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Nursing Department
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.
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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