Evolution & Concepts of Nursing Care for Mother and Infant

Prepare by: Ruffel Joy Cometa-Manalo, BSN, RN, MN© 2009

Contents:

• Evolution and concepts of mother and infant nursing care

• Factors influencing mother and infant health status

• Role of nurses in mother and infant nursing care management

• Laws related to nursing care management

• Mother and Infant vita statistics

Objectives:

• Describe the nature and scope of maternal and child health nursing

• Describe solution, principles, roles and responsibilities of mother and infant nursing care management

• Discuss common standards of maternal and child health nursing

• Identify factors affecting mother and infant health status

• Cite laws related to mother and infant nursing care management

Importance:

• Birth is the most emotional, dramatic and awe inspiring

• Birth is a familiar affair, and the reproductive health of the total family is the cornerstone on which a healthy society rests

• Nursing care of mother and infant includes not only anatomical and physiological adaptations to human reproduction but also of human growth and development complex, interdependent relationships to the total society

Cont…

• Knowledge: Anatomy & Physiology of the reproductive organs

• Development of the unborn child from the concept of birth

• Factors: His or her heritage, prenatal environment, care during birth process and care during infancy and childhood

• The extent to which the structure and functions of the family as it relates to the large society, influence the behavior and health of the childbearing family