Maternity Nursing

The postpartum complications of postpartum hemorrhage, endometritis, mastitis, and potential mental health concerns.

Cardiovascular changes of the postpartum patient. In addition, the potential postpartum complications of deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and pulmonary embolism (PE).

The three phases of maternal role attainment, signs of optimal and impaired parental-infant bonding, parental teaching related to sibling adaptation, and patient teaching on sexual intercourse in the postpartum period.

Patient teaching of postpartum perineal and breast care, along with postpartum immunizations which may be provided to the mother prior to discharge.

How to assess the fundus and a postpartum patient's lochia, including nursing care and patient teaching along with expected and abnormal findings.

Nursing care and parental teaching related to circumcision, bathing and umbilical cord care, crib safety and safe sleep, and car seat safety for newborns.

Concerns related to infant nutrition, including weight loss, hunger cues, patient teaching related to breastfeeding, and the do's and don'ts of breastmilk storage and formula feeding.

Considerations related to preterm infants and postmature infants. The pathophysiology, risk factors, signs and symptoms, complications, and nursing care of meconium aspiration syndrome.

The pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, treatment, complications, nursing care, and parental teaching of hyperbilirubinemia. The nursing care associated with phototherapy to treat hyperbilirubinemia.

Neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS), hypoglycemia, the macrosomic infant, sepsis neonatorum, and necrotizing enterocolitis.

Primitive reflexes present at birth (e.g., Moro/startle, walking/stepping, rooting, sucking, palmar grasp, Tonic neck reflex, plantar grasp, and Babinski), the heel stick procedure, lab tests at birth, and prophylactic medications administered to the newborn following delivery.

Expected findings, abnormal findings, and normal variations of the infant's skin, head, face, clavicles, umbilical cord, and hips.

The components and scoring of the APGAR score, normal newborn vital signs, the components of the neuromuscular and physical maturity assessments of the New Ballard scale, thermoregulation in the infant, and anthopometric measurements such as height and weight.

In this video the procedure, complications, and nursing care for an external cephalic version. The components and scoring of the Bishop Score. Additionally, types of labor induction (cervical ripening, amniotomy, and oxytocin) and nursing care for all.

The risk factors, signs and symptoms, complications, and nursing care for uterine rupture, amniotic fluid embolism, and precipitous labor.

The risk factors, signs and symptoms, and nursing care for labor dystocia, prolapsed umbilical cord, and cesarean section (c-section) birth.

The indications, complications, and nursing care for vacuum-assisted delivery (VAD) and forceps-assisted delivery (FAD). Additionally, the risk factors, signs and symptoms, diagnostics, treatment, complication, nursing care, and patient teaching for a patient experiencing premature rupture of membranes (PROM) or preterm labor.

The normal and abnormal fetal heart rate patterns, including causes and nursing interventions to take for each.

Learn all about Leopold maneuvers along with external and internal fetal heart rate monitoring.

Learn all about pain management during labor, including non-pharmacological measures, pharmacological options, and regional anesthesia (epidural and spinal blocks).

Learn all about the stages of labor and the difference between dilation and effacement.

Learn all about the factors affecting labor, fetal position, and fetal station.

Learn all about physiologic changes of labor and the difference between true and false labor.

Complications of pregnancy, including hypertensive disorders (gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, eclampsia, and HELLP syndrome), group B streptococcus (GBS), and amniotic fluid abnormalities (polyhydramnios, oligohydramnios, and chorioamnionitis).

Complications of pregnancy including cervical insufficiency, placenta previa, and abruptio placenta.

Gestational diabetes, an important complication of pregnancy.

Complications of pregnancy including hyperemesis gravidarum (HG), candidiasis, iron-deficiency anemia, and urinary tract infection (UTI).

Complications of pregnancy, including TORCH infections and sexually transmitted infections such as chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, trichomoniasis, and HIV/AIDS.

Complications of pregnancy, including miscarriage, hydatidiform mole, and ectopic pregnancies.

Diagnostic procedures in pregnancy, including nonstress tests (NST), biophysical profile (BPP), and contraction stress tests (CST).

Types of diagnostic testing in pregnancy, including ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling (CVS), and amniocentesis.

Maternal teaching for pregnancy, including nutrition and weight gain guidance, things to avoid in pregnancy, warning signs of complications, and unpleasant side effects of pregnancy.

GTPAL, Nagele's rule, and prenatal labs and diagnostics.

What happens at OBGYN visits during the first, second, and third trimesters of pregnancy.

Signs of pregnancy and physiologic changes during pregnancy.

Learn about tubal ligation and vasectomy; plus the risk factors, diagnostics, and treatment of infertility.

Oral contraceptives, medroxyprogesterone (Depo-Provera), transdermal patch, vaginal ring, subdermal implant, intrauterine device (IUD). Includes the side effects, contraindications, and patient teaching.

Learn about the behavioral and barrier methods of contraception: abstinence, withdrawal, natural family planning, diaphragms, and condoms!