Competency-Based Assessments
1. Develop a plan of care for a person who has a wound infection after a cesarean birth. 2. Develop a plan of care for a person whose QBL is currently 750 mL after a vaginal delivery. 3. What factors…
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Reflection Questions
1. Describe the discharge education the nurse will provide for a person with a postpartum infection. 2. Explain the risk factors for PPH using the 4 T’s. 3. What education would the nurse provide to the breast-feeding person with a…
Check Your Understanding Questions
1. Describe the signs and symptoms of a postpartum UTI. 2. The nurse educates the postpartum person to wash their hands well after changing the newborn’s diaper. What other education does the nurse provide to help prevent postpartum infection? 3.…
Review Questions
1. What postpartum infection is caused by STIs and chorioamnionitis? 2. What postpartum infection can be transferred between the breast-feeding person and newborn if both are not treated appropriately? 3. What assessment finding suggests a possible infection? 4. What assessment…
Key Terms
cognitive behavioral therapyevidence-based therapy that helps people change their thinking patternsearly PPH(also: primary PPH) hemorrhage that occurs after birth of the placenta up to 24 hours postpartumlate PPH(also: secondary PPH) hemorrhage that occurs after the first 24 hours up to…
Competency-Based Assessments
1. Analyze how the physiologic changes in the postpartum period may differ for a person who had a cesarean section compared to a vaginal delivery. How might these differences influence recovery? 2. How might cultural influences shape a patient’s decision…
What Should the Nurse Do?
Antonia, a 28-year-old female, has come to the obstetrics and gynecology clinic for her postpartum assessment six weeks after delivering her first child. Antonia is a first-generation immigrant from Mexico and speaks English as her second language. She is accompanied…
Check Your Understanding Questions
1. Discuss how the nurse can assist patients in addressing cultural traditions during postpartum. 2. Describe the “taking-in” phase of Rubin’s theory. 3. Describe positive and negative signs of parent-infant attachment. 4. Discuss how people with substance use disorders are…
Review Questions
1. What type of lochia is bright to dark red and occurs on days 1–3 postpartum? 2. What physiologic postpartum change occurs because the uterus shrinks in size, resulting in an increase in blood flow? 3. What is the term…
Key Terms
coupletnewborn and postpartum person considered as one unit or patientdiaphoresisprocess of excessive sweating stimulated by a physiologic event or drug reactionengorgementpainful sensation of filling of the breasts, described as a feeling of hard breasts that ache and are hot to…