursing?: prenatal care, labor and
delivery, postpartum care, newborn care, neonatal intensive care,
women's health, & infertility care
3. What is pediatric nursing?: caring for children (and their families)
between birth to 18 years of age in a variety of settings (acute, chronic,
critical, ect)
4. What are the roles of the pediatric nurse?: Fostering family-centered
care (family unit-based care focusing on partnerships and
collaboration)
•Educating families in the prevention of common injuries and
accidents across childhood
•Providing health promotion through education, screening, and
prevention mea- sures
• Teaching principles of anticipatory guidance and expected
behaviors for develop- mental stages
•Providing for care during acute illnesses or exacerbations of chronic
conditions
•Providing community-based nursing care focused on communities
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and client groups
•Providing complex care coordination for children with multiple
morbidities
•Advocating for the child when families are unable to secure necessary
care
•Providing death and dying care and symptom management at the end
of life
5. What is the role of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) in maternity and
pediatric nursing?: assists with patient care (such as nutrition, dressing
and move- ment) and functions under the direct supervision of a
licensed nurse, advanced practice RN, NP, physician's assistant, or
physician
6. What is the role of the LPN in maternity and pediatric nursing?: assists
with preparation of the childbearing female for pregnancy and delivery
while functioning under the direction of an RN, NP, MD, or CNM
7. What is the role of the RN in maternity and pediatric nursing?:
assesses, plans, and provides care to include teaching, monitoring
the pregnancy through delivery, and providing postpartum and
newborn care
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1. What is maternity nursing?: providing care from puberty to menopause
2. What is included in maternity nursing?: prenatal care, labor and
delivery, postpartum care, newborn care, neonatal intensive care,
women's health, & infertility care
3. What is pediatric nursing?: caring for children (and their families)
between birth to 18 years of age in a variety of settings (acute, chronic,
critical, ect)
4. What are the roles of the pediatric nurse?: Fostering family-centered
care (family unit-based care focusing on partnerships and
collaboration)
•Educating families in the prevention of common injuries and
accidents across childhood
•Providing health promotion through education, screening, and
prevention mea- sures
• Teaching principles of anticipatory guidance and expected
behaviors for develop- mental stages
•Providing for care during acute illnesses or exacerbations of chronic
conditions
•Providing community-based nursing care focused on communities
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, Chap 1 intro to maternity and pediatric nursing
and client groups
•Providing complex care coordination for children with multiple
morbidities
•Advocating for the child when families are unable to secure necessary
care
•Providing death and dying care and symptom management at the end
of life
5. What is the role of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) in maternity and
pediatric nursing?: assists with patient care (such as nutrition, dressing
and move- ment) and functions under the direct supervision of a
licensed nurse, advanced practice RN, NP, physician's assistant, or
physician
6. What is the role of the LPN in maternity and pediatric nursing?: assists
with preparation of the childbearing female for pregnancy and delivery
while functioning under the direction of an RN, NP, MD, or CNM
7. What is the role of the RN in maternity and pediatric nursing?:
assesses, plans, and provides care to include teaching, monitoring
the pregnancy through delivery, and providing postpartum and
newborn care
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