HELP, Instructor wants Patho on Care Plan for PP patient.

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Can anyone help me? I am finished with the majority of my careplan. The only section I have left is Patho/disease process... Well, Our instructor said I want to know what's happening in the body during this time. I have looked everywhere. I really can't find anything. Anyone have any ideas? My patient had a scheduled c section so I just can't wrap my mind around a patho....

Thanks

Specializes in Telemetry, OB, NICU.

Patho on PP has nothing to do with lady partsl or c-section birth.

I had to do labor, postpartum, and a newborn patho in nursing school.

You have to go through all the systems in the body and explain how body adapts and how things change from pregnancy to postpartum. Your book should have these.

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Patho on PP has nothing to do with lady partsl or c-section birth.

I had to do labor, postpartum, and a newborn patho in nursing school.

You have to go through all the systems in the body and explain how body adapts and how things change from pregnancy to postpartum. Your book should have these.

Well ....I am sorry. I htough that was what they were asking for. There were other posts that are gone now that prompted my response....but thanks! :)

Puerperium is defined as the time from the delivery of the placenta through the first few weeks after the delivery. This period is usually considered to be 6 weeks in duration. By 6 weeks after delivery, most of the changes of pregnancy, labor, and delivery have resolved and the body has reverted to the nonpregnant state.

An overview of the relevant anatomy and physiology in the postpartum period follows.

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/260187-overview requires registration but it is free and a great resource.

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For our Patho/Disease process my teacher looks for the why's when its not an actual disease. Why is she having a CS? (bc of a previous cs putting her at risk for rupture...etc) What happens during a cs? (explain the surgery breifly) What are some possible complications of a cs? (infection, hemorrhage..) My last case study was on THR because of Fx of femur neck. Talk about a boring "Disease Process" lol I talked in Depth about the types of fractures. lol Good Luck.

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Patho on PP has nothing to do with lady partsl or c-section birth.

I had to do labor, postpartum, and a newborn patho in nursing school.

You have to go through all the systems in the body and explain how body adapts and how things change from pregnancy to postpartum. Your book should have these.

you are talking physiology, not pathophysiology. Unless, of course, you consider pregnancy a pathologic state?

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Specializes in Telemetry, OB, NICU.
you are talking physiology, not pathophysiology. Unless, of course, you consider pregnancy a pathologic state?

My instructor called it "pathophysiology" and explained it this way. She was a nurse practitioner in OB area, so I will trust her.

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Please look up the definition of pathophysiology and physiology....

My instructor called it "pathophysiology" and explained it this way. She was a nurse practitioner in OB area, so I will trust her.
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For care plans in school you generally have to do a Pathophysiology on all patients. So when it comes time for your PP care plan your "patho" is just going to talk about physiologic adaptations as the body returns to its pre-pregnant state. Not that it IS the pathophysiology, it is just what you will do for the patho component of the care plan. Gosh care plans can be confusing sometimes :p

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Specializes in Telemetry, OB, NICU.
Please look up the definition of pathophysiology and physiology....

You can just mind your own business and do a research about PP pathophys. yourself. Seems like you need it.

For care plans in school you generally have to do a Pathophysiology on all patients. So when it comes time for your PP care plan your "patho" is just going to talk about physiologic adaptations as the body returns to its pre-pregnant state. Not that it IS the pathophysiology, it is just what you will do for the patho component of the care plan. Gosh care plans can be confusing sometimes :p

This. You explained it pretty well.

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You can just mind your own business and do a research about PP pathophys. yourself. Seems like you need it.

l.

Oy, a wee touchy eh? and me 80 yr old geris don't need me reviewing ob. LOL

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You want to go through all of the changes that the body goes through. Think about many systems, not just reproductive. Cardiovascular, what is normal for women at this time? What about the bladder and it's possible effect on uterine involution (This also has to do with fluid on board)? What about the types of lochia? Return of ovulation?

There isn't a disease process, so you need to discuss the normal changes that happen in the postpartum patient.

Hi - This is my 1st "Like", 1st "Quote", and 1st "Reply" here! Anyway, I completely agree with you on this. I am doing my care plan on a healthy PP patient and I too am having trouble with the patho. My problem is what to title it. Medical Surgical was easy (name of disease process)...any ideas on a title for a PP pt without any complications? I keep reverting back to L & D issues. Maybe "Involution"? Thanks for any help!

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