Maternity Health Nursing

This course explores the various nutrients, their sources, metabolism, interaction, storage, and excretion. Current research is presented against a background of basic nutritional concepts. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the role nutrition plays in the current health care delivery system, on evaluating fads and fallacies, and how nutrition can be emphasized to promote health maintenance. Topics include body systems, healthy cooking techniques, dietary restrictions and guidelines, diet and disease, recipe modifications, menu planning, and nutritional concerns of the athlete or the vegetarian

_{·  Identify the role of research in nursing.}

_{·  Identify research concepts, purposes, and characteristics of scientific research.}

_{·  Search for nursing problem statement.}

_{·  List sources of nursing research problems.}

_{·  Formulate researchable problems in nursing.}

_{·  Compose hypotheses for a research problem.}

_{·  List sources of nursing research problems.}

_{·  Discuss initial & secondary sources of review of literature.}

_{·  Describe types of variables used in nursing research.}

_{·  Discuss the types of research design.}

_{·  Define the population, sampling & sample.}

_{·  Discuss types of sampling techniques (probability & non probability sample).}

_{·  Identify the various methods used in data collection.}

_{·  Explain the types of statistical procedures (descriptive & inferential tests).}

_{·  Analyze, represent, & interpret the results.}

_{· Criticize research studies in nursing with understanding and comprehension.}

Maternal and neonatal nursing professionals provide care to expectant mothers in maternity wards and 
newborn infants. Neonatal and maternal nurses are registered nurses who have additional training. Continue 
reading to learn about the responsibilities of maternal and neonatal nurses, the academic requirements for 
employment, and the licensure and certification requirements.