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An-Najah National University
College of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Nursing and Midwifery
First Semester 2024-2025
Course Name: Maternal Health Nursing / Theory
Course Num.: 7405303
Instructor: Shurouq Qadous RN, MSN
Prerequisite: Adult Health Nursing (II)
Credit Hours: 3/ Theory
Design Semester: First Semester 2024 - 2025
Course Description:
The theory course provides opportunities for the students to acquire adequate knowledge base in the area of reproductive health, and gynecologic and neonatal nursing utilizing knowledge from the biophysical sciences, humanities, growth and development, problem solving and the nursing process: to promote, and maintain, health of individual’s families and groups with needs related to reproductive health, and safe motherhood. Common gynecological and neonatal problems are also introduced with an expanded knowledge related to women’s health issues. The course includes the study of obstetrics and the nursing care of women during various phases of child-bearing.
Intended Learning Outcomes and Competences:
A- Knowledge and Understanding
a1. Identify the structures and functions of the female reproductive system.
a2. Identify the reasons why women enter the health care delivery system, including preconception care.
a3. Clarify the components of taking a woman’s history and performing a physical examination.
a4. Describe expanded roles for nurses in genetics and genetic counseling.
a5. Explain the following,
- The process of fertilization.
- The development, structure, and functions of the placenta.
- The composition and functions of the amniotic fluid.
- The three organs or tissues arising from each of the three primary germ layers.
a6. Clarify gravidity and parity by using the five – and two – digit systems.
a7. Explain the;
- Various types of pregnancy tests
- Expected maternal anatomic and physiologic adaptations to pregnancy for each body system.
- Presumptive, probable, and positive signs of pregnancy.
a8. Explain recommended maternal weight gain during pregnancy.
a9. Explain five factors that affect the labor process.
a10. Clarify the nursing role in the management of the discomfort of a woman in labor.
a11. Explain the baseline FHR and evaluate periodic changes.
a12. Describe the anatomic and physiologic changes that occur during the postpartum period.
a13. Explain the purpose and components of the Apgar score.
a14. Differentiate between;
- The types of diabetes mellitus and their respective risk factors in pregnancy.
a15. Differentiate;
- The defining characteristic of gestational hypertension, preeclampsia and eclampsia, and chronic hypertension.
- Among the causes, signs and symptoms, possible complications, and management of early pregnancy bleeding and late pregnancy bleeding.
a16. Differentiate between preterm labor, PROM, post term.
a17. Discuss obstetric emergencies and their appropriate management.
a18. Identify the causes, signs and symptoms, and medical and nursing management of postpartum hemorrhage, Postpartum infections, Postpartum Psychologic.
a19. List the common causes of infertility
a20. Discuss the menopause, signs and symptoms.
a21. Discuss the osteoporosis, signs and symptoms and treatment
B- Intellectual Skills.
b1. Compare the various methods of contraception
b2. Compare the signs and symptoms among common menstrual disorders
b3. Interpret testing techniques required for diagnosis of pregnancy
b4. Demonstrate the gravidity and parity by using the five – and two – digit systems (giving example).
b5. Demonstrate the estimation date of birth (expected date of delivery).
b6. Compare FHR monitoring performed by intermittent auscultation with external and internal monitoring through giving examples for both of them.
C- General and transferable skills
c1. Independently learning.
c2. Educational Video for demonstration main subjects (fetal circulation, fetal development, delivery process, ect...).
Textbook:
Lowdermilk, Deitra and Perry, Shannon and Cashion, K. (2010): Maternity Nursing (8thed.). Mosby,Inc.
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Assignment
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
الرجاء الاطلاع على الواجب والتقيد بما هو مطلوب
- تسليم الواجب بخط اليد
- علي الصفحة الاولى اكتب اسمك كاملا باللغة العربية ورقم الشعبة وموعد المحاضرة
- ممنوع الاستعانة بمواقع الذكاء الاصطناعي
- ان يكون المرجع كتب فقط ويمنع استخدام الويب
- 16 / 12 / 2024 تسليم الواجب بتاريخ
مع الشكر
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Women's Health Assessment:
1. Reasons for entering the health care system
2. Genetics
3. Female Reproductive System-
This Unit include the followings
1. Reasons for entering the health care system
2. Genetics
3. Femal Reproductive Tract
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Glossary
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gravida: a woman who is pregnant
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gravidity: pregnancy
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multigravida: a woman who has had two or more pregnancies
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multipara: a woman who has completed two or more pregnancies to the stage of fetal viability
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nulligravida: a woman who has never been pregnant
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nullipara: a woman who has not completed a pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have reached the stage of fetal viability
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parity: the number of pregnancies in which the fetus or fetuses have reached viability when they are born, not the number of fetuses (e.g., twins) born. Whether the fetus is born alive or is stillborn (fetus who shows no signs of life at birth) after viability is reached does not affect parity
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postdate or postterm: a pregnancy that goes beyond 42 weeks of gestation
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preterm: a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation but before completion of 37 weeks of gestation.
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primigravida: a woman who is pregnant for the first time
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primipara: a woman who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have reached the stage of fetal viability
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term: a pregnancy from the beginning of week 38 of gestation to the end of week 42 of gestation
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viability: capacity to live outside the uterus; about 22 to 24 weeks since last menstrual period, or fetal weight greater than 500 g
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Teaching to Manage the Discomforts of Pregnancy
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Introduction:
A woman with a postpartal complication is at risk from three points of view: her own health, her future childbearing potential, and her ability to bond with her new infant.Fortunately, most postpartal complications are preventable, and if they do occur, the majority can be treated effectively without long-term complications.
Objectives:
At the end of the chapter, the learners will be able to:
1. Describe common deviations from the normal that can occur during the puerperium.
2. Assess a woman for deviations from the normal during the puerperium.
3. Implement nursing care when a postpartal complication such as hemorrhage, infection, postpartal psychosis develops.
Plan:
1. Read the power point
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Introduction
A woman's health reflects both her individual biology and her sociocultural, economic, and physical environments. These factors affect both the duration and the quality of her life. These factors affect both the duration and the quality of her life. In this chapter, two subjects will be discussed infertility and osteoporosis.
Objectives:
At the end of this chapter, the learner will be able to:
1. Define infertility and osteoporosis.
2. Discuss the nursing intervention for infertility and osteoporosis.
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END OF THE COURSE
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