Maternal / Neonatal Clinical

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Hello All,

I am sitting her with four textbooks in front of me and I am still lost. I have my first neonatal clinical coming up. I have no idea what to expect, how to prepare and what to do. Is anyone willing to give me a idea of how to go about have a slight clue as to how to be prepared for this, and not look like an idiot in fron of my instructor.

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When you find out (get a clue) let me know b/c I have my first OB clinical tomorrow eeek!!! I will be on antepartum and postpartum...so I'm assuming I will be doing a lot of checking fetal status and monitoring maternal condition on ante and then doing postpartum assessments for the mom who recently gave birth...our instructor will want to see us perform a "BUBBLE-HE" in front of her for postpartum (check Breasts, Uterus, can't remember the other 2 b's, Lochia, Episiotomy, Homan's sign and Extremities)...hmm now I have to go back and look at my notes lol.... Wish me luck :)

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Ha, had a brain fart, the other 2 b's are Bowels and Bladder :)

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Another brain fart... last 'e' is for Emotional :)

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I HATED my maternity clinical with a passion! Counted the days until it was over. Most students like this rotation though, so I'm sure you'll have fun. Good luck!

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Specializes in Electrophysiology, Medical-Surgical ICU.

im doing maternity now and yeserday....jst orientation though phewww but next week we start with the pt's

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Be ready to do lots of teaching! Whatever they will need to know before they go home with their baby, you'll need to be able to teach them. :)

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Personally, I love my maternal/neonatal clinical.

I thought it was interesting and a wonderful expereince.

Now, my perpesctive is as a parent, so I found most of the materials review of my knowledge and expereince. I did really good on the written clinical exam.

Yes, there is a lot of reading, but you need to ask your self, do I really need to know all of this? You need to be able to pick out important, key ideas and translate that into knowledge that you can use and share during your classes and clinical.

Enjoy the experience, and you know what I was scared my first day too, but once you do your first assessment on a post-partum mom, its all down hill from there.

The bathing the newborn baby, is so wonderful and a special time with the family to be apart of.

Good luck!

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