ADMINISTRATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

LESSON 1

• COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY
  • 1-1. GENERAL
  • 1-2. NAUSEA AND VOMITING
  • 1-3. HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM
  • 1-4. HEARTBURN
  • 1-5. INFECTIONS
  • 1-6. VARICOSITIES (VARICOSE VEINS)
  • 1-7. DIABETES MELLITUS
  • 1-8. HYPERTENSION-PREGNANCY-INDUCED
  • 1-9. SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  • 1-10. BATTERED PREGNANT WOMEN
  • 1-11. RhoGAM® INCOMPATIBILITY
  • 1-12. ECTOPIC PREGNANCY
  • 1-13. PLACENTA PREVIA
  • 1-14. ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE
  • 1-15. ABORTION
  • 1-16. PROLAPSED UMBILICAL CORD
  • 1-17. PREMATURE LABOR AND BIRTH
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 2

• Section I. OVERVIEW
  • 2-1. GENERAL
  • 2-2. TRUE LABOR VS FALSE LABOR
  • 2-3. OVERVIEW OF THE LABOR PROCESS-FOUR STAGES
• Section II. FIRST STAGE OF LABOR
  • 2-4. FIRST STAGE OF LABOR--THREE PHASES
  • 2-5. NURSING CARE DURING THE FIRST STAGE OF LABOR
• Section III. SECOND STAGE OF LABOR (DELIVERY STAGE)
  • 2-6. SECOND STAGE OF LABOR
  • 2-7. TRANSFER OF THE LABOR PATIENT TO THE DELIVERY ROOM
  • 2-8. NURSING CARE GIVEN WHILE IN THE DELIVERY ROOM
  • 2-9. NORMAL BIRTHING PROCESS (FIGURE 2-8)
  • 2-10. INFORMATION TO BE RECORDED ABOUT THE DELIVERY
• Section IV. THIRD STAGE OF LABOR (PLACENTAL STAGE)
  • 2-11. THIRD STAGE OF LABOR
  • 2-12. NURSING CARE DURING THE THIRD STAGE
  • 2-13. INFORMATION TO RECORD
• Section V. FOURTH STAGE OF LABOR (RECOVERY STAGE)
  • 2-14. FOURTH STAGE OF LABOR
  • 2-15. NURSING CARE DURING THE FOURTH STAGE OF LABOR
  • 2-16. FACTORS THAT MAY EXTEND OR INFLUENCE THE DURATION OF LABOR--5 Ps
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 3

• PRECIPITATE AND EMERGENCY DELIVERY
  • 3-1. GENERAL
  • 3-2. TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
  • 3-3. FACTORS THAT MAY PREDISPOSE A WOMAN TO A PRECIPITATE DELIVERY
  • 3-4. DANGER OF PRECIPITATE DELIVERY
  • 3-5. NURSING CARE TO PREPARE FOR ANTICIPATED PRECIPITATE BIRTH
  • 3-6. NURSING CARE FOR MANAGEMENT OF PRECIPITATE DELIVERY
  • 3-7. NURSING CARE AFTER A PRECIPITATE DELIVERY
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 4

• MANAGEMENT OF OBSTETRIC DISCOMFORT DURING LABOR
  • 4-1. GENERAL
  • 4-2. SOURCES OF DISCOMFORT DURING CHILDBIRTH
  • 4-3. FACTORS THAT MAY INFLUENCE THE AMOUNT OF PAINFUL STIMULI
  • 4-4. EVALUATION OF THE DEGREE OF PAIN BEING EXPERIENCED
  • 4-5. GOALS OF NURSING MEASURES TO MINIMIZE DISCOMFORT DURING CHILDBIRTH
  • 4-6. NURSING MEASURES UTILIZED TO MINIMIZE DISCOMFORT DURING CHILDBIRTH
  • 4-7. CLASSIFICATION OF DRUGS USED FOR CHILDBIRTH
  • 4-8. NERVE-BLOCKING ANESTHETICS USED IN OBSTETRICS
  • 4-9. GENERAL ANESTHESIA
  • 4-10. NURSING CARE GIVEN TO THE OBSTETRIC PATIENT RECEIVING ANESTHESIA
  • 4-11. NURSING CARE FOR MATERNAL HYPOTENSION IN THE OBSTETRIC PATIENT
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 5

• SPECIAL SITUATIONS IN LABOR AND DELIVERY
  • 5-1. GENERAL
  • 5-2. PRETERM LABOR AND DELIVERY
  • 5-3. POSTTERM PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY
  • 5-4. FACTS ABOUT THE INDUCTION OF LABOR
  • 5-5. DYSTOCIA OF LABOR AND CAUSATIVE REASONS
  • 5-6. OVERSIZED BABIES AND THEIR DELIVERY
  • 5-7. AMNIOTIC FLUID EMBOLISM DURING PREGNANCY OR DELIVERY
  • 5-8. FACTS ABOUT MULTIPLE PREGNANCY AND DELIVERY
  • 5-9. FACTS RELATED TO CESAREAN SECTION DELIVERY
  • 5-10. FACTS ABOUT EPISIOTOMIES
  • 5-11. FACTS ABOUT FORCEPS DELIVERY
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 6

