For those whom completed the mother/baby course

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Specializes in LTC.

Okay, since I just came seem to turn off my study mode, I mind as well prepare for the next class.:specs: I'm taking mother/baby in February next semester. We can't buy our books until the week before class. I was just going to buy some other books, and research things online to get more familiar with the content. I would like to know.... What key terms should I be familiar with ? What should I research or read on before class ? Any study guides, notes, websites, and etc would be greatly appreciated. I wasn't going to start this thread until January... but I just can't seem to wind DOWN ! :eek::eek::eek:

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I just wanted to say... you are NUTS. lol

go shopping, get a mani/pedi, curl up with a trashy novel in front of the fire place (or out in the yard depending on location)

Appreciate this time that you have to get ramped up for next semester so that you don't get burned out.

Unfortunately I DO have all of my reading assignments ahead of time, so there's no getting out of it for me. But if I had a clean slate for a couple of weeks mid-nursing school, bet your butt I'd take advantage of it.

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Specializes in Pediatric/Adolescent, Med-Surg.

I agree. Just relax, enjoy your break. Have you had your ICU rotation yet? Alot of pregnancy complications and what was covered in my ICU class went hand in hand.

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

a big mistake that women especially make with ob is that if they have had a baby they think their experience gives them some kind of edge. wrong! ob is no different from learning about any other medical conditions. you start by knowing what is normal first and then what goes wrong. believe me, there is not much about having a baby that is normal on the body. but, you need to know what the normal pregnancy entails. propelling a 6 pound ball of tissue (and that is a conservative figure) down the birth canal, tears up a lot of tissue. know the inflammatory response because that is what happens when tissues are damaged or cut into (as in an episiotomy or incision like a c-section) (https://allnurses.com/forums/f50/histamine-effect-244836.html). a c-section is a surgery and can have all the complications of any surgery. there are complications connected to epidurals. more goes wrong with childbirth than goes right. it may seem subtle, but it is rare that the smallest complication doesn't occur.

see the ob and pediatric weblinks listed on this thread, especially the first listed one, brookside press. it is loaded with information and videos and was, at one time, the company that printed the textbooks for the corpsmen that the u.s. military training program used (this was equivalent to lpn training).

there are also weblinks to online nursing courses that have ob information (some is probably from brookside press as well) on this post: https://allnurses.com/forums/3079458-post38.html including obstetric and newborn care: http://ged.free-ed.net/sweethaven/medtech/obsnewborn/default.asp)

an interesting website on the explanation of thermoregulation in the newborn is on this website (you might need this information for a newborn care plan): http://www.who.int/reproductive-health/publications/msm_97_2_thermal_protection_of_the_newborn/msm_97_2_chapter2.en.html

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just finished OB and peds, Peds was cool but I absolutely hated OB. I am a guy so that plays a factor. I have tons of notes and excellent study material i would gladly send you, however last time i posted my email address on this site i got in trouble so if u can find a way to get me your email address I will send u everything i used for OB/Peds

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.
just finished OB and peds, Peds was cool but I absolutely hated OB. I am a guy so that plays a factor. I have tons of notes and excellent study material i would gladly send you, however last time i posted my email address on this site i got in trouble so if u can find a way to get me your email address I will send u everything i used for OB/Peds

Do it through PMs.

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just finished OB and peds, Peds was cool but I absolutely hated OB. I am a guy so that plays a factor. I have tons of notes and excellent study material i would gladly send you, however last time i posted my email address on this site i got in trouble so if u can find a way to get me your email address I will send u everything i used for OB/Peds

You can send an email to a member by clicking on their name and selecting "email" (if your intended recipient has chosen to accept emails) from the drop down menu. If not, as Daytonite noted, you can use the Private Messaging (PM) feature.

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Specializes in LTC.

Thanks everyone for all the help. Especially Daytonite ! Can't wait to get started !!!

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