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Nursing

Maternal-Newborn Nursing

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  1. 1Foundations in Maternal-Newborn and Women’s Health NursingRecent changes in women’s health are focused on promoting health, decreasing mortality, decreasing stigma, and supporting persons AFAB in advocating for themselves to receive quality health care.
  2. 2Culturally Competent Nursing CareA family consists of people who share a kinship and is defined by the people who make up that kinship.
  3. 3Health Promotion, Disease and Injury Prevention, and Well-Person CareUnderstanding the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among persons AFAB is paramount for public health efforts.
  4. 4Influences on FertilityAssessing a couple who presents with infertility involves looking at both partners and the three main factors that are essential for conception: the release of an egg, the presence of sperm, and a healthy environment…
  5. 5Family PlanningThe cost of FAM, coitus interruptus, or abstinence is minimal to zero, and there is no need to obtain a prescription.
  6. 6Structural and Tissue Disorders of the Reproductive SystemEndometriosis can cause patients to experience debilitating pain and can increase concern for fertility.
  7. 7Commonly Occurring Reproductive and Genitourinary System InfectionsThere is still a stigma surrounding STIs.
  8. 8Disorders of the BreastA common fear of people experiencing a change in their breasts is that they have cancer, especially because many benign changes mimic symptoms of breast cancer.
  9. 9Violence Against WomenViolence against women is a worldwide problem, and some populations are at a higher risk.
  10. 10PregnancyIt is important for the nurse to understand how hormone production during pregnancy and the growth of the fetus are responsible for the physiologic and anatomic changes that occur throughout the pregnancy, affecting…
  11. 11Prenatal CarePrenatal care in the first trimester of pregnancy often involves reassuring the pregnant person.
  12. 12Pregnancy at RiskNutritional imbalances from overnutrition or undernutrition require specific nutritional interventions and monitoring during preconception and pregnancy to prevent anemia and other complications.
  13. 13Prenatal TestingNurses are responsible for obtaining a comprehensive obstetric and menstrual history and educating pregnant persons on the routine, screening, and diagnostic tests available and the reasons they are performed and…
  14. 14Childbirth Education OptionsThe organization provides childbirth education to families, provides recommendations for health-care providers and practices, advocates for birthing rights, and proposes ways to protect physiologic birth.
  15. 15Process of Labor and BirthTo remember these interactions, think of the 5 P’s: power, passage, passenger, position, and psyche.
  16. 16Electronic Fetal and Uterine Contraction MonitoringThe nurse uses the FHR to determine the well-being of the fetus during the antepartum and intrapartum periods by evaluating for FHR baseline variability, accelerations, and decelerations.
  17. 17Pain Management During Labor and BirthThe laboring person has many options for nonpharmacologic methods to control pain, fear, and anxiety in labor.
  18. 18Nursing Care and Interventions During Labor and BirthStarting at the time the laboring person arrives in the obstetric triage unit, the nurse establishes a relationship with the person during this first stage in the process of becoming a parent.
  19. 19Complications of Labor and BirthThe nurse is aware of the causes of labor dystocia and the most common treatments to resolve those causes
  20. 20Postpartum CarePostpartum healing and transitioning to being the primary caregiver of a newborn are influenced by resolution of physiologic changes, support systems, and culture and traditions.
  21. 21Postpartum ComplicationsThe nurse assesses for signs of infection beginning in recovery directly after birth until discharge home.
  22. 22Immediate Care of the NewbornThe neonatal transition period is an important time for careful assessment, early recognition of neonatal distress, and initiation of proper management.
  23. 23Newborn AssessmentPerforming the physical assessment with the new parents in the room is a good opportunity for the nurse to educate the parents on safety issues in handling and caring for their newborn.
  24. 24Care of the Typical NewbornBasic care of the newborn involves many important topics.
  25. 25Care of the Newborn at RiskNurses performing initial and ongoing early assessments on newborns need to be aware of and question signs and symptoms of birth trauma.
  26. 26Perinatal BereavementThe cause of early and late pregnancy loss is many times related to chromosomal abnormalities.
  27. 27Unfolding Case Study: Applying Clinical JudgmentThe measurement of clinical judgment is essential to demonstrate that a new graduate nurse is prepared to provide safe and competent patient care.