Partners Home Care Maternal Child Program
The Partners Home Care Maternal Child Program provides specialized in-home,
family-centered care to women experiencing high-risk pregnancies,
new mothers and their infants, as well as high-risk infants, children
and adolescents experiencing medical challenges.
The Maternal Child
Health (MCH) team is comprised of a clinical nurse specialist; maternal
child health nurses who specialize in prenatal, postpartum, high-risk
infant and pediatric care and community health; nutritionists; lactation
consultants and counselors; pediatric therapists; social workers;
and home health aides. Specialists with advanced training and experience
in Maternal Child Health, pediatrics, IV therapy, pulmonary and
cardiac disease, diabetes, wound and ostomy care, neurology, oncology,
palliative care, rehabilitation and mental health are available
for consultation and patient care.
MCH nurses work together with the family and referring physician in
the development of a plan of care that focuses on the assessment,
management, support, education and coordination of care for children
and their families. Families are assisted in the identification
of practical, psychological, social and economic solutions for challenges
they may be facing.. Nurses are skilled in the management of a variety
of high risk family situations such as post partum depression, domestic
violence, child abuse, financial hardship, chronic and life threatening
illness, substance abuse, and the care of families in shelters.
Staff work closely with families and community based services in
making referrals and coordinating care.
Prenatal visits focus on the assessment, management, support, and
education of the woman and family experiencing a high-risk pregnancy.
Nurses manage a variety of high-risk issues, such as:
• preterm labor
• gestational diabetes
• maternal medical problems
• hyperemesis gravidarum
• hypertension in pregnancy
• IV therapy
• multiple gestation
• teen pregnancy
Maternal-Infant visits are designed to provide specialized follow-up
for mothers and infants with identified risks and complications
following delivery. During the visit, the nurse provides assessment
of the mother and the newborn, patient education, physical restoration
of the mother, establishment of breast and/or bottle feeding, newborn
care and psychosocial adaptation to parenthood. The program includes:
• early maternity discharge
• high-risk maternal infant home visit
• hyperbilirubinemia
• premature infant
• medically fragile infant
• multiple births
• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
• teen parents
• post-partum depression
• post-partum complications
• cesarean wound care
Nurses manage a variety of pediatric problems, including:
• high-risk infants
• asthma
• diabetes
• cardiac
• failure to thrive
• lead poisoning
• oncology
• Cystic Fibrosis
• medically fragile children
• post-operative follow-up
• spica cast/traction management
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
• palliative care
The Partners Home Care Maternal Child Nursing Team is skilled in
specialized treatments such as: IV therapy; N/G tube management;
G-tube care; tracheostomy care; capillary blood testing; portacath
access; central line management; home oxygen; suction and nebulizer
treatment.
Pediatric Therapy services include a case manager, a pediatric physical
therapist, occupational therapist, and speech and language pathologist.
The team conducts developmental and rehabilitation assessments,
sets specific rehabilitation goals and treatments and coordinates
its efforts with other programs the child may be involved in.
Our Maternal Child Health Resource
Directory is a listing of community resources that may help
with a variety of issues ranging from asthma to substance abuse.
The Directory is also available as a printable PDF: Maternal
Child Health Resource Directory (PDF).
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