NCM 107 Group 1
NCM 107 Group 1
Subtopics:
PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGIC
CHANGES OF PREGNANCY
PRENATAL CARE
HEALTH PROMOTION DURING PREGNANCY
PROMOTING NUTRITIONAL HEALTH DURING
PREGNANCY
BIRTH PLAN
NURSING CARE OF LABOR
PSYCHOLOGIC AND PHYSIOLOGIC CHANGES DURING
PREGNANCY
During pregnancy, women often describe
COMMON
transitioning to a new mothering identity, PSYCHOSOCIAL
which in turn disrupts or diminishes existing CHANGES THAT OCCUR
identities WITH PREGNANCY
1st TRIMESTER
Task: Accepting the
pregnancy
2nd TRIMESTER
Task: Accepting the
baby
3rd Trimester
Task: Preparing for the
baby and end of
pregnancy
prenatal care PRENATAL CHECK UPS
A first prenatal visit confirms a pregnancy,
Also known as ANTENATAL CARE but it is also a time for important assessments
is a major strategy for helping to reduce such as a health history, physical examination,
and laboratory tests.
complications of pregnancy such as the
number of low-birth-weight babies born yearly
PRECONCEPTUAL VISIT
To obtain accurate
reproductive life
planning information
and received assurance
about fertility
SELF-CARE
EXERCISE EMPLOYMENT
TRAVEL
SEXUAL
ACTIVITY SLEEP
PROMOTING NUTRITIONAL Foods to Avoid or
Limit in
HEALTH Pregnancy
DURING PREGNANCY
ASSESSMENT:
caffeine
a “typical day” history or a 24-hour
nutrition recall to isolate usual Components of
patterns and possible nutritional Healthy Nutrition for
risk factors the pregnant woman
Diagnosis: Energy
Signs of poor Nutrition
(Calorie)Needs seafoods
Hair is dull and lifetime
Protein Needs
Pale and dry
Fizzures at mouth Fat Needs
Overweght/underweight Vitamin Needs
Anemia Mineral needs
Intervention: Fluid Needs artificial sweeteners
A pregnant women need to have Fiber Needs
2500 kcal to meet
Fluid needs: 2-3 gls water & 2-3 gl of
milk (total of 6 gls daily)
Eat fiber
Eat Plenty of fruits to lower
cholesterol level
Preparing a Family Preparation-for-childhood classes birth
for Childbirth Supply info on how to prepare for
setting
childbirth
Childbirth Education
Not just for primparas but also a ospital
h
good way to refresh a woman
expecting a second or third child
after years since the previous child.
enter
Ultimate goal of childbirth: a c
healthy baby and healthy parents.
ALTERNATIVE METHODS OF
BIRTH
Leboyer Method Hydrotherapy and Water Birth home
Nursing care of Labor CARE OF A WOMAN DURING
THE LABOR
LABOR normally begins when a fetus is sufficiently
1. AMNIOTOMY 2. EPISIOTOMY
mature to cope with extrauterine life yet not
too large to cause mechanical difficulty with
birth.
SIGNS OF LABOR
stAGES OF LABOR • Lightening
• Increased level of activity
• Slight loss of weight
• Braxton hicks of
3. CUTTING AND 4. PERINEAL CARE
construction
CLAMPING OF THE UC
• Repining of the cervix
TRUE LABOR
Signs of true labor involve
uterine and cervical
changes.
• Uterine contractions
• show
• Rupture of the
membranes
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