1. Chapter 1 Maternal Newborn Nursing: Care for Women, Families, and Newborn

2. Traditional Nursing Care Gloria Nwagwu MSN, FNP-BC, RN

3. Shifts in Nursing  Health-Wellness Continuum  Linear: illness to wellness  Circular: motivate family to health promotion, maintenance, and restoration  Nursing aesthetics

4. Changing Demands and Demographics  Engaging transpersonal care  Social and technological advances  Family structure, function, and definition

5. Contemporary Nursing Care

6. Family-Centered Care  Nurse as facilitator  Assists family in making informed choices toward outcome of patient/family  Cultural sensitivity  Cultural competence

7. Modern Technology and the Caring Touch  Complementary/Alternative Medicine  Low-tech, high-touch interventions  Supports whole mind, body, energy, environment, and spiritual healing  Goal: patient-centered autonomy

8. Touch vs. Tech  Evidence-Based Practice  Health Informatics  Professional Organizations/Standards of Care

9. Additional Professional Nursing Roles  Critical thinker  Effective communicator  Advocate

10. Review Questions 1.Self-care has gained wide acceptance with clients, health care community and third party payors due to research findings suggesting: a.Shortened newborn length of stay b.Decreased used of home health agencies c.Reduced health care costs d.Decreased the number of emergency room visits

11. Review Questions 2. When preparing to teach a group of culturally diverse childbearing families about hospital birthing options, in order to be culturally competent, the nurse should: a.Understand that the family has the same values as the nurse b.Teach the family how childbearing takes place in the US c.Insist that the client answer questions instead of her husband d.Learn about the cultural groups that are likely to attend the class

12. Review Questions 3. The client states, “ I am using homeopathic remedies to help with my morning sickness.” The nurse understands that the client is utilizing a.A complementary-alternative therapy b.A holistic nursing care c.Traditional Chinese medicine d.Naturopathy

13. Review Questions 4. A client is asking the nurse about the safety and risks of using CAM. How should the nurse respond? “The use of complementary and alternative therapies is: a.completely safe and not a problem at all.” b.not regulated by the FDA and little has been proven about some methods.” c.very inexpensive and can easily be tried to see if they help your health.” d.safe as long as you see a certified practitioner.”