Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing Edition 8, Leifer, Chapter 1 - The Past, Present, and Future

Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric Nursing Edition 8, Leifer, Chapter 1 - The Past, Present, and Future American Health Care Act - ANS The act that replaced the ACA in 2017, executive order signed by Trump Clinical pathways - ANS Also know as critical pathways, care maps, or multidisciplinary action plans, clinical pathways are collaborative guidelines that define multidisciplinary care in terms of outcomes within a timeline critical thinking - ANS purposeful goal directed thinking based on scientific evidence rather than assumption or memorization cultural awareness - ANS A conscious awareness of the cultural values, beliefs, and perceptions of one's self and others Cultural competence - ANS A quality, attained by cultural awareness and sensitivity, that enables health care providers to adapt practices to meet the needs of patients from various cultures Cultural sensitivity - ANS An understanding of and sensitivity to cultural practices and values that differ from one's own Culture - ANS a body of socially inherited characteristics that one generation hands down to the next consisting of values, beliefs, and practices shared by members of a group Documentation - ANS or charting, is the legal responsibility of the nurse; recording information to serve as a record