Module 1 Antepartum Care For Well Clients
Module 1 Antepartum Care For Well Clients
Module 1 Antepartum Care For Well Clients
For this semester, I will be your instructor for NRG 203: CARE OF MOTHER,
CHILD, AND ADOLESCENT (WELL CLIENTS); ANTEPARTUM PERIOD. I
am looking forward to guiding you in learning this course well. If you want to
reach me for any academic-related concerns, you can reach me through the
following:
3. Google Meet (or any other teleconferencing app, duly agreed by the whole class)
4. Stable Internet connectivity
MODULE 1:
CARE OF WELL MOTHER AND FETUS; ANTEPARTUM PERIOD
Please expect that you might need to print some parts of the worksheets in this module (i.e.,
documentation and transcribing parts). If any difficulties in participating in synchronous classes are
encountered, inform your instructor right away! For absences, secure an excuse slip from your RLE
supervisor.
Submissions must be submitted through the Learning Management System (LMS) so that it will
be traced and secured easily.
Daily Activities
Every week, you are expected to follow through the following deliverables:
Now that you are done acquainting yourself with the instructor and the course itself, please
proceed to Module 1: Care of Well mother and fetus; Antepartum Period
Instructions
The case analysis manuscript may be handwritten or computer written. Observe pagination.
Once done, send the compilation of your group’s answers to your clinical instructor.
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After the submission, prepare a PPT presentation for your case presentation slated for Days 2 and
3 of your RLE classes. Each member of the group is expected to present during the case
presentations.
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this module, you are expected to:
1. Utilize the nursing process in the care of well mother and fetus during antepartum period.
2. Perform a holistic health assessment based on the case scenario presented.
3. Utilize assessment information to formulate a patient-centered plan of care.
4. Explain appropriate nursing interventions per problems identified.
5. Apply bioethical concepts/principles, core values, and nursing standards in the care of
clients.
6. Document the care rendered to assigned patient in the simulated health care record
accurately.
As you start with this module, you are free to consult and coordinate with your assigned Clinical
Instructor. Be sure to get his/her email address and contact number for collaboration and
assistance. Just keep going! You can do it! 😊
Part 1: ANATOMY OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM. Label the external female
reproductive system. Write your answers on the spaces provided.
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1. Which of the following terms applies to the tiny, blanched, slightly raised end
arterioles found on the face, neck, arms and chest during pregnancy?
a. Linea Nigra
b. Striae Gravidarum
c. Telangiectasis
d. Epulis
3. A nurse is reviewing the record of a client who has just been told that a pregnancy
test is positive. The physician has documented the presence of a Goodell’s sign.
The nurse determines this sign indicates:
a. Softening of the cervix
b. dark bluish or purplish discoloration of the vaginal tissue, vulva or cervix
c. light spotting or cramping
d. None of the above
5. A gravida G4 P1203, fetal heart rate 142, is 13 weeks pregnant, fundal height 1
cm above the symphysis. She denies experiencing quickening. Which of the
following nursing conclusions made by the nurse is correct?
PART 4.
Terms in Pregnancy/ Antepartum
Identification:
10. A hormone that helps prepare the breasts for milk production
and breastfeeding.
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STEPPING IN
Patient Information:
• Signs and Symptoms of
(Name, Age, EDD, AOG
Pregnancy
LMP, Present Complaint)
Medical
Maternal signs and management and
symptoms/ physiologic Nursing
1st trimester milestones
changes Intervention
You are now ready to meet your patient for this clinical experience.
DEEP DIVE
Case Scenario:
Mrs. Myragie Villa 29-year-old female, married who was 39 weeks 5 days AOG and was
admitted on 8 August 2024 1:55 am in Davao Doctors Hospital – Labor Room with the
complaint of pain in the abdomen and increased fetal movement that started on 7 August
2024 at 11:15 PM with watery vaginal discharge.
ENVIRONMENTAL STATUS
She lived in an urban area wherein pollution is very common. They live in a concrete
bungalow house with 5 occupants. In her hospitalization, she felt some discomfort because
of the setting, two persons sharing in a single-sized bed. According to her, the room is too
small for her to have some quality time to rest.
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LIFESTYLE
She described her habits by watching TV all the time and using her smartphone for social
medias. She was very lazy all the time as she stated. She did not even try to engaged
herself to prenatal exercises citing exhaustion as the reason due to her enlarged abdomen
being heavy. She clearly states that she had a regular check-up “lagi lang ako nasa bahay,
nakahiga nanunuod, nag-cecelphone, ganun kaya siguro baka mahirapan ako manganak
di ako nagkikilos” as verbalized.
FAMILIAL HISTORY
According to her she is the eldest in their family, she is married to Mr. Villa for a year. They
stay on her parents for a while since the do not have enough money on their own to avail
their own place.
She has a younger sister with rheumatic heart disease (resolved) and is now 25 years old.
Both her father and mother were diagnosed with hypertension on their 40’s and now on
maintenance and youngest brother died of status asthmaticus several years back.
GYNECOLOGICAL HISTORY
Before pregnancy the patient menstrual cycle was regular 28-30 days of cycle and duration
was 3-4 days and Last menstrual period was 3 November 2023. According to her recall her
pad counts usually counts to 3-5x a day with mild to moderate flow, she also added that she
was one of the luckiest girls who did not experience any abdominal discomfort during her
menstrual period.
o Pulse 84 bpm,
o Respiration 21 cpm
o BP – 120/80 mmHg
PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
I. MENTAL STATUS
She is oriented in time, place and person. She can identify things and answers the
questions beings asked. She can recall recent and remote memories she
experienced. She is able to read and write and she can speak different dialect like
Bisaya, Hiligaynon, Tagalog and English. She is very responsible and collaborative.
V. NUTRITIONAL STATUS
She is able to recognized nutritious food but unable to utilized some of it. She eats
3x a day with some interval of snacks. Her husband bought her fruits during her
pregnancy. She weights 48kgs before she got pregnant. She east variety of
vegetables but mostly meats during lunch. She has no allergies to foods and drugs.
VI. ELIMINATION
She was able to defecate once a day. There were times when she experienced
passing out scybalous stool when she failed to consume 3L of water per day. She is
able to void frequently without pain or discomfort since she had been cured from her
UTI. No reports of urinary retention noted.
Her skin is tan, her hair is evenly distributed in a dark brown color. Her fingernails
was clean and capillary refill test was less than <2secs and her skin turgor went back
in less than 2 secs when pinched at her right arm. No rashes noted.
Inspection: A faint linea nigra and stretch marks are still visibly noted. Breasts are
asymmetric, no dimpling and discoloration noted, nipples and areolas are dark in
color, according to the patient her breast seem to appear larger and firmer.
Darkening of underarms noted which made her feel too self-conscious and insecure.
Abdomen is globular
Palpation: Breasts are full and tender; Outline of the fetus is identified; Ballottement
noted and fetal outline is identified.
On 7th of August 2024 at late evening, around 10:10 PM, she was awakened by tense and rigid
feeling of uterine contraction. She cried out loud when the pain intensified, and was brought to
the nearest facility and was admitted at Davao Doctors Hospital around 1:55 am with blood
pressure of 120/90mmHg. She was examined by Dr. Villanueva and found out that her cervix
is at 7 cms Dilated, 80-90% Effaced, Intact Bag of water (BoW) and the fetus is on Station: +1
cephalic in presentation, with FHT of 156 beats per minute.
By 2:00am, 5 minutes after further assessment and history taking, doctor’s orders were carried
out:
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DOCTORS O:
Labs
CBC, Urinalysis
Blood typing + Rh factor, HBsAg
RAT Ultrasound
Medications
Folic Acid 400 mcg OD
Vitamin D 400IU OD
Fe SO4 60 mg OD
Vitamin C 500 mg OD
Senekot 1 tab OD HS
Calcium Citrate 500mg OD
Tetanus toxoid vaccine single dose
Prepare:
Methergine 1mg/0.5mL amp
Oxytocin 10u/amp
LABORATORY RESULTS:
A. ULTRASOUND RESULT
VILLA. MYRAGIE 29 F
AUGUST 8, 2024 DR VILLANUEVA
11/03/2022 8/10/2023
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VILLA. MYRAGIE 29 F
AUGUST 8, 2024 DR VILLANUEVA
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C. URINALYSIS, COMPLETE
VILLA. MYRAGIE 29 F
AUGUST 8, 2024 DR VILLANUEVA
D.
