Bulacan State University

City of Malolos Bulacan

COLLEGE OF NURSING

CARE OF MOTHER, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT (WELL CLIENTS)

NCM 107 Hand- out No: 1

Framework for Maternal and Child Health Nursing

A. Goals and Philosophies of Maternal and Child Health Nursing

Maternal and Child Health Nursing

 extends from preconception to menopause

Goal:
 promotion and maintenance of optimal family health

Philosophies:

1. Maternal and child health nursing is:

 Family centered
 Community centered
 Evidence based
 Nurse Role: Keeping families well and optimally functioning

2. Maternal and child health nurse/ Roles and Responsibilities of a Maternal Child Nurse:
 Considers the family as a whole
 Advocate
 Demonstrate a high degree of independent nursing functions
 Promotes health and disease prevention
 Important resource for families
 Respects personal, cultural, and spiritual attitudes and beliefs
 Encourages developmental stimulation during both health and illness
 Assesses families
 Encourage family bonding
 Encourages early hospital discharge
 Encourages the family to reach out to the community

Health Care Technology: Advances in Maternal & Child Health Care

 Immunization
 Fertility Drugs and Fertility Techniques
 Stem Cells
Global Health Goals

Millennium Development Goals

17 Sustainable Development Goals

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL 3

Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all.

 Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

 Infectious diseases
 Non-communicable diseases, mental health and environmental risks
 Health systems and funding
Ages
C. Framework for Maternal & Child Health Nursing Care

Nurses use the following competencies to care for families during Childbearing and Childrearing:

1. Nursing Process
 ADPIE
 Scientific form of problem solving

2. Nursing Theory

Calistra Roy
 Stresses that an important role of the nurse is to help patients adapt to change caused by illness or
other stressors
Dorothea Orem
 Concentrates on examine patient’s ability to perform self-care

Patricia Benner
 Describe the way nurses move from novice to expert as they became more experienced and
prepared to give inter-professional care.

3. QSEN: Quality and Safety Education for Nurses

 To improve quality of Nursing Care
 6 Competencies (PTQIES)
a. Patient- centered
b. Team work and collaboration
c. Quality Improvement
d. Informatics
e. Evidence based
f. Safety

Four Phases of Health Care

1. Promotion
2. Maintenance
3. Restoration
4. Rehabilitation