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    Maternal and child health nursing includes caring for pregnant women, children, and families. It provides safe, quality nursing care that recognizes the physical and psychosocial needs of pregnant women, their families, and newborns. The primary goal is to promote optimal family health to ensure healthy childbearing and childrearing cycles. Maternal and child health nurses work in a variety of settings from birthing rooms to pediatric intensive care units to homes.

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    Maternal and child health nursing includes caring for pregnant women, children, and families. It provides safe, quality nursing care that recognizes the physical and psychosocial needs of pregnant women, their families, and newborns. The primary goal is to promote optimal family health to ensure healthy childbearing and childrearing cycles. Maternal and child health nurses work in a variety of settings from birthing rooms to pediatric intensive care units to homes.

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    Chapter 1

    Introduction to Maternal and


    Child Health Nursing

    MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH


    NURSING
    Includes the care of the pregnant woman,
    child and family
    FAMILY-CENTERED MATERNALNEWBORN NURSING
    Describes the provision of safe, quality
    nursing care that recognizes, focuses on,
    and adapts to the physical and
    psychosocial needs of the pregnant
    woman, her family and the newborn

    OBSTETRICS
    Obstare-to keep watch
    Care of women during childbirth
    PEDIATRICS
    pais- child

    Primary Goal
    Promotion and
    maintenance of optimal
    family health to ensure
    cycles of optimal
    childbearing and
    childrearing

    Range of Practice
    Preconceptual health care
    Care of women during three trimesters of
    pregnancy and puerperium
    Care of infants during the perinatal period
    Care of children from birth through
    adolescence
    Care in settings as varied as the birthing room,
    the pediatric intensive care unit and the home.

    Major Philosophical Assumptions


    about Maternal and Child
    Health Nursing

    1.Family-centered
    2. Community-centered
    3.Evidence-based
    4. MCH nurse serves as an advocate
    to protect the rights of all family
    members, including the fetus.
    5.Research-oriented

    6. Includes high degree of independent


    nursing functions.
    7. Promotion of health and disease
    prevention
    8. Important resources for families during
    childbearing and childrearing
    9. Considers personal, cultural and religious
    attitudes and its impact on the family.
    10.Is a challenging role for a nurse and is a
    major factor in promoting high-level
    wellness in families.

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