OB, l&d critical thinking help

[Cristhian1986]

Hello. I am having my OB critical thinking test on Friday. They have not given anthing to study and I have no idea what could be the case study. Please, if someone has any sample or advice, I would appreciate it

[brissie]

Critical thinking has as its basis a sound knowledge of theory. Study your text and notes from class till you know them bacwards and forwards. Be able to recall infomation without having to look it up. A person can know how to "think critically" but if they don't have the knowledge base to draw on then they won't pass the test. This being the case you have everything you need to study, that is your text and notes. Good luck.

[Daytonite, BSN, RN]

critical thinking involves knowing:

• the proper sequence of steps in the nursing process
  
• the normal anatomy and physiology of the human body
  
• how the normal anatomy and physiology are changed by the medical and disease process that are going on
  
• the normal medical treatment that the doctor(s) are likely to order to treat the medical and disease process going on
  
• the nursing interventions that you have learned for the things that support the medical and disease process that is going on
  
• making the connection (this is the critical thinking part) between the disease, the treatment and the nursing interventions and where on the sequence of the nursing process you are

so, with ob and l&d you need to know what goes on during normal pregnancy and childbirth, how it is treated (and supported) and most importantly what is done when things go wrong. this is, or should be, the very same way you have been preparing for all your other nursing tests.

here is a very nice website that has ob/l&d information that can help you nail some of this stuff down. however, you have to be able to supply the critical thinking part of it all.

• http://www.childbirths.com/euniversity/mainpage.htm - links to the various pages on the site are around the globe with the logo, euniversity.

[mysterious_one, ASN, RN]

I am sure you have a textbook that gives you NCLEX type questions to practice, but here is a link to another one. I always liked to practice as many as possible. Just click on the chapters on the top left and you will see there are NCLEX questions you can do, or even case studies. http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_olds_maternal_7