MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING 3
CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026 FAMILY
CENTERED CARE AND MATERNAL PEDIATRIC
HEALTH
◉ What is included in maternity nursing?
Answer: prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum care,
newborn care, neonatal intensive care, women's health, & infertility
care
◉ What is pediatric nursing?
Answer: caring for children (and their families) between birth to 18
years of age in a variety of settings (acute, chronic, critical, ect)
◉ What are the roles of the pediatric nurse?
Answer: Fostering family-centered care (family unit-based care
focusing on partnerships and collaboration)
• Educating families in the prevention of common injuries and
accidents across childhood
• Providing health promotion through education, screening, and
prevention measures
• Teaching principles of anticipatory guidance and expected
behaviors for developmental stages
,• Providing for care during acute illnesses or exacerbations of
chronic conditions
• Providing community-based nursing care focused on communities
and client groups
• Providing complex care coordination for children with multiple
morbidities
• Advocating for the child when families are unable to secure
necessary care
• Providing death and dying care and symptom management at the
end of life
◉ What is the role of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) in
maternity and pediatric nursing?
Answer: assists with patient care (such as nutrition, dressing and
movement) and functions under the direct supervision of a licensed
nurse, advanced practice RN, NP, physician's assistant, or physician
◉ What is the role of the LPN in maternity and pediatric nursing?
Answer: assists with preparation of the childbearing female for
pregnancy and delivery while functioning under the direction of an
RN, NP, MD, or CNM
◉ What is the role of the RN in maternity and pediatric nursing?
, Answer: assesses, plans, and provides care to include teaching,
monitoring the pregnancy through delivery, and providing
postpartum and newborn care
◉ What is the role of the NP in maternity and pediatric nursing?
Answer: an advanced practice nurse that can prescribe medications
and has an emphasis on contraception, infertility problems, pre-
pregnancy care, pregnancy care, postpartum care, lactation
problems, newborn care, menopause care, and children across the
developmental period
◉ What is the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in maternity
and pediatric nursing?
Answer: master level educated nurse with a focus on education,
management, and research that works alongside nurses providing
education and support
◉ What is the role of the certified nurse midwife (CNM) in maternity
and pediatric nursing?
Answer: a masters or doctorate educated nurse that prescribes
medications, provides care through pregnancy, labor, delivery, and
postpartum, and has hospital privileges to deliver babies
◉ Who determines a nurses scope of practice?
CONCEPT REVIEW GUIDE 2026 FAMILY
CENTERED CARE AND MATERNAL PEDIATRIC
HEALTH
◉ What is included in maternity nursing?
Answer: prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum care,
newborn care, neonatal intensive care, women's health, & infertility
care
◉ What is pediatric nursing?
Answer: caring for children (and their families) between birth to 18
years of age in a variety of settings (acute, chronic, critical, ect)
◉ What are the roles of the pediatric nurse?
Answer: Fostering family-centered care (family unit-based care
focusing on partnerships and collaboration)
• Educating families in the prevention of common injuries and
accidents across childhood
• Providing health promotion through education, screening, and
prevention measures
• Teaching principles of anticipatory guidance and expected
behaviors for developmental stages
,• Providing for care during acute illnesses or exacerbations of
chronic conditions
• Providing community-based nursing care focused on communities
and client groups
• Providing complex care coordination for children with multiple
morbidities
• Advocating for the child when families are unable to secure
necessary care
• Providing death and dying care and symptom management at the
end of life
◉ What is the role of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) in
maternity and pediatric nursing?
Answer: assists with patient care (such as nutrition, dressing and
movement) and functions under the direct supervision of a licensed
nurse, advanced practice RN, NP, physician's assistant, or physician
◉ What is the role of the LPN in maternity and pediatric nursing?
Answer: assists with preparation of the childbearing female for
pregnancy and delivery while functioning under the direction of an
RN, NP, MD, or CNM
◉ What is the role of the RN in maternity and pediatric nursing?
, Answer: assesses, plans, and provides care to include teaching,
monitoring the pregnancy through delivery, and providing
postpartum and newborn care
◉ What is the role of the NP in maternity and pediatric nursing?
Answer: an advanced practice nurse that can prescribe medications
and has an emphasis on contraception, infertility problems, pre-
pregnancy care, pregnancy care, postpartum care, lactation
problems, newborn care, menopause care, and children across the
developmental period
◉ What is the role of the clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in maternity
and pediatric nursing?
Answer: master level educated nurse with a focus on education,
management, and research that works alongside nurses providing
education and support
◉ What is the role of the certified nurse midwife (CNM) in maternity
and pediatric nursing?
Answer: a masters or doctorate educated nurse that prescribes
medications, provides care through pregnancy, labor, delivery, and
postpartum, and has hospital privileges to deliver babies
◉ Who determines a nurses scope of practice?
