NCM 107n - CARE OF MOTHER CHILD AND ADOLESCENT (WELL CLIENTS)

FRAMEWORK FOR
MATERNAL AND CHILD
HEALTH NURSING
 phases of health care:

1.Health promotion

2.Health maintenance

3.Health restoration

4.Health rehabilitation
PHILOSOPHY OF MATERNAL AND CHILD
HEALTH NURSING:
1. M a t e rn al a n d c h i l d h e a l th n u r s i ng i s f a m i l y c e n ter ed;
a s s e ssme nt m u s t i n c l u de b o t h f a m i l y a n d i n d i vi d u al
a s s e ssme nt d a t a.

2. M a t e rn al a n d c h i l d h e a l th n u r s i ng i s c o m m u nity
c e n te red; t h e h e a l th o f f a m i l i es d e p e n ds o n a n d
i n f l u ence s t h e h e a l th o f c o m m u n iti es.

3. M a t e rn al a n d c h i l d h e a l th n u r s i ng i s e vi d e n c e b a s e d,
b e c a use t h i s i s t h e m e a n s wh e r e b y c r iti cal k n o wl e dg e
i n c r ea ses.

4. A m a t e rna l a n d c h i l d h e a l th n u r s e s e r ve s a s a n
a d vo c a te t o p r o t ect t h e r i g h t s o f a l l f a m i l y m e m b ers,
i n c l u di ng t h e f e t us.

5. M a t e rn al a n d c h i l d h e a l th n u r s i ng i n c l u de s a h i g h
d e g r ee o f i n d e pe nde nt n u r si ng f u n c tio ns, b e c a use
t e a ch in g a n d c o u nse li ng a r e m a j o r i n t e rve n tio ns.
PHILOSOPHY OF MATERNAL AND CHILD
HEALTH NURSING:
6 . P r o m o t i n g h e a l t h a n d d i s e a se p r e ve n t i o n a r e i m p o r t a n t
nursing roles because these protect the health of the
n e xt g e n e r a t i o n .

7 . M a t e r n a l a n d c h i l d h e a l t h n u r s e s s e r ve a s i m p o r t a n t
r e s o ur c es f o r f a m i l i es d u r i n g c h i l d b e a r i n g a n d
c h i l d r e a r i n g a s t h e s e c a n b e e xt r e me l y s t r e s s f u l t i m e s i n
a l i f e c yc l e .

8. Personal, cultural, and religious attitudes and beliefs

influence the meaning and impact of childbearing and
childrearing on families.

9 . C i r c u m s ta n c e s s u c h a s i l l n e s s o r p r e g n a n c y a r e
m e a n i n g f u l o n l y i n t h e c o n t e xt o f a t o t a l l i f e .

10. Maternal and child health nursing is a challenging role

f o r n u r s e s a n d a m a j o r f a c t o r i n k e e p i n g f a m i l i e s we l l
a n d o p t i ma l l y f u n c ti o n i n g .
 THEORIES RELATED TO MATERNAL AND CHILD NURSING

THEORIST THEORY EVALUATION THEORY

1. FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE THEORY (1860) ENVIRONMENT THEORY
2. HILDEGARD PEPLAU THEORY (1952, 1988) INTERPERSONAL THEORY
3. VIRGINIA HENDERSON THEORY (1955, 1966) NEED THEORY
4. FAYE ABDELLAH THEORY (1960) TWENTY ONE NURSING PROBLEMS
5. IDA JEAN ORLANDO THEORY (1961, 1962) NURSING PROCESS THEORY
6. MARTHA ROGERS THEORY (1970) UNITARY HUMAN BEINGS
7. DOROTHEA OREM THEORY (1971) SELF-CARE THEORY
8. IMOGENE KING THEORY (1971, 1981, 1989) GOAL ATTAINMENT THEORY
9. BETTY NEUMAN THEORY (1974, 1996, 2002) SYSTEM MODEL
10. SISTER CALISTA ROY THEORY (1980) ADAPTATION THEORY
ROLES AND RESPONSILITIES OF A
MATERNAL AND CHILD NURSE:
1. Provide health care to child-bearing women and their families.
2. Competent in basic nursing skills including pain management, patient and family education,
assessment, diagnosis and communication.
3. Approach the birth process as a natural life event rather than a medical procedure.
4. Gives care to both prenatal care to pregnant women and health care to mothers and their
newborn infants also extend to the entire family.
5. Apply skills and knowledge to allow them to assist the patient during the entire hospital stay.
6. Watch out for client during labor, delivery, recovery, operational, postpartum and management
of high-risk pregnancies.
7. Do specific roles, including fetal monitoring, assisting in cesarean delivery and identifying
postpartum complications.
8. Do technical skills in order to effectively understand advanced equipment and procedures.
9. Update self thru continuing education in order to stay up-to-date on the latest innovations and
new practices in the field.
10. Expert in treating a pregnant teenager, a critically ill child, or other group within the community.
11. Involves in caring for a mother and baby simultaneously rather than newborn in nursery away
from mother and taken care by different nurse.
12. Encourages family bonding and facilitates education and apply family-centered care before
and after delivery.
WHO (WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION) SUSTAINABLE
DEVELOPMENT GOAL: