MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING 9TH
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Registered Midwife (RM) - ANSWER-The RM provides comprehensive
independent prenatal, labour, and postpartum care for up to 6 weeks, for
women who are low risk.
Baby Friendly Initiative (BFI) - ANSWER-The BCC is responsible for
BFI designation in Canada.
Cultural Safety - ANSWER-Asking the patient about her concerns helps
promote understanding and individualizes patient care.
Perinatal Mortality Rate - ANSWER-The perinatal mortality rate
includes fetal and neonatal deaths per 1000 live births per year.
Current Perinatal Care Focus - ANSWER-Current maternity practice
focuses on a high-quality family experience for all families.
Nursing Certification - ANSWER-The Canadian Nurses Association
offers certification exams for registered nurses in specialty areas
including perinatal, community, neonatal, and pediatric intensive care.
Cultural Humility - ANSWER-Cultural humility is the precursor to
providing culturally appropriate care. It is a process of self-reflection
and discovery to understand one's own assumptions, biases, and values
and how one's background and social environment have shaped one's
experience.
,Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) - ANSWER-Climate change
and environmental protection are new goals of the SDGs.
Clinical Pathways - ANSWER-Clinical pathways, also known as critical
pathways or care maps, are collaborative guidelines that define patient
care across disciplines.
Clinical pathways - ANSWER-Collaborative guidelines defining patient
care across disciplines.
Nursing care plan - ANSWER-A structured approach to patient care
management.
Nursing diagnosis - ANSWER-Assessment data used to identify patient
care needs.
Social determinants of health - ANSWER-Conditions affecting health
outcomes in populations.
Empowerment - ANSWER-Control families have over their healthcare
decisions.
Critical thinking - ANSWER-Analyzing situations to prevent problems
in care.
Morbidity - ANSWER-Rates of illness in a population over time.
Expected progress - ANSWER-Anticipated patient outcomes within a
timeline.
Variance - ANSWER-Deviation from expected progress in care
pathways.
Electronic charting - ANSWER-Digital documentation ensuring
comprehensive patient records.
,Family-centred care - ANSWER-Healthcare approach prioritizing
family involvement.
Nursing interventions - ANSWER-Actions taken to address nursing
diagnoses.
Measurable outcomes - ANSWER-Specific goals to evaluate patient
progress.
Provincial regulatory board - ANSWER-Authority defining nursing
scope of practice.
Indigenous health - ANSWER-Health outcomes influenced by historical
colonization.
Healthcare funding fragmentation - ANSWER-Disjointed financial
support affecting service delivery.
Anesthesia in childbirth - ANSWER-Pain relief method encouraging
hospital births.
Obstetric instruments - ANSWER-Specialized tools used in childbirth
procedures.
Assessment data - ANSWER-Information collected to inform nursing
diagnoses.
Nursing process - ANSWER-Systematic approach to patient care
management.
Patient chart review - ANSWER-Analyzing patient history for care
planning.
, Nursing actions - ANSWER-Specific tasks performed to support patient
care.
Healthcare disparities - ANSWER-Inequities in health outcomes among
populations.
Cognitive level - ANSWER-Classification of knowledge required for
tasks.
Implementation phase - ANSWER-Stage where nursing plans are
executed.
Care maps - ANSWER-Visual representations of patient care pathways.
Data collection - ANSWER-Gathering information to inform nursing
practice.
Specialized obstetric instruments - ANSWER-Instruments developed in
the early 1900s that encouraged women to seek hospitalization for
childbirth.
Anesthesia - ANSWER-Better modes of anesthesia developed in the
early 1900s that encouraged women to seek hospitalization for
childbirth.
Physicians' relationships with hospitals - ANSWER-Closer relationships
between physicians and hospitals in the early 1900s that encouraged
women to seek hospitalization for childbirth.
Insurance coverage - ANSWER-A factor that encouraged women to
seek hospitalization for childbirth in the early 20th century.
Waiting room for fathers - ANSWER-A non-family-centred policy
prevalent in the 1960s.