Women's Health NURS 452 Exam 1 FINAL
Exam Elaborations Questions & Answers Latest Update
2023/2024
Women's health nursing
a holistic view and care of women and their health related needs within the context of their everyday
lives
Health promotion, maintenance, and restoration needs are the focus
Have opportunities as ns to: educate about bodies, teach about choices, advocate, help women become
active participators in their own health and bodies
Challenges to maternity and women's health nursing in the 21st century?
lack of access to PNC, reproductive health for adolescents, STI, health care disparities and high cost of
health care, culturally sensitive care
Healthy people 2020 goals?
eliminate dz, health equality, social environment, and promote healthy behavior;
,Perinatal objectives: Improve the health and well-being of women, infants, children, and families and to
reduce fetal and infant deaths
UN millenium goals?
1. eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. achieve universal primary edu
3. promote gender equality and empower women
4. decr. child mortality
5. improve maternal health
6. combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and dz
7. ensure environmental sustainability
8. develop a global partner for develop
Recent trends?
childbirth practice, CNM, family leave, international concerns like ebola/trafficking/femal genital
mutilation, evidenced based practice, outcome oriented care
FMLA
family medical leave act: allow eligible unpaid leave for family in the event of birth/adoption/foster care
Interprofessional education and collaboration?
client care will improve when health professionals work together, competency domains include:
values/ethics for interprofessional practice, roles/responsibilities, interprofessional communication,
teams and teamwork
,Problem with the US health care system
structure, reducing med errors, high cost, limited access; reform by president Obama Affordable Care
Act (ACA) but medical costs are tied to employment
ACOs
accountable care organizations:
coordinate high quality care, eliminate duplicate services, prevent med errors; health literacy
Fertility rate vs. Birth rate
Fertility rate: looks at women capable of having kids; number of births per 1000 women btw the ages of
15-44 years (inclusive), calculated on a yearly basis
Birth rate: live births in 1 year per 1000 population
Low Birth Weight (LBW)
weighing less than 5 lb 8oz
Preterm birth
born before 36 weeks gestation (37wks+ is term)
morbidity vs. mortality
morbidity: dz
mortality: Death
AA women have poorer outcomes
, infant mortality rate
number of deaths of infants <1yr of age per 1000 live births
maternal morbidity rate
number of maternal deaths from births and complications of pregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium (the
first 42 days after end of pregnancy) per 100,000 live births
obesity and maternal morbidity
CVD, preclampsia, DM
issues with women's health
heart dz and domestic violence
Standards of practice and legal issues in provision of care
ANA
AWHONN (association of women's health, obstetric, and neonatal nurses): standards for practice in care
of women and newborns in USA; standards for perinatal nursing practice act and certification in Canada
ACNM
NANN
Standards of practice and legal issues in delivery of care
1. risk management: minimize risk for injury
2. sentinel evens: events that occur in hospital and trigger lawsuit (joint commission)
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