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Maternal-Child Nursing Care
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
09/06/2010

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Medical Model
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to cure problem or disease; paternalistic, one-way channel of communication between dominant helath care provider and submissive patient/fami
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Nursing Process
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Assesment-->Diagnosis-->Plan-->Implementation-->Evaluation
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Holism
Definition
Mind, Body, & Spirit
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Spirituality
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addresses meaning of life (past, present, and future). Part of holism.
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Guided Imagery
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to visualize repeatedly a postive outcome
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Engaging Transpersonal Care
Definition
Treatment-driven, high-technology-centered care. Family Centered.
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Cultural Competence
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Nursing assessment tool based on awareness and respect of cultural influences.
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Cultural Sensitivity
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Learning, recognizing, and comprehending te cultural factors that shape a family's perception of their health.
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Cultural Prescriptions
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Folk beliefs, practices, and values of a group that tell women and children what they should do (what their roles should be).
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Cultural Proscriptions
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Folk beliefs, practics, and values of a group that tell women and children what they should NOT do in their respective roles.
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CAM
Definition
Complementay and alternative health care/medicine
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Evidenced-Based Practice
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reports found in current literature that evaluate the safety, quality, and credibility of particular interventions.
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Florence Nightengale
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encouraged focus on spiritual, physical/environmental, emotional, menta, and social needs of patient.
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Jean Watson
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Caring as a nurse demands attention to the body AND the soul and spirital dimension of the patient and famiy. Soul is the ideal self of an individual.
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Madeleine Leininger
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Caring is the core value of nursing and essential for curing.
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Professional Nursing Roles
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Critical thinker, Effective Communicator, Teacher, Collaborator, Advocate.
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Ethnopluralism
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Diverse cultures
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Ethnocentrism
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A belief that one's culture is superior to others and that the beliefs of one's culture are in the best interest of everyone else
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