Sum of food consumed by a person. Often implies the use of specific intake of nutrition for health or weight-management reasons.
Diet
Recognition of a feeling or sense or belief that there is something greater than me.
Spirituality
STANDARDS OF MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH NURSING PRACTICE
Health Promotion
Health Maintenance
Health Restoration
Health Rehabilitation
Educating clients to be aware of good health through teaching and role modeling
Health promotion
Intervening to maintain health when risk of illness is present
Health maintenance
Promptly diagnosing and treating illness using interventions that will return client to wellness most rapidly.
Health restoration
Preventing further complications from an illness; bringing an ill client back to an optimal state of wellness or helping a client to accept inevitable death
Health rehabilitation
ADVANCED-PRACTICE ROLES FOR NURSES IN MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
Clinical Nurse Specialists
Nurse Practitioners
Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
Family Nurse Practitioners
Are nurses prepared at the master’s or doctorate degree level who are capable of acting as consultants in their area of expertise
Clinical Nure Specialists
Manage the care of infants at birth and in intensive care settings; they provide home follow-up care to ensure the newborn remains well
Neonatal Nurse Specialists
Educate women about breastfeeding and support them while they learn how to do this.
Lactation Consultants
Consult with families about patterns of inheritance and offer support to families with a child who has inherited a genetic disorder
Genetic Nurse Counselors
A graduate-level nurse who supervises a group of patients from the time they enter a health care setting until they are discharged from the setting.
Case Manager
Has advanced study in the promotion of health and prevention of illness in women. Plays a vital role in educating women about their bodies and sharing with them methods to prevent illness
Women's Health Nurse
Is a nurse prepared with extensive skills in physical assessment, interviewing, and well-child counseling and care
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
An advanced-practice role for nurses who are skilled in the care of newborns, both well and ill
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Is an advanced-practice role that provides health care not only to women and children but also to the family as a whole.
Family Nurse Practitioner
Is an individual educated in the two disciplines of nursing and midwifery and licensed. Plays an important role in assisting women with pregnancy and childbearing.
Certified Nurse-Midwife
Some of the most difficult ethical quandaries in health care today are those that involve children and their families.
Ethical Considerations of Practice
One of the requirements of a profession is that the concentration of a discipline’s knowledge flows from a base of established theory.
Nursing Theory