NURS 2156 - Complications of Childbearing Nursing

Credit Hours: 2.00

Program Outcome/Student Learning Outcome:

1. The student can analyze and apply the critical components of evidence-based nursing practice.

Course Outcome:

1. The student can apply evidence-based practice for women experiencing a high risk pregnancy, high risk newborns, and patients with gynecologic problems.

Course Objectives:

1. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for patients with pregnancy induced hypertension, gestational diabetes, and preterm labor.
2. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for patients with gynecologic problems.
3. The student will apply evidence-based nursing interventions for high risk newborns.

Program Outcome/Student Learning Outcome:

2. The student can recognize quality improvement strategies as an integral component of nursing practice.

Course Outcome:

2. The student can explain national patient safety goals and quality indicators for high risk maternity, high risk newborn, and gynecologic patients.

Course Objectives:

1. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators for the pregnant patient with diabetes.
2. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators related to women experiencing breast cancer.
3. The student will describe national patient safety goals and quality indicators for the newborn experiencing hyperbilirubinemia.

• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

WOMEN’S HEALTH

1. Experiences and Disorders of the Menstrual Cycle
   1. Common Menstrual Disorders
   2. Menopause
2. Women’s Health Assessment, Screening, and Prevention
   1. Sexually Transmitted Infections
   2. Osteoporosis
3. Problems of the Breast
   1. Benign Conditions of the Breast
   2. Malignant Conditions of the Breast
4. Disorders of the Reproductive Tract
   1. Structural Disorders
   2. Malignant Disorders of the Endometrium, Cervix, and Ovaries
   3. Endometriosis
5. Infertility
   1. Male Infertility
   2. Female Infertility
   3. Infertility Screening
   4. Infertility Care

UNIT 2

COMPLICATIONS OF CHILDBEARING

1. Antepartum Fetal Assessment
   1. Ultrasound
   2. Blood Tests
   3. Chorionic Villus Sampling
   4. Amniocentesis
   5. Fetal Surveillance
2. Complications of Pregnancy
   1. Cardiovascular Disorders in Pregnancy
   2. Anemia
   3. Trauma
   4. Infections
   5. Rh Incompatibility
3. Additional Complications of Pregnancy
   1. Hemorrhagic Conditions
   2. Ectopic Pregnancy
   3. Placenta Complications
   4. Abortion
   5. Premature Rupture of Membranes
4. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
   1. Chronic Hypertension
   2. Preeclampsia
   3. Eclampsia
   4. HELLP Syndrome
5.  Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders
   1. Diabetes
   2. Hyperemesis Gravidarum
6.  Intrapartum Complications
   1. Shoulder Dystocia
   2. Prolapsed Cord
   3. Uterine Rupture
   4. Uterine Inversion
7. Childbearing Family with Special Needs
   1. Adolescent Pregnancy
   2. Delayed Pregnancy
   3. Substance Abuse
   4. Pregnancy and Infant Loss
   5. Intimate Partner Violence
   6. High Risk Labor and Birth
   7. Dysfunctional Labor
   8. Premature Rupture of Membranes
   9. Preterm Labor
   10. Prolonged Pregnancy
   11. Intrapartum Emergencies
8. Postpartum Complications
   1. Postpartum Hemorrhage
   2. Thromboembolic Disease
   3. Postpartum Infections
   4. Postpartum Depression

UNIT 3

­­­­NEWBORN COMPLICATIONS

1. Gestational Age and Birth Weight
   1. Preterm Infant
   2. Post-term Infants
   3. Small for Gestational Age Infant
   4. Large for Gestational Age Infant
2. Acquired and Congenital Problems of the Neonate
   1. Acquired and Congenital Respiratory Complications
   2. Hyperbilirubinemia
   3. Neonatal Infections
   4. Infants of Diabetic Mothers
   5. Prenatal Drug Exposure
   6. Phenylketonuria
   7. Cardiac Defects
   8. Gastrointestinal Defects
   9. Central Nervous System Defects

UNIT 4

ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEREDITARY INFLUENCES ON CHILDBEARING

1. Environmental Influences
2. Hereditary Influences 

UNIT 5

ETHICS

1. Ethical, Social, and Legal Issues
   1. Ethics
   2. Social
   3. Legal

PHARMACOLOGY

• Antihypertensives
• Magnesium Sulfate
• Uterotonics
• Prostaglandins
• Tocolytics
• Reproductive Hormones
• Rhogam
• Medications for Menstrual Disorders and Menopause
• Medications for Problems of the Breasts
• Fertility Medications
• Iron Supplements
• Insulin
• Antibiotics