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Post Natal Care
Post Natal Care
Post Natal Care
Nursing
Topic Post Natal Care
Objectives
At the end of this session, students will be
able to:
1.Define the term puerperium
2.Describe the physiologic changes which
take place in the post partum period
Neurologic System
Discomfort may be experienced
Inability to sleep
Fatigue
Worsening of pregnancy-induced illnesses
Psychological Adjustment
Feelings about newborn
Feelings about relationship
Pre-existing mental health
Role as new mothers
Demands of the new baby (normal
neonate/ ill neonate)
References
1. Bender, S. (1976). Obstetrics for student
Midwives.
2. McKinney, E.S., Ashwill, J.W., Murray, S.S.,
James, S.R., Gorrie, T.M., & Droske, S.C.
(2000) Maternal-Child Nursing. W.B.
Saunders Co: Philadelphia.
3. Fraser, D.M., & Cooper, M.A., eds. (2003).
Myles Textbook for Midwives (14th ed.).
London: Churchill Livingstone.
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