Maternal and Child Health Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

The goal is that every mother, child and family have the best opportunity to reach their greatest potential life-long health and well-being. Maternal health - ANC, INC, PNC Child health Family planning School health Handicapped children Care of children in special settings such as day care centers. - ANSWER-Components of Maternal and Child Health Improvement of maternal health Improvement of child health Family planning School health maintenance Reduction of maternal, perinata...

Indicators of MNCH - ANSWER-Maternal, infant, neonatal, and under five mortality rates. MNCH Includes - ANSWER-Improved prenatal care. Skilled practitioners during birth. Access to emergency obstetrics and newborn care. Postnatal visits. Adequate nutrition and education. Maternal Mortality - ANSWER-The death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy ...

Promotion and Maintenance of Optimal Family Health - correct answer Primary Goal of Maternal and Child Health Nursing Childbearing - correct answer From pregnancy, birth, to early nursing period Childrearing - correct answer Taking care and bringing up of children Preconceptual care - correct answer Health of the mother before pregnancy Puerperium - correct answer 4th trimester, post partum period Perinatal - correct answer 6 weeks before conception and 6 weeks after bir...

Which behaviors would be exhibited during the letting-go phase of maternal role adaptation. Select all that apply. - correct answer Emergence of family unit Sexual intimacy relationship continuing Defining one's individual roles While making a visit to the home of a postpartum woman 1 week after birth, the nurse should recognize that the woman would characteristically: - correct answer Vacillate between the desire to have her own nurturing needs met and the need to take charge of her own...

A woman is giving birth to her third child in a setting that allows her husband and children to be actively involved in the process. The nurse caring for her must also consider the husband and the two children as patients and work to meet their needs. This type of setting is termed: 1) family-centered care. 2) emergency care. 3) hospice care. 4) individual care. - correct answer 1) family-centered care. Family-centered care is any setting where the pregnant woman and her family ...

1/1 When providing care for a pregnant woman, the nurse should be aware that one of the most frequently reported maternal medical risk factors is: a. Diabetes mellitus. c. Chronic hypertension. b. Mitral valve prolapse (MVP). d. Anemia. - correct answer A 1/2 To ensure optimal outcomes for the patient, the contemporary maternity nurse must incorporate both teamwork and communication with clinicians into her care delivery, The SBAR technique of communication is an easy-to-remember mechanis...

A nurse is assessing a premature infant. What would initially alert the nurse that the infant is having respiratory distress? A. Flaring nostrils B. Sporadic crying C. Ineffective cough D. Decreased pulse rate - correct answer Answer: A Rationale: In attempt to increase intake of oxygen, the respiratory rate increases with flaring of nostrils as a cardinal sign. It is significant to note that when a neonate is in respiratory distress, the rate of respirations will increase. Sporadic cr...

Age of REPRODUCTIVITY correct answers 15-44 years old bumpy insides of vaginal canal that permits considerable stretching without tearing during delivery correct answers RUGAE Nsx Action: AMNIOCENTESIS correct answers EMPTY THE BLADDER INFECTION correct answers most common side effect of amniocentesis LATE complication of amniocentesis correct answers Preterm Labor EARLY complication of amniocentesis correct answers Spontaneous Abortion Lecitin/Spingomyelin Ratio correct answer...

Ballottement correct answers a palpatory technique for feeling a floating object in the body (especially for determining the position of a fetus by feeling the rebound of the fetus after a quick digital tap on the wall of the uterus) Braxton Hick's contractions correct answers Short, fairly painless uterine contractions during pregnancy that may be mistaken for labor pains. They allow the uterus to grow and help circulate blood through the uterine blood vessels. Chadwick's sign correct a...