Podcast
Questions and Answers
What is a key consideration when providing care for a newborn from a homeless mother?
What is a key consideration when providing care for a newborn from a homeless mother?
Which characteristic of children increases their risk of dehydration?
Which characteristic of children increases their risk of dehydration?
What approach does family-centered care emphasize in maternity-newborn nursing?
What approach does family-centered care emphasize in maternity-newborn nursing?
Which of the following best describes a unique physiological difference in infants compared to adults?
Which of the following best describes a unique physiological difference in infants compared to adults?
Signup and view all the answers
What is a common fear among nursing students related to maternity nursing?
What is a common fear among nursing students related to maternity nursing?
Signup and view all the answers
What is often a consequence of children having immature temperature regulation?
What is often a consequence of children having immature temperature regulation?
Signup and view all the answers
Which of the following factors affects the metabolic rate in young children?
Which of the following factors affects the metabolic rate in young children?
Signup and view all the answers
What is a significant ethical dilemma a nurse might face regarding adolescent patients?
What is a significant ethical dilemma a nurse might face regarding adolescent patients?
Signup and view all the answers
What is a primary responsibility of a registered nurse (RN) when caring for pregnant patients?
What is a primary responsibility of a registered nurse (RN) when caring for pregnant patients?
Signup and view all the answers
What does the principle of beneficence primarily focus on?
What does the principle of beneficence primarily focus on?
Signup and view all the answers
Which advanced practice nurse specializes in women’s health and may focus on pregnancy care?
Which advanced practice nurse specializes in women’s health and may focus on pregnancy care?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the role of a clinical nurse specialist in maternal-child and pediatric nursing?
What is the role of a clinical nurse specialist in maternal-child and pediatric nursing?
Signup and view all the answers
What is the principle of nonmaleficence concerned with in healthcare?
What is the principle of nonmaleficence concerned with in healthcare?
Signup and view all the answers
Which statement about patient autonomy is accurate?
Which statement about patient autonomy is accurate?
Signup and view all the answers
How do pediatric nurse practitioners (NPs) contribute to healthcare?
How do pediatric nurse practitioners (NPs) contribute to healthcare?
Signup and view all the answers
Which principle in healthcare refers to fairness in the allocation of resources and services?
Which principle in healthcare refers to fairness in the allocation of resources and services?
Signup and view all the answers
Study Notes
Quality Health Care
- Provides holistic care, addressing all patient needs
- Utilizes evidence-based practices
- Ensures equal care for all patients
Maternal-Child and Pediatric Nursing Roles
- LPN: Works under the direction of RNs, NPs, physicians, or midwives, assisting with pregnancy and delivery preparation
- RN: Assesses patients, plans and provides care, provides teaching, monitors pregnancy progression, delivers postpartum and newborn care, and cares for pediatric patients across developmental stages
- NP: Specializes in women's health, including contraception, fertility, pre-pregnancy, pregnancy, postpartum, lactation, newborn, and menopause care. Pediatric NPs care for children across all developmental periods
- CNS: An RN with an advanced degree (MSN) working alongside nurses in clinics and hospitals to educate and support excellent maternity and pediatric care
- CNM: Advanced practice nurse with an MSN or DNP, certified in pregnancy and delivery. Provides care throughout pregnancy, labor, delivery, and postpartum. Can prescribe medications and deliver babies in hospitals
Ethical Principles in Healthcare
- Autonomy: Patients have the right to control their bodies and make their own decisions, including accepting or refusing treatment, medications, testing, procedures, and surgeries
- Beneficence: Acting with compassion and kindness to benefit others. Balancing treatment benefits with risks and costs, considering the family's viewpoint
- Nonmaleficence: Avoiding harm or minimizing harm to achieve a beneficial outcome. Includes double-checking dosages and medications during administration
- Justice: Fairness in treating individuals, groups, organizations, and communities. Ensures fair allocation of services and resources
Ethical Dilemmas in Maternal-Newborn Nursing
- Abortion
- Maternal smoking, drinking, or drug use during pregnancy
- Patient requesting Cesarean birth
- Care for extremely premature newborns
- Adolescent mothers leaving hospital without support
- Homeless or drug-addicted mothers leaving hospital with newborns
- Expensive and unsuccessful infertility treatment
- Terminally ill adolescent refusing treatment
- Homeless child with asthma discharged to live in a car with family
- Child with type 1 diabetes cared for by a mother with mental health diagnoses
Nursing Student Fears in Maternity Nursing
- Childlessness
- Lack of knowledge about maternity nursing
- Being male
Family-Centered Care
- Recognizes the family as a constant in the child's life, impacting all members during illness, injury, or hospitalization
- Aims to strengthen the family unit by including all members and enhancing communication and outcomes
- Emphasizes family empowerment, control over their lives, and enabling them to master the child's care through teaching and support
Anatomical and Physiological Differences Between Children and Adults
- Children have smaller airways
- Newborns are obligatory nose breathers for the first few weeks
- Children have disproportionately large heads, increasing fall and head injury risk
- Infants have a large posterior head bone, increasing airway occlusion risk
- Children have poorly developed intercostal chest muscles, leading to easier respiratory failure
- Children have smaller tidal volume in their lungs
- Young children have a larger body surface area, resulting in greater heat loss and insensible water losses
- Infants and young children have less total circulating blood volume, increasing dehydration risk
- Young children have high glucose needs and poor glycogen stores, increasing their metabolic rate
- Children have relatively healthy cardiovascular systems, hypertension and cardiovascular disease are rare
- Young children have immature temperature regulation, infants can rapidly experience hypothermia
- Young children have immature immune systems and less organ maturation, especially kidney function and urine concentration
- Difficulty assessing and treating young children based on the six human symptoms, vital signs, and developmental considerations
Studying That Suits You
Use AI to generate personalized quizzes and flashcards to suit your learning preferences.
Description
Explore the various roles within maternal-child and pediatric nursing. Understand the responsibilities of different nursing professionals, including LPNs, RNs, NPs, CNSs, and CNMs, in providing holistic and evidence-based care. This quiz will enhance your knowledge of how these positions contribute to quality health care.
