SCHOOL OF HEALTH AND ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES

Nursing Department

SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING 6 (CLINICAL AREA)

Name: ________________________________________ Group: _____ Date:__

I. Provide comprehensive discussions on the following:

a. Compare and contrast the taking-in, taking-hold and letting-go postpartal phases.

b. Explain the use of sitz bath and ice packs in the care of the postpartal woman who had an
episiotomy.

c. Describe the physiologic changes that occur in the uterus, cervix and vagina during post-
partal period.

d. How will you assess the newborn for maturity and general well being utilizing APGAR Scoring
and Ballard or Dubowitz test?

II. Prepare a pain management plan for a woman in labor that includes two non-
pharmacologic pain relief measures and two medical pain relief methods, with nursing
implications for monitoring and prevention of drug related complications.

III. Prepare a teaching plan that could be used to prepare a new parent for the emotional
and physiologic changes occurring after childbirth.

IV. Define the following key terms:

1. Pressure anesthesia
2. Pudendal nerve block
3. Epidural anesthesia
4. Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation
5. Doula
6. Involution
7. Homans’ Sign
8. En face position
9. Engrossment
10. Uterine atony

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