NSG 432 Topics Exam 1
Maternity Nurse - answer Maternity nurses teach about pregnancy; the process of labor,
birth, and recovery; newborn care, and parenting skills.
Health Disparity - answer African-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, Alaska
Natives, and Asian/Pacific Islanders experience significant disparities in morbidity and
mortality rates compared to Caucasians. Shorter life expectancy, higher infant and
maternal mortality rates, more birth defects, and more sexually transmitted infections
are found among these ethnic and racial minority groups.The disparities are thought to
result from a complex interaction among biologic factors, environment, socioeconomic
factors, and health behaviors. Social determinants of health are those nonbiologic
factors that have profound influences on health. Disparities in education and income are
associated with differences in morbidity and mortality.
The HRSA Health Disparities Collaborative - answer are part of a national effort to
eliminate disparities and improve delivery systems of health care for all people in the
United States who are cared for in HRSA-supported health centers.
- answerNational Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA), sponsored by
the Office of Minority Health, has developed priorities to address and end health
disparities
- answerThe Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI, 2016) has implemented virtual
training sessions on Advancing Safer Maternal and Newborn Care
Family - answerThe primary unit of socialization
Nuclear Family - answerA Husband, wife, and their children (either biologic or adopted)
Extended Family - answerExtended family members include grandparents, aunts,
uncles, or other people related by blood.
Multigenerational families - answerConsists of three or more generations of relatives
(grandparents, children, grandchildren)
No-biologic-parent families - answerChild lives independently in foster or kinship care
such as living with a grandparent.
Married-blended families - answerThose formed as a result of divorce and remarriage,
consist of unrelated family members (stepparents, stepchildren, stepsiblings) who join to
create a new household.
, Cohabiting-parent families - answerThose in which children live with two unmarried
biologic parents or two adoptive parents. Hispanic children are almost twice as likely as
African-American children to live in cohabiting-parent families and about four times as
likely as Caucasian children to live in this kind of family arrangement
Single-parent families - answerUnmarried biologic or adoptive parent who may or may
not be living with other adults.
Heterosexual Family - answerLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) may live
together with or without children.
Genogram - answerFamily tree format depicting relationships of family members over at
least three generations
Ecomap - answerA graphic portrayal of social relationships of the woman and family,
may also help the nurse understand the social environment of the family and identify
support systems available to them
Perinatal Continuum of Care - answerContinuous care across life stages
From home to hospital is crucial for health
The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses - answerDefines
home care as the provision of technical, psychologic, and other therapeutic support in
the woman's home rather than in an institution.
Healthy People goals - answer(1) attaining high-quality, longer lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death; (2) achieving health equity, eliminating
disparities, and improving the health of all groups; (3) creating social and physical
environments that promote good health for all; and (4) promoting quality of life, healthy
development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages
Cultural knowledge - answerincludes beliefs and values about each facet of life and is
passed from one generation to the next. Cultural beliefs and traditions relate to food,
language, religion, spirituality, art, health and healing practices, kinship relationships,
and all other aspects of community, family, and individual life.
Subculture - answera group existing within a larger cultural system that retains its own
characteristics.
Acculturation - answerAcculturation refers to the changes that occur within one group or
among several groups when people from different cultures come into contact with one
another.
Assimilation - answerAssimilation occurs when a cultural group loses its cultural identity
and becomes part of the dominant culture.
Maternity Nurse - answer Maternity nurses teach about pregnancy; the process of labor,
birth, and recovery; newborn care, and parenting skills.
Health Disparity - answer African-Americans, Native Americans, Hispanics, Alaska
Natives, and Asian/Pacific Islanders experience significant disparities in morbidity and
mortality rates compared to Caucasians. Shorter life expectancy, higher infant and
maternal mortality rates, more birth defects, and more sexually transmitted infections
are found among these ethnic and racial minority groups.The disparities are thought to
result from a complex interaction among biologic factors, environment, socioeconomic
factors, and health behaviors. Social determinants of health are those nonbiologic
factors that have profound influences on health. Disparities in education and income are
associated with differences in morbidity and mortality.
The HRSA Health Disparities Collaborative - answer are part of a national effort to
eliminate disparities and improve delivery systems of health care for all people in the
United States who are cared for in HRSA-supported health centers.
- answerNational Partnership for Action to End Health Disparities (NPA), sponsored by
the Office of Minority Health, has developed priorities to address and end health
disparities
- answerThe Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI, 2016) has implemented virtual
training sessions on Advancing Safer Maternal and Newborn Care
Family - answerThe primary unit of socialization
Nuclear Family - answerA Husband, wife, and their children (either biologic or adopted)
Extended Family - answerExtended family members include grandparents, aunts,
uncles, or other people related by blood.
Multigenerational families - answerConsists of three or more generations of relatives
(grandparents, children, grandchildren)
No-biologic-parent families - answerChild lives independently in foster or kinship care
such as living with a grandparent.
Married-blended families - answerThose formed as a result of divorce and remarriage,
consist of unrelated family members (stepparents, stepchildren, stepsiblings) who join to
create a new household.
, Cohabiting-parent families - answerThose in which children live with two unmarried
biologic parents or two adoptive parents. Hispanic children are almost twice as likely as
African-American children to live in cohabiting-parent families and about four times as
likely as Caucasian children to live in this kind of family arrangement
Single-parent families - answerUnmarried biologic or adoptive parent who may or may
not be living with other adults.
Heterosexual Family - answerLesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) may live
together with or without children.
Genogram - answerFamily tree format depicting relationships of family members over at
least three generations
Ecomap - answerA graphic portrayal of social relationships of the woman and family,
may also help the nurse understand the social environment of the family and identify
support systems available to them
Perinatal Continuum of Care - answerContinuous care across life stages
From home to hospital is crucial for health
The Association of Women's Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses - answerDefines
home care as the provision of technical, psychologic, and other therapeutic support in
the woman's home rather than in an institution.
Healthy People goals - answer(1) attaining high-quality, longer lives free of preventable
disease, disability, injury, and premature death; (2) achieving health equity, eliminating
disparities, and improving the health of all groups; (3) creating social and physical
environments that promote good health for all; and (4) promoting quality of life, healthy
development, and healthy behaviors across all life stages
Cultural knowledge - answerincludes beliefs and values about each facet of life and is
passed from one generation to the next. Cultural beliefs and traditions relate to food,
language, religion, spirituality, art, health and healing practices, kinship relationships,
and all other aspects of community, family, and individual life.
Subculture - answera group existing within a larger cultural system that retains its own
characteristics.
Acculturation - answerAcculturation refers to the changes that occur within one group or
among several groups when people from different cultures come into contact with one
another.
Assimilation - answerAssimilation occurs when a cultural group loses its cultural identity
and becomes part of the dominant culture.