• Section I. CHANGES OF THE POSTPARTAL PATIENT
  • 6-1. GENERAL
  • 6-2. CHANGES IN THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM FOLLOWING DELIVERY
  • 6-3. CHANGES IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM FOLLOWING DELIVERY
  • 6-4. FACTS ABOUT THE URINARY SYSTEM FOLLOWING DELIVERY
  • 6-5. FACTS ABOUT OVULATION AND MENSTRUATION FOLLOWING DELIVERY
  • 6-6. FACTS ABOUT BREASTS AND LACTATION FOLLOWING DELIVERY
• Section II. PSYCHOLOGICAL NEEDS OF THE POSTPARTAL PATIENT
  • 6-7. GENERAL
  • 6-8. PHASES OF THE RESTORATIVE PERIOD OF MATERNAL BEHAVIOR FOLLOWING DELIVERY
  • 6-9. POSTPARTUM "BLUES"
  • 6-10. MATERNAL ADAPTATION FOLLOWING DELIVERY
  • 6-11. SPECIAL NURSING CARE NEEDS OF THE SINGLE MOTHER
• Section III. COMPLICATIONS OF POSTPARTUM
  • 6-12. POSTPARTAL HEMORRHAGE
  • 6-13. HEMATOMAS
  • 6-14. UTERINE SUBINVOLUTION
  • 6-15. PUERPERAL INFECTION
  • 6-16. THROMBOPHLEBITIS
  • 6-17. MASTITIS
  • 6-18. THE CESAREAN SECTION DELIVERY
  • 6-19. POSTPARTAL PSYCHOSIS
  • 6-20. GRIEF-STRICKEN MOTHER
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 7

• CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TYPICAL NEWBORN INFANT
  • 7-1. GENERAL
  • 7-2. VITAL SIGNS OF THE NEWBORN INFANT
  • 7-3. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN INFANT'S HEAD
  • 7-4. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN INFANT'S EYES AND EARS
  • 7-5. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN INFANT'S SKIN
  • 7-6. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
  • 7-7. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
  • 7-8. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
  • 7-9. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN ENDOCRINE SYSTEM
  • 7-10. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWBORN NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 8

• CARE OF THE NORMAL NEWBORN INFANT
  • 8-1. GENERAL
  • 8-2. CARE OF THE NEWBORN IN THE DELIVERY ROOM
  • 8-3. VIRGINIA APGAR SCORING OF THE NEWBORN
  • 8-4. PROCEDURE FOR ADMISSION TO THE NURSERY
  • 8-5. ADMINISTRATION OF VITAMIN K
  • 8-6. EYE PROPHYLAXIS FOR THE NEWBORN
  • 8-7. INITIAL BATH
  • 8-8. CORD CARE FOR THE NEWBORN INFANT
  • 8-9. BONDING PROCESS
  • 8-10. INFANT BAPTISM
  • 8-11. COMPLETE INSPECTION OF THE NEWBORN
  • 8-12. PHENYLKETONURIA TEST
  • 8-13. GOALS OF NEWBORN NURSING CARE
  • 8-14. DISCHARGE CONSIDERATION FOR THE NEWBORN AND FAMILY
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 9

• NEWBORN NUTRITION
  • 9-1. GENERAL
  • 9-2. NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEWBORN
  • 9-3. FIRST FEEDING FROM THE MOTHER
  • 9-4. FORMULA FEEDINGS
  • 9-5. BREAST-FEEDING
  • 9-6. BUBBLING THE NEWBORN
  • 9-7. EVALUATING NUTRITIONAL STATUS
  • 9-8. WEIGHT CHANGES
  • 9-9. FIRST ORAL FEEDING AND RECORDING PROCEDURES BY THE NURSE
  • 9-10. FORMULA PREPARATION INSTRUCTIONS TO THE MOTHER
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 10

• THE PREMATURE INFANT
  • 10-1. GENERAL
  • 10-2. DEFINITION AND CRITERIA
  • 10-3. CAUSES OF PREMATURITY
  • 10-4. INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE OF RESPIRATION IN THE PREMATURE INFANT
  • 10-5. MAINTENANCE OF BODY TEMPERATURE IN THE PREMATURE INFANT
  • 10-6. MAINTENANCE OF ADEQUATE NUTRITION IN THE PREMATURE INFANT
  • 10-7. PREVENTION OF INFECTION IN THE PREMATURE INFANT
  • 10-8. ILLNESS OF THE PREMATURE INFANT
• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

LESSON 11

• THE SICK NEONATE

11-1. GENERAL

11-2. WEIGHT-RELATED GESTATIONAL CONDITIONS

11-3. AGE-RELATED GESTATIONAL CONDITIONS

11-4. JAUNDICE (HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA)

11-5. INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE

11-6. TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AND ESOPHAGEAL ATRESIA

11-7. DOWN'S SYNDROME

11-8. ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS

11-9. RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (HYALINE MEMBRANE DISEASE)

11-10. INFANT OF ADDICTED MOTHER

11-11. INFANT WITH FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME

11-12. CLUBFOOT (TALIPES EQUINOVARUS)

• EXERCISES
• SOLUTIONS

GLOSSARY