UNIT 4: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family
	Decision Making Regarding Reproduction Childbearing: Pregnancy by Trimester Prenatal Management Antepartum Common Complications of Pregnancy First Trimester Complications Second Trimester Complications Third Trimester Complications The Intrapartal Experience Complications During the Intrapartal Period General Aspects Disorders affecting protective functions: Preterm labor Grief and childbearing experience Disorders affecting comfort, rest, mobility, dystocia Disorders affecting fluid-gas transport: maternal Disorders affecting fluid-gas transport: fetal Summary of danger signs during labor CRITICAL PATHWAY: for intrapartal stages The Postpartal Period Biological foundations of the postpartal period Nursing management during the postpartal period Psychological/behavioral changes Breastfeeding and lactation Complications During the Postpartal Period Disorders affecting fluid-gas transport Disorders affecting protective functions: postpartal infection Disorders affecting psychosocial-cultural functions--postpartum depression/psychosis CRITICAL PATHWAY: for the postpartal Period The Newborn Infant Biological foundations of neonatal adaptation--general aspects Admission/assessment: 1-4 hours after birth CRITICAL PATHWAY: for Newborn care Complications During the Neonatal Period: The High-Risk Newborn General overview General aspects Disorders affecting protective functions: neonatal infections Disorders affecting nutrition: infant of the diabetic mother (IDM) Hypoglycemia Disorders affecting psychosocial-cultural functions: drug-dependent(heroin) neonate Disorders affecting psychosocial-cultural functions: fetal alcohol symdrome (FAS) Classification of infants by weight and gestational age Preterm Infant Congenital Disorders General overview Disorders affecting fluid-gas transport: congenital heart disease Disorders affecting fluid-gas transport: hemolytic disease of the newborn Emotional Support of the High-Risk Infant General Aspects: Nursing Care of the High-Risk Infant and Family