MATERNITY AND PEDIATRIC NURSING BY
SUSAN RICCI 2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
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◉ Family centered care. Answer: Recognizes the strength and
integrity of the family unit; core of planning and implementing
health care.
◉ Nurse's Role in Maternity and Pediatrics. Answer: Enter into a
contract or partnership with the family.
◉ Goal of family-centered care. Answer: The goal is for the family to
achieve and maintain control over the health of all of its members.
◉ Soranus. Answer: A Greek physician—father of obstetrics;
practiced podalic version in Rome in the 2nd century.
◉ Podalic version. Answer: Procedure used to rotate the second
fetus to a breech (footling) position to help with delivery.
◉ Karl Crede. Answer: Recommended instillation of silver nitrate
into newborn's eyes to prevent blindness from gonorrhea.
, ◉ Ignaz Semmelweis. Answer: Discovered relationship between
puerperal fever and examinations by physicians and students fresh
from the cadaver labs.
◉ Puerperal fever. Answer: A form of sepsis; was contagious and
transmitted through unwashed hands.
◉ Louis Pasteur. Answer: Confirmed puerperal fever caused by
bacteria; spread by improper handwashing and contact with
contaminated objects.
◉ Joseph Lister. Answer: Experimented with chemical means to
prevent infection; revolutionized surgical practice with antiseptic
surgery.
◉ Abraham Jacobi. Answer: Father of American pediatrics;
established pediatric nursing as a specialty.
◉ 1900s Birth Practices. Answer: Majority of births were in the
home; high morbidity/mortality at lying-in hospitals due to poor
conditions.
◉ Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Answer: Allows employees to
take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a newborn or family
member.
SUSAN RICCI 2026 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE
A+
◉ Family centered care. Answer: Recognizes the strength and
integrity of the family unit; core of planning and implementing
health care.
◉ Nurse's Role in Maternity and Pediatrics. Answer: Enter into a
contract or partnership with the family.
◉ Goal of family-centered care. Answer: The goal is for the family to
achieve and maintain control over the health of all of its members.
◉ Soranus. Answer: A Greek physician—father of obstetrics;
practiced podalic version in Rome in the 2nd century.
◉ Podalic version. Answer: Procedure used to rotate the second
fetus to a breech (footling) position to help with delivery.
◉ Karl Crede. Answer: Recommended instillation of silver nitrate
into newborn's eyes to prevent blindness from gonorrhea.
, ◉ Ignaz Semmelweis. Answer: Discovered relationship between
puerperal fever and examinations by physicians and students fresh
from the cadaver labs.
◉ Puerperal fever. Answer: A form of sepsis; was contagious and
transmitted through unwashed hands.
◉ Louis Pasteur. Answer: Confirmed puerperal fever caused by
bacteria; spread by improper handwashing and contact with
contaminated objects.
◉ Joseph Lister. Answer: Experimented with chemical means to
prevent infection; revolutionized surgical practice with antiseptic
surgery.
◉ Abraham Jacobi. Answer: Father of American pediatrics;
established pediatric nursing as a specialty.
◉ 1900s Birth Practices. Answer: Majority of births were in the
home; high morbidity/mortality at lying-in hospitals due to poor
conditions.
◉ Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Answer: Allows employees to
take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a newborn or family
member.
