Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing PDF

NCM 107 – Care of Mother, Child and the Adolescent (well clients) Prelim  Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing  A. Goals and Philosophies of Maternal and Child Health Nursing Primary Goal: ✓ Promotion and maintenance of optimum family health MCN extends fro...

NCM 107 – Care of Mother, Child and the Adolescent (well clients) Prelim  Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing  A. Goals and Philosophies of Maternal and Child Health Nursing Primary Goal: ✓ Promotion and maintenance of optimum family health MCN extends from preconception to menopause with an expansive array of health issues and health care providers.  The Scope of MCN Practice:  Preconception health care  Care of woman during three trimesters of pregnancy  The puerperium  6 weeks after childbirth  “fourth trimester of pregnancy”  Post-partum The Scope of MCN Practice:  Care of infants during the perinatal period  beginning at 20 weeks of pregnancy to four weeks (28 days after birth) The Scope of MCN Practice:  Care of children from birth through late adolescent  Care in a variety of hospital and home care settings Family-centered approach – focus of Maternal and Child Nursing care Enables nurses to better understand individuals and their effect on others, in turn to provide more holistic care.  Includes encouraging rooming-in with the mother by the mother’s partner or support person and with the child by their caregiver.  Family members are encouraged to provide physical and emotional care based on the individual situation and their comfort level. Nurses provide guidance and monitor the interaction between the family members to promote the health and well-being of the family unit. B. Maternal and Child Health Goals and Standards ❖ Health care goals are reviewed every 10 years ❖ In 2010 achieved in 2020 ❖ (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, [DHHS], 2010) ❖ presented in 2020 2030 ❖Many of its goals are directly involve maternal and child health care – have a long-term effects on the population  The 2020 National Health Goals ▪ To increase the years of healthy life ▪ To eliminate health disparities ❖ These goals are intended to help citizens more easily understand the importance of health promotion and disease prevention. ❖ To encourage wide participation in improving health in the next decade.  Nurses play a vital role in helping the nation achieve those objectives through both Practice Research ❖The goal also serve as the basis for grant funding and financing of evidenced- based practice Global Health Goals UN and WHO – established millennium health goals in 2000. 2020 health goals concentrate on the improving of women’s health and that of the children These two population can have such long-ranging effects on general health. Global Health Goals 1. To end poverty and hunger 2. To achieve universal primary education 3. To promote gender equality and empower women 4. To reduce child mortality 5. To improve maternal health 6. To combat HIV-AIDS, malaria, and other diseases 7. To ensure environmental sustainability 8. To develop a global partnership for development E. WHO’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals