Chapter 16: Pregnancy, Labour, and Delivery
Read Chapter 16.
Your textbook has the most detailed and expanded information for each topic. There are chapter workbook assignments to complete with each lesson.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this lesson, participants will be able to:
- Describe the birth process.
- Describe how to prepare for delivery.
- Describe how to assist with delivery.
- Describe how to assess and care for the neonate and mother.
- Demonstrate how to perform neonatal resuscitation.
- Identify the possible complications before, during, and after childbirth.
- Identify the care for the following complications during pregnancy: spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), premature labour, ectopic pregnancy, and third trimester bleeding.
- Identify the care for the following complications during childbirth: prolapsed cord, breech birth, limb presentation, and multiple births.
- Describe how to manage an imminent delivery.
10 Lessons