Maternity and Pediatric

Sammi15 · Aug 1, 2006

Hi

At my school, maternity and pediatric was taken together few semesters ago but the nursing dept. realized it was too much material to cover in one semester. So now, it is taken separately. I just took maternity this summer and got an "A" in the class. My advice is to really focus on the textbook and study along with you classnotes (powperpoint slides). Practice NCLEX questions and MC questions from the text. Maternity clinical is kind of fun b/c you get to play with newborn babies and watch real lady partsl or c-section birth (VERY COOL!)

As for pediatric, my classmates told me it's even harder b/c we need to know the child development stages (remember Erikson). Just like Med/Surg but in child version, a lot of illnesses, disorder, cancers, etc. I'm taking pediatric and elder next semester.

Good luck!

Daytonite, BSN, RN · Aug 2, 2006

in helping students do careplans i found this careplan book that i thought was pretty helpful:

maternal/newborn plans of care: guidelines for individualizing care, third edition, by marilynn e. doenges and mary frances moorhouse. it is basically broken down into four major sections: prenatal, intrapartal, maternal postpartal and newborn concepts. each of these sections starts off with the assessment (abnormal) data that you want to be looking for in these patients at those stages. it looks like they use gordon's functional healthcare needs as a basis. within each section they have careplans for most of the major nursing problems encountered at those stages of pregnancy along with nursing diagnoses and interventions. other assessment data is included where necessary. i found it to be a really nice resource.

i also have some weblinks you might want to check out and bookmark as ob links are not very commonly found on the forums here:

http://complab.nymc.edu/obgyn/labor%20-%20normal%20and%20abnormal.pdf - this is a slide slow presentation on normal and abnormal labor from the new york medical college. some very nice photographs and drawings to illustrate points.

http://www.brooksidepress.org/products/surgical_emergencies_in_obgyn/surgical_emergencies_web.htm - index page of links in the online textbook of surgical emergencies in obstetrics & gynecology

http://www.brooksidepress.org/products/military_obgyn/procedures/procedures.htm - military obstetrics & gynecology procedures. the main page for this site is here:

http://www.brooksidepress.org/products/military_obgyn/home.htm and includes links to the complete online textbook, laboratory tests commonly ordered in ob/gyn, medications commonly used in ob/gyn, ultrasound and x-ray used in ob/gyn, a large number of useful clinical forms you can download and print, and access to procedure videos that include a lady partsl delivery, episiotomy, circumcision, pelvic exam, pap smear and much more.

http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/obstetrics_and_gynecology.htm - listing of emedicines topics on obstetrics and gynecology

http://www.emedicine.com/ped/contents.htm - a list of links into subjects covered in pediatrics at the emedicine website

http://www.obgyn.net/medical.asp?page=/english/career/teach - links for medical students on ob/gyn subjects- some good links here

http://www.whattoexpect.com/public/what-to-expect-homepage.aspx - what to expect. a site for expectant mothers with lots of information about pregnancy, labor and early childcare.

http://www.birthingnaturally.net/about/bn.html - birthing naturally. website with information about pregnancy and labor.

http://library.med.utah.edu/hart/ - "blue baby". diagnosing the cause of cyanosis in a newborn. by the department of pediatrics, university of arkansas for medical sciences. this is an interactive case study of a newborn with cyanosis. you get to play the doctor and diagnose the baby's condition. you can get help along the way.

http://www.uihealthcare.com/depts/med/pediatrics/iowaneonatologyhandbook/pharmacology/index.html - common pediatric medications and monitoring from the children's hospital of iowa handbook of neonatology.

http://home.coqui.net/titolugo/handbook.htm - online pediatric surgical handbook for resident doctors and medical students. links into common surgical problems in children with brief explanations of the treatment.

http://www.brightfutures.org/mentalhealth/pdf/professionals/in/observation.pdf - age specific behavior that should be observed in a normal growing attachment between parent and child from ages newborn to one year. from bright futures.

bjssk · Aug 2, 2006

Thank you. this is so nice and helpful.