Test Bank: Introduction to Maternity and Pediatric
Nursing, 9th Edition by Gloria Leifer -
Advanced practice nurses - ANSWER A term often used to describe the pediatric
nurse practitioner and the clinical nurse specialist
advocate - ANSWER Speaking or acting in support of a persons right and needs
Birthing centers - ANSWER Freestanding buildings outside of the hospital that
provide a comprehensive care, including antepartum time, labor and delivery, and
postpartum care and mothers classes, lactation classes, and follow up family
planning
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - ANSWER The CNS provides care in the hospital
or community to patients in specific areas such as cardiac, neurological, or oncology
care
Clinical pathways - ANSWER Also known as critical path ways, maps, or multi-
disciplinary action plans, clinical pathways our collaborative guidelines that define
multi disciplinary care in terms of outcomes within a timeframe
Cost containment - ANSWER Efficient and effective use of resources
critical thinking - ANSWER Applying creativity to solve the problem. Combining
basic standard Principal is with Data specific to the patient
Cultural awareness - ANSWER A conscious awareness of the cultural values,
beliefs, and perceptions of oneself and others
Cultural competence - ANSWER Equality, attained by cultural awareness and
sensitivity, that enables healthcare providers to adapt practices to meet the needs of
patients from various cultures
Cultural sensitivity - ANSWER And understanding of insensitivity to cultural
practices and values that differ from one's own
Culture - ANSWER The body of symbols, ideas, values, traditions, and practices
shared by a group of people, can also mean the growth of organisms in a special
medium
Diagnosis related groups - ANSWER This refers to a Medicare system that
determines payment for a hospital stay based on the patient's diagnosis
Documentation - ANSWER The written or electrical recordings of any actions taken
by the nurse or other healthcare provider, including when the medication is given, a
treatment performed, etc. This information must be accurately entered on the
patient's chart
, Empowerment - ANSWER Providing tools and not knowledge to the family that
enable informed participation in decision-making about healthcare
Evidence-based practice - ANSWER Taking the best evidence obtained from
current, balance, published research in combining that information with the nurses
critical thinking process, experiences, and patient needs to plan safe, effective
nursing care for the patient
Family care plan - ANSWER The expansion of the nurse care plan that includes
family members
full inclusion - ANSWER The process of fully intergrating They physically or
mentally challenged child into society
Genomics - ANSWER The study of the functions of all of the jeans in the human
body, with a focus on their interactions with each other and the environment
Health information portability and accountability act - ANSWER Enacted in 2003,
HIPPA Set standards to protect the patient health information and allow patient
access to their medical records and control over how their personal information is
disclosed
Health maintenance organization's - ANSWER A medical care delivery system that
offers health services for a next premium, service people who are financially stable
Labor, delivery, and recovery rooms - ANSWER Rooms in which the pregnant
patient receives care during labor and delivery and then remains to recover and care
for her new infant
Main stream - ANSWER A term used to describe the process of integrating a
physically and mentally Challenged child into society
Midwives - ANSWER A certified nurse, midwife is a registered nurse who has
graduated from and excelled midwife program and is nationally certified by the
American College of nurses and midwives. The midwife provides comprehensive
prenatal and postnatal care and attend uncomplicated deliveries
Morbidity - ANSWER The term pertaining to incidence of illness and disease
mortality - ANSWER death
nursing care plan - ANSWER Developed as a result of nursing process, the
nursing care plan is a written instrument of communication among staff members
that focuses on individualize patient care
Nursing process - ANSWER Developed in 1963, this term refers to a series of
steps describing a systematic problem-solving approach nurses used to identify,
prevent, or tree actual or potential health problems
Nursing, 9th Edition by Gloria Leifer -
Advanced practice nurses - ANSWER A term often used to describe the pediatric
nurse practitioner and the clinical nurse specialist
advocate - ANSWER Speaking or acting in support of a persons right and needs
Birthing centers - ANSWER Freestanding buildings outside of the hospital that
provide a comprehensive care, including antepartum time, labor and delivery, and
postpartum care and mothers classes, lactation classes, and follow up family
planning
Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) - ANSWER The CNS provides care in the hospital
or community to patients in specific areas such as cardiac, neurological, or oncology
care
Clinical pathways - ANSWER Also known as critical path ways, maps, or multi-
disciplinary action plans, clinical pathways our collaborative guidelines that define
multi disciplinary care in terms of outcomes within a timeframe
Cost containment - ANSWER Efficient and effective use of resources
critical thinking - ANSWER Applying creativity to solve the problem. Combining
basic standard Principal is with Data specific to the patient
Cultural awareness - ANSWER A conscious awareness of the cultural values,
beliefs, and perceptions of oneself and others
Cultural competence - ANSWER Equality, attained by cultural awareness and
sensitivity, that enables healthcare providers to adapt practices to meet the needs of
patients from various cultures
Cultural sensitivity - ANSWER And understanding of insensitivity to cultural
practices and values that differ from one's own
Culture - ANSWER The body of symbols, ideas, values, traditions, and practices
shared by a group of people, can also mean the growth of organisms in a special
medium
Diagnosis related groups - ANSWER This refers to a Medicare system that
determines payment for a hospital stay based on the patient's diagnosis
Documentation - ANSWER The written or electrical recordings of any actions taken
by the nurse or other healthcare provider, including when the medication is given, a
treatment performed, etc. This information must be accurately entered on the
patient's chart
, Empowerment - ANSWER Providing tools and not knowledge to the family that
enable informed participation in decision-making about healthcare
Evidence-based practice - ANSWER Taking the best evidence obtained from
current, balance, published research in combining that information with the nurses
critical thinking process, experiences, and patient needs to plan safe, effective
nursing care for the patient
Family care plan - ANSWER The expansion of the nurse care plan that includes
family members
full inclusion - ANSWER The process of fully intergrating They physically or
mentally challenged child into society
Genomics - ANSWER The study of the functions of all of the jeans in the human
body, with a focus on their interactions with each other and the environment
Health information portability and accountability act - ANSWER Enacted in 2003,
HIPPA Set standards to protect the patient health information and allow patient
access to their medical records and control over how their personal information is
disclosed
Health maintenance organization's - ANSWER A medical care delivery system that
offers health services for a next premium, service people who are financially stable
Labor, delivery, and recovery rooms - ANSWER Rooms in which the pregnant
patient receives care during labor and delivery and then remains to recover and care
for her new infant
Main stream - ANSWER A term used to describe the process of integrating a
physically and mentally Challenged child into society
Midwives - ANSWER A certified nurse, midwife is a registered nurse who has
graduated from and excelled midwife program and is nationally certified by the
American College of nurses and midwives. The midwife provides comprehensive
prenatal and postnatal care and attend uncomplicated deliveries
Morbidity - ANSWER The term pertaining to incidence of illness and disease
mortality - ANSWER death
nursing care plan - ANSWER Developed as a result of nursing process, the
nursing care plan is a written instrument of communication among staff members
that focuses on individualize patient care
Nursing process - ANSWER Developed in 1963, this term refers to a series of
steps describing a systematic problem-solving approach nurses used to identify,
prevent, or tree actual or potential health problems