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VILLA. MYRAGIE 29 F
AUGUST 8, 2024 DR VILLANUEVA
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VILLA. MYRAGIE 29 F
AUGUST 8, 2024 DR VILLANUEVA
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G. HBSAG
VILLA. MYRAGIE 29 F
AUGUST 8, 2024 DR VILLANUEVA
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VILLA. MYRAGIE 29 F
AUGUST 8, 2024 DR VILLANUEVA
I.
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To immerse yourself in the care management of your patient, let us do some detailed description
of your patient care tasks. Using the Case Scenario assigned to you, you are expected to perform
the following:
1. Fill-up the needed data based on the given scenario/case. Note: Assessment findings of all
other areas must be filled up using fictional data BUT should be within the scope of the case
scenario given.
2. Conduct a history taking and physical assessment of your patient. Use BLUE pen for
normal findings and RED for abnormal findings under Review of Systems (ROS).
3. Develop a Concept Map of your patient’s condition using the Concept Map Format.
4. Present your drug study.
5. Prior to administering a patient’s medications, you are required to make a drug study of
all medications required by your patient in oral or parenteral form and document it. Select
one drug. No duplications of selected drugs for study should be made.
6. Formulate a patient-centered care plan for your patient. Utilize NANDA 12th
EDITION for your Nsg Dx. Don’t forget your FDAR.
not yet ready to embrace motherhood. No one will help me with this! What would be your
nursing action in this situation? What ethical principle is applicable in this scenario? Justify.
DESTINATION CHECK
You are nearly done with your module!
Before we end, let us check what you have learned so far and touch the topics which have been
discussed earlier but may not have been covered in the questions asked so far [Answer in a
separate sheet].
Ideally, assessment for pregnancy begins before the pregnancy with preconception counseling.
During a preconception assessment, evaluate a woman’s overall health status, nutritional intake,
and lifestyle; identify any potential problems; and identify a woman’s understanding and
expectations of conception, pregnancy, and parenthood. The following questions:
1. What are the presumptive, probable and positive signs of pregnancy?
2. What are musculoskeletal changes that occur in pregnancy? Why it happen?
3. Calculate of the EED (Nagel’s Rule) and AOG of patient Myragie Villa based on the details
given: LMP- November 3, 2023. Examination date is August 8, 2024.
4. What is the significance of assessing a pregnant woman for the presence of Edema?
5. Leopold’s maneuver is done to assess the fetal lie, position and presentation, enumerate
the steps and rationalization in doing the Leopold’s maneuver?
Have you answered all of the questions above? Great! You are now ready for to proceed
to the next part of the module
REFLECTION TIME
Congratulations! You have completed this module. You may now proceed to the weekly quiz.
Please wait for further instructions from you instructor
References:
Berman, A., Snyder, S., & Frandsen, G. (2016). Kozier & Erb’s fundamentals of nursing: Concepts,
process, and practice (10th ed.). Pearson Education, Inc.
Silbert-Flagg,J. & Pillitteri, A. (2018). Maternal & Child Health Nursing, Care of the childbearing &
Childrearing Family, 8th Edition. Wolter Kluwer Health
Doenges, M., Moorhouse, M. & Murr, Alice (2016). Nurse’s Pocket Guide Diagnoses, Prioritized
Interventions, and Rationales(15th Edition). F.A. Davis Company
Quigley, B., Palm, M.L., & Bickley, L. (2012). Bates’ nursing guide to physical examination and
history taking (1st ed.). Wolters Kluwer Health
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Drug Study
▪ Use the DDC form for drug studies. Drugs will be assigned by the clinical
instructor according to the concept of the rotation
▪ Must contain the following:
o Generic Name
o Brand Name
o Classification
o Mode of Action
o Indications
o Contraindications
o Side Effects (organized per system; cephalocaudal)
o Adverse Effects (per system; cephalocaudal)
o Dosage
o Nursing considerations
o Reference(s) – Follow APA 7e format
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Disclaimer:
This material is a property of Davao Doctors College, Inc. – Nursing Program, improper
reproduction and utilization of this material is hereby prohibited by the institution; furthermore,
the details presented in this material are all solely for educational purposes intended to the Level
2 Students of Davao Doctors College, Inc. enrolled to the Nursing Program taking the NRG 203 –
Related Learning Experience (RLE); the scenario presented including the patient’s profile,
photograph of the patient, clinical findings and the Health Facility mentioned do not reflect in real
life and are ONLY for but not limited to illustration, application and comprehensive learning
purposes.