NURS 352 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Childbirth, Fetus, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
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Maternal-newborn nurses have far broader responsibiliies and focus more on the speciic goals of the individual childbearing woman and her family. Our generaion has grown up with technology and knows no other way. Fathers are acive paricipants in the birth experience. Every professional nurse is responsible for obtaining and maintaining current informaion regarding ethics and laws related ot nursing pracice and health care. Scope of pracice: we need to know it, and stay within it. Tested on what we know by state boards. Standard of care: the minimum criteria for giving competent care: always checking ivs for iniltraion. There is a deinite conlict between who gets treatment irst . The fetus is increasingly viewed as a paient separate from the mother. Includes incorporaing family"s values into the plan of care. Nurse needs to be aware of cultural diferences and how they impact paient care and overall well-being of the paient.
