Week 2
What is the definition of MCH?
RECENT TRENDS IN MCH NURSING
Explain integrative care?
Earlier MCH services were divided into ANTENATAL CHILD CARE AND FAMILY PLANNING. Naturally, it is helpful in increasing the carnality and effectiveness of service.
What is family centered care?
family centered care is an approach to planning delivery and evaluation of health care that is grounded in mutually beneficial partnerships among health care professionals, patients and families.
what is the first milk the infant receives?
what do you need to take during the first prenatal visit?
1. comprehensive history
2. assess the patient's emotional and educational level
What is Two Scope of Maternity Nursing ?
1. Support women during labor and delivery process
2. Care for women who are experiencing complications before birth or provide post partum care
TRENDS IN MCH CARE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSES
list 5
1. families are smaller than in pervious years.
2. single parents are increasing in numbers.
3. an increasing number of women work outside the home.
4. abuse is more common than before.
5. fewer family members are present as support in a time of crisis
List two components to facilitate FCC
1. Collaboration between family members and health care providers
2. Consideration of family contexts
3.policies and procedures
4. patient, family and health care professional education.
True or False
Under normal circumstances, the neonate requires water or other food whatsoever during the first 2-4days after lactation is being initiated.
false
What is three (3) Professional roles of Nurses in MCH Nursing?
1. Provide immediate post natal car
2. Provision of individual care and monitoring and conducting educational programs to assist parents and enable them to develop supportive social networks.
3. Support the health and development of children from birth until school age and their parents.
4. Monitor children's health
5. Promote breastfeeding and maternal bonding
6. Monitor postnatal care and abnormalities of postnatal period.
RECENT TRENDS IN MCH NURSING
explain manpower changes
according to new concepts, much services should be left to traditional health workers (nurse midwives) rather than specialists of field and child volunteers and workers of NGOs
List 3 guiding principles oF FCC
1. Right to care- every individual, couple and family is entitled to optimal care.
2. Developmental framework-
3. Quality care- helping families achieve improved functioning in the face of normative crises can only be accomplished through
4. Appropriate interventions-
TRUE OR FALSE
Breastfeeding provides a total, easily digestible diet for the newborn.
TRUE
what is the primary goal of MCH?
what are two aims of research in mCH
1. to improve much and management of interventions
2. to improve much and reduce inequities
Benefits of FCC
1. improved buy- in and follow through when care plan is developed with family
2. greater parent confidence, parental satisfaction, parent personal control and family empowerment
3. increased competence of children and adolescents to better manage their own health care independently
Bottles should never be propped, the infant could aspirate the milk or develop otitis media from blockage of the Eustacian tube.
True
Common Standards of MCH nursing
1. Quality and Safety
2. Collaboration and Partnership
3. Equitable and inclusive
4. Universal access
COMMON STATISTICAL TERMS
The number of deaths of fetuses weighing more than 500gms within the first 28days ?
Perinatal death rate
how to develop FCC?
1. develop a communication plan for your practice about FCC
2. communicate often and keep it simple
3. provide training
TRUE OR FALSE
Breast milk contains a lower level of lactose than cows milk.
False