Chap 1 intro to maternity and pediatric nursing What is maternity nursing? - ✔✔providing care from puberty to menopause What i s included in maternity nursing? - ✔✔prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum care, newborn care, neonatal intensive care, women's health, & infertility care 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) 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 measures • Teaching principles of anticipatory guidance and expected behaviors for developmental stages • Providing for care during acute illnesses or exacerbations of chronic conditions • Providing community -based nursing care focused on communities and client groups • Providing complex care coordination for children with multiple morbidities • Advocating for the child when families a re unable to secure necessary care • Providing death and dying care and symptom management at the end of life What is the role of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ✔✔assists with patient care (such as nutrition, d ressing and movement) and functions under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse, advanced practice RN, NP , physician's assistant, or physician What is the role of the LPN in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ✔✔assists with preparation of the childbe aring female for pregnancy and delivery while functioning under the direction of an RN, NP , MD, or CNM What is the role of the RN in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ✔✔assesses, plans, and provides care to include teaching, monitoring the pregnancy thro ugh delivery, and providing postpartum and newborn care What is the role of the NP in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ✔✔an advanced practice nurse that can prescribe medications and has an emphasis on contraception, infertility problems, pre -pregnancy care, pregnancy care, postpartum care, lactation problems, newborn care, menopause care, and children across the developmental period What is the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ✔✔master level educated nur se with a focus on education, management, and research that works alongside nurses providing education and support What is the role of the certified nurse midwife (CNM) in maternity and pediatric nursing? - ✔✔a masters or doctorate educated nurse that pre scribes medications, provides care through pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum, and has hospital privileges to deliver babies Who determines a nurses scope of practice? - ✔✔the licensing state and the nurse practice act (NPA of that state) What do you have to do in order to delegate a task? - ✔✔you must know the scope of practice for the person being asked to carry out the task and this is done by clarifying what the specific task/activity is by defining all aspects of the issue, review the legal standards of the task, and decide if the preceding elements support or reject the action/task What are standards of care? - ✔✔the guideline used to determine nursing actions/a model of established practice as correct way to provide care that identif y knowledge, skills, and attitude, and judgement as needed (if not followed it can lead to negligence) What are the standards of practice? - ✔✔defined by federal and state laws and professional organizations (Ex. association of women's health, obstetric, and neonatal nurses (AWHONN) establishes the standards for maternity care and society of pediatric nurses establishes the standards for children and their families)
