Beginning of Life
Defined as the time between the twenty-eighth week of gestation and the end of the first week after birth.
What is the perinatal period?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 204)
The period after birth when parents have close contact with infants, which assists in the development of emotional relationships.
What is bonding/infant attachment?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 213)
An understanding of how culture shapes the issues that are of concern to particular populations.
What is awareness?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 229)
A major pain experience that accompanies the normal physiologic process of giving birth.
What is childbirth?
(Callister et al., 2003, as cited in Srivastava, 2007, p. 211)
A woman's expectations, hopes and dreams for labour, birth and postpartum months. ex. "The people who will be present for my labour are...".
What is a birth plan?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 210)
Being with patients and their families to understand and share the cultural issues being experienced in the situation.
What is bearing witness?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 229)
Some women see this bleeding as precious and an important cleansing process that assists in recovery.
What is lochia?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 215)
An unwanted end of pregnancy during the 40 weeks of gestation or during the first 28 days of life.
What is perinatal loss?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 217)
A document that expresses a patient's wishes about end-of-life care and medical treatments.
What is an advance directive?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 235)
Ethnicity of women who are expected to abstain from eating duck, chicken, fish with scales and crab while pregnant.
Who are Koreans?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 209)
The ethnic group that keep the umbilical cord and/or placenta after birth because they reflect Earth and nature.
Who are Aboriginals?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 214)
Which is not one of the 4-Fs used to teach healthcare providers areas for cultural exploration in end-of-life care?
A. Feelings
B. Family
C. Faith
D. Future
E. Finality
What is D. Future?
(Srivastava, 2007, pp. 230-242)
Occurs when the patient & family are able to share cultural needs, feelings, and concerns with the healthcare provider.
A. cultural openness
B. cultural reciprocity
C. cultural trust
What is B. cultural reciprocity?
(Srivastava, 2007, p. 219)
Korean women view this phase as a time of illness/sickness, requiring care and assistance in all activities.
A. Antenatal phase
B. Prenatal Phase
C. Postpartum phase
What is C. Postpartum phase?
(Olds et al., 2000, as cited in Srivastava, 2007, p. 214)
This is not an appropriate role for the nurse when providing care to a patient that is receiving medical assistance in dying (MAID).
A. Assisting the NP or Physician to administer medications that will cause the death of the patient
B. Education
C. Assisting a patient to self-administer a medication to cause death, when the medication has been prescribed by a NP or Physician
What is A. Assisting to administer medications that will cause the death of the patient?
(CNO, 2018)