What To Expect in Maternal Child and Pathology?

[CordaeP]

Hey everyone I have not been on here in a while because I have been busy with my classes. In about 2 weeks I will be going into my third semester of nursing school, maternal child and pathology. What can I expect to be doing this semester? What type of advice do anyone have for me? You can also tell me about any of your experiences during the semester.Thanks!!

[mzrainydayz, BSN, RN]

Yes I would like to know also about OB/Peds, I am entering my fourth semester. I am excited but not to nervous because I do have a child, I feel like I may be able to relate my experience with this rotation. Tips on what to expect would be helpful.

[THELIVINGWORST, ASN, RN]

Be prepared to struggle with all new material. Peds is like med surg for little people, with considerations to keep in mind for their development and their families. OB is all new info plus a bit of med surg when it comes to BP issues, pain, nutrition, infection, DM, etc.

it was a fun clinical in OB

[ER(notso)n00b, ASN, RN]

OB is all fetal development, nutrition, labor, delivery, and the postpartum period. It focuses on family centered care and patient education. The meds are mostly different from med-surg meds, and in clinicals both mom and baby will be your patients. You'll learn fetal heart tones, fetal testing, birth defects, complications, and the stages of labor and delivery. I assisted in 3 lady partsl deliveries (massaged the mom and coached her on breathing, pushing, held a leg, etc.) and watched one C-section. I did newborn assessments, gave newborn shots, and did postpartum assessments and care. It was a really fun rotation. Peds was focused on developmental stages (Erikson and Piaget) and family centered care. A lot of the meds I already knew, but dosages are way different. Med administration is a little different as well (no IV push on peds patients). You'll do a lot of teaching to the parents. I enjoyed peds, but I like kids. Others in my class couldn't wait to get back to med-surg.