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Increase Quality and Years of Healthy Life Eliminate Health Disparities

The primary goal of maternal and child health nursing is to promote optimal family health and cycles of childbearing and childrearing. Maternal and child health nursing focuses on providing care throughout the continuum from preconception to adolescence in various settings. It is family-centered, community-centered, and evidence-based. National health goals aim to increase quality of life and eliminate disparities by including core content like health promotion, cultural diversity, and global health in nursing programs. Frameworks for care follow phases of health and the nursing process. Legal considerations include informed consent and reporting abuse. Alternative practices and statistics are also addressed.

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Increase Quality and Years of Healthy Life Eliminate Health Disparities

The primary goal of maternal and child health nursing is to promote optimal family health and cycles of childbearing and childrearing. Maternal and child health nursing focuses on providing care throughout the continuum from preconception to adolescence in various settings. It is family-centered, community-centered, and evidence-based. National health goals aim to increase quality of life and eliminate disparities by including core content like health promotion, cultural diversity, and global health in nursing programs. Frameworks for care follow phases of health and the nursing process. Legal considerations include informed consent and reporting abuse. Alternative practices and statistics are also addressed.

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Primary Goal of Maternal and Child Health Nursing:

 
The promotion and maintenance of optimal family health to ensure cycles of optimal childbearing and
childrearing.
 

 
Maternal and Child Health Nursing Practice Throughout the Childbearing‒Childrearing Continuum
 Provision of preconception health care
 Provision of nursing care of women throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum period
 Provision of nursing care of children from birth through adolescence
 Provision of nursing care to families in all settings
 
A Philosophy of Maternal and Child Health Nursing
 Includes the following concepts:
o Family-centered
o Community-centered
o Evidence-based
 
Two Pillars of the 2020 National Health Goals
 Increase quality and years of healthy life
 Eliminate health disparities
 New objective recommends that all pre-licensure programs in nursing include core content on:
o Counseling for health promotion and disease prevention
o Cultural diversity
o Evaluation of health sciences literature
o Environmental health
o Public health systems
o Global health
 
Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing Care #1
 Phases of health care
o Health promotion
o Health maintenance
o Health restoration
o Health rehabilitation
 
 The steps of the nursing process
o Assessment
o Nursing diagnosis
o Planning
o Implementation
o Evaluation
Quality & Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN)
 Patient-Centered Care
 Teamwork & Collaboration
 Evidence-Based Practice
 Quality Improvement
 Safety
 Informatics
 
Legal Considerations Specific to Maternal–Child Nursing Practice
 Informed consent related to fetal well-being
 Informed consent and legal guardianship for procedures performed on children
 Length of time between healthcare incident and child’s ability to bring lawsuit
 Identifying and reporting suspected child abuse
 Concepts of “wrongful birth,” “wrongful life,” and “wrongful conception”
 
Alternative Healthcare Practices Commonly Used
 Acupuncture
 Homeopathy
 Therapeutic touch
 Chiropractic care
 Herbalism
 
Statistics Related to the Measurement of Maternal and Child Health #1
 Birth rate
 Fertility rate
 Fetal death rate
 Neonatal death rate
 Perinatal death rate
 Maternal mortality rate
 Infant mortality rate
 Childhood mortality rate
 Childhood morbidity rate
 
Trends Impacting Maternal and Child Health Nursing
 Families contain fewer members.
 The number of single parents is increasing.
 Ninety percent of women work outside the home; many are the primary wage earner.
 The number of homeless women and children is increasing.
 Families are becoming more mobile.
 Families are more informed.
 Child and intimate partner violence is increasing.
 Balancing quality and cost containment in health care is an increasing initiative.
 
 
 
 

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