TERNOPIL STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF NURSING

INTERNATIONAL NURSING SCHOOL

ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM

NURSING CARE OF THE CHILDBEARING FAMILY

METHODICAL INSTRUCTION FOR

 

CLASS # 1 (5 hours)

 

Themes: Unit test I

Place of training: educational rooms.

 

Aim: The goal of the maternity nursing curriculum is to equip the student nurse with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to provide care to the woman throughout her life cycle.

         Professional orientation of students:

Nursing care of the woman during pregnancy, labor, postpartum is designed to prepare nurses to be competent providers of antenatal care services, intrapartum care services, comprehensive nursing care during puerperium, and manage complaints and complication during pregnancy, labor, and postpartum, able to counsel mothers about family planning methods, and apply comprehensive nursing intervention for women with gynecological problems.

 

1. Program for self training

 

1.     Maternal and Fetal Health, introduction to maternity nursing.

2.     Pregnancy: Anatomy And Physiology.

3.      Genetics.

4.      Conception.

5.     Nursing care during pregnancy.

6.     Maternal and fetal nutrition.

7.     Fetal growth  and development.

8.     Assessment of fetal maturity and well-being.

9.     The labor process.

10. Stages of labor.

11. Mechanisms of Labor.

12. Nursing care during Labor and Delivery

13. Management of  Discomfort.

 

 2. Tests

 

I. A nurse is reviewing the factors important in the process of labor. Which two pelvic types are favorable for labor and vaginal delivery?

1.     Gynecoid and android

2.     Platypelloid and anthropoid

3.     Gynecoid and anthropoid

4.     Android and platypelloid

 

____      II. Which statement about fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is most accurate?

1.     FAS is caused by administering alcohol to the newborn.

2.     FAS is the leading cause of mental retardation among infants.

3.     FAS is reversible if discovered early.

4.     Maternal alcohol use during the latter part of pregnancy is more dangerous than during the early part of pregnancy.

 

III.The nurse, caring for a 16-year-old female post-abortion, begins to answer the client's questions on birth control options. Which of the following legal/ethical issues does this nurse's action support?

                                                     1.            Advance directives

                                                     2.            Moral dilemma

                                                     3.            Mature minor

                                                     4.            Emancipated minor

 

3. Answers:

I.Correct Answer: Gynecoid and anthropoid

Gynecoid and Anthropoid pelvis types are favorable for labor or delivery, whereas Android and Platypelloid pelvis types are not favorable.

II.Correct Answer:       B

III.Correct Answer: Emancipated minor.

Advance directive is a method to inform clients of their rights including a preference for treatment options. A moral dilemma is a conflict of social values and ethical principles that support different courses of action. Mature minors are usually between the ages of 14 and 15. This client was 16, had an abortion, and was seeking birth control. Adolescents between the ages of 16 and 18 who seek birth control can

       

 

4. LITERATURE

1.     American Academy of Pediatrics. (1995). Hospital stay for healthy term infants. Pediatrics, 96(4), 788-790.

2.     American Academy of Pediatrics & American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. (1997). Guidelines for perinatal care (3rd ed.). Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

3.     Brown, S., & Johnson, B. (1998). Enhancing early discharge with home follow-up: A pilot project./ Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs, 27(1), 33-38.

4.     Carter, A., Baker, C, & Brownell, K. (2000). Body mass index, eating attitudes, and symptoms of depression and anxiety in pregnancy and the postpartum period. Psychosom Med, 62(2), 264-270.

5.     Ferguson, S., & Engelhard, C. (1997). Short stay: The art of legislating quality and economy. AWHONN Lifelines, 1(1), 17-23.

6.     Havens, D., & Hannan, C. (1996). Legislation to mandate maternal and newborn length of stay. J Pediatr Health Care, 10(3), 141-144.

7.     Johnson & Johnson. (1996). Compendium of postpartum care. Skillman, NJ: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products, Inc. Luegenbiehl, D. (1997). Improving visual estimatio

 

5. Seminar Discussion and selfpreparation to the test – 10.45-12.30 (2 hours)

7. Test control of students’ knowledge – 13.00-15.00 (1 hour).

 

 

Prepared by Korda I.

Adopted at the Chair Sitting N                              2009