PHYS 1201W Quiz: Test 1 study guide
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Chapter1 - 21 st century maternity and women"s health nursing. Women"shealth care focuses on the physical, psychologic, and social needs ofwomen throughout their lives. Their overall experience isemphasized:general physical and psychologic well-being, childbearingfunctions, and diseases. Women"shealth care involves conditions unique to women such as reproductivemaligancies and menopause as well as sociocultural and occupationalfactors related to the health problem. Abortus:an embryo or fetus that is removed or expelled from the uterus at 20weeks of gestation or less, weighs 500 g or less or measures 25 cmor less. Birthrate- # of lve births in 1 year per 1000 population. Fertilityrate births per 1000 women from 15-44. Infantmortality rate - # of deaths of infants younger then 1 year of ageper 1000 live births. Maternalmorality rate - # of maternal deaths from births and compications ofpregnancy, childbirth, and puerperium (42 days after pregnancy per1000 live births) Perinatalmortality rate - # of stillbirths and the number of neonatal deathsper 1000 live births.
