NU 314 - Maternal Newborn Nursing

1. Implement holistic, patient-centered care that reflects an understanding of human growth and development, physiology & pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical management, and nursing management for childbearing families and newborns (BSN Essential, IX, 3);
2. Communicate effectively with all members of the healthcare team, including the patient and patient’s support network (BSN Essential, IX, 4);
3. Deliver compassionate, patient-centered, evidence-based care that respects patient and family preferences, including measures for effective pain management (BSN Essential, IX, 5);
4. Implement patient and family care around grief and loss in childbearing, including support of rituals and respect for patient and family preferences (BSN Essential, IX, 6);
5. Provide appropriate patient/family teaching that reflects development stage, age, culture, spirituality, patient preferences, and health literacy considerations to foster patient engagement in their care (BSN Essential, IX, 7);
6. Implement evidence-based nursing interventions as appropriate for pregnancy through childbearing, including newborn care of patients and interventions for promoting health (BSN Essential, IX, 8);
7. Provide nursing care based on evidence that contributes to safe and high quality patient outcomes during pregnancy, labor & delivery, and postpartum, as well as newborn care (BSN Essential, IX, 11);
8. Create a safe environment that results in high quality patient outcomes in the maternal child setting (BSN Essential, IX 12);
9. Demonstrate the application of psychomotor skills for the efficient, safe, and compassionate delivery of patient care (e.g. fetal heart monitoring and phototherapy)(BSN Essential, IX, 16);
10. Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, inter-professional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care (BSN Essential, III, 6);
11. Collaborate with other healthcare professionals and patients to provide spiritually and culturally appropriate health promotion and injury prevention interventions as it relates to maternal & newborn care.  This includes safety in the home setting and recognizing signs and symptoms of depression (BSN Essential, VII, 7).