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Maternal Newborn Nursing

Introduction

Maternal Newborn NursingIntroduction
A healthcare provider using a fetal heart rate monitor to listen to the heartbeat of a fetus in a pregnant person’s belly.
Figure 11.1 Prenatal Visit The purpose of prenatal nursing care is to gather assessment data at each prenatal visit, to analyze the data to ensure there are no factors placing the pregnancy at risk for complications, and when complications are diagnosed, to monitor the pregnancy more closely for a positive patient and fetal outcome. (credit: “It Takes a Village Friend” by Airman 2st Class Rhonda Smith/U.S. Air Force, Public Domain)

Chapter Outline

11.1 First Prenatal Visit
11.2 Care in the First Trimester of Pregnancy
11.3 Care in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy
11.4 Care in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy
11.5 Family Assessment and Nursing Interventions

Routine prenatal care begins at the first prenatal visit and continues throughout the 280 days (40 weeks) of pregnancy. It involves nursing interventions based on the nurse’s assessment of the family. The purpose of prenatal care is to gather assessment data at each prenatal visit, to analyze the data to ensure there are no factors placing the fetus or pregnant person at risk for complications, and when complications are diagnosed, to monitor the pregnancy more closely for a positive patient and fetal outcome. Registered nurses are part of the prenatal health-care team in county public health departments, community health centers and clinics, and provider private practices, providing education regarding the antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods as well as newborn and infant care.

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