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Nursing

Obstetrical Nursing


OBSTETRICAL NURSING: NEWBORN STABILIZATION AND CARE

While most births occur naturally and without complication, some do not. By understanding basic newborn stabilization and care practices, the nurse can help to create a positive delivery outcome for her patients.

After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
  • Discuss physiological changes that occur at birth that allow the neonate to adapt to life outside the uterus
  • Assess and provide for the stabilization needs of the healthy neonate
  • Explain the use of the Apgar test
  • Describe the key steps that must take place if the newborn is suffering from respiratory distress
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    DVD / 2017 / 17 minutes

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    UNDERSTANDING MOTHER & BABY CARE

    Clear visuals allow you to discharge parents with confidence.

    Covering the first few weeks postpartum, Understanding Mother & Baby Care DVD supports the continued health of mom and baby as they make the transition from hospital to home. This program helps you clearly and concisely present the most current need-to-know discharge information - including postpartum recovery tips, breastfeeding basics, newborn care, and when to call healthcare providers - in a relatable way that appeals to today’s parents.

    Caring for Your Baby -- Diapering, circumcision & cord care, signs of infection, jaundice, well-baby visits, keeping baby healthy, bathing, car seats & hot car safety, SIDS, crying & abusive head trauma, when to call your healthcare provider/call 911

    Feeding Your Baby -- Skin to skin, breastfeeding basics, feed often, hunger cues, latching, preventing engorgement, formula feeding, when to call your healthcare provider/call 911

    Taking Care of Mom -- Involution, lochia, perineal care, Kegels, cesarean care, baby blues & postpartum mood disorders, when to call your healthcare provider/call 911

    DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2017 / (Ages 13-Adult) / 34 minutes

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    UNDERSTANDING CESAREAN BIRTH

    Prepare parents for cesarean birth.

    Through two cesarean birth stories - one planned and one unplanned - this engaging DVD helps you teach essential information about cesarean birth in a way that's comforting, easy to understand, and relatable. Viewers will not only be informed, but will feel comforted in knowing that a cesarean birth can be a positive, family-centered experience.

  • Why cesareans are performed
  • 3D animation of the medical procedure
  • Risks to mom and baby
  • Benefits of skin to skin, breastfeeding, and recovery tips
  • How to reduce the changes of having a cesarean
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    DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2016 / (Ages 13-Adult) / 19 minutes

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    UNDERSTANDING YOUR NEWBORN

    Improve newborn health and well-being.

    Understanding Your Newborn provides comprehensive, evidence-based education about baby care in the first six weeks and beyond.

    Featuring modern, high-quality footage of actual newborns and real-life stories from first-time parents, this DVD allows you to teach in a clear and relatable way and deliver the latest guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics and other trusted organizations, along with the importance of baby cues, early brain growth, and bonding.

    DVD (Closed Captioned) / 2016 / (Ages 13-Adult) / 39 minutes

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    OBSTETRICAL NURSING: ASSISTED DELIVERY AND CESAREAN SECTION

    Some women experience no problem giving birth to their babies. Others have difficulty and need assistance. Common procedures used to assist a baby's birth include forceps delivery, vacuum extraction and cesarean section. This course provides an overview of these procedures and details the Labor and Delivery nurse's responsibilities in regard to forceps delivery, vacuum extraction and C-section. The course also discusses the nurse's role in patient education regarding these procedures.

    After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
  • List indications for assisted delivery
  • Define and describe the most common devices and techniques used in assisted delivery
  • Describe patient and equipment preparation procedures for C-section
  • Discuss the importance of patient education in emergent obstetrical situations
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    DVD / 2015 / 17 minutes

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    OBSTETRICAL NURSING: CARING FOR THE ANTEPARTUM PATIENT

    The pregnant woman experiences significant changes during pregnancy that affect all of her major body systems and emotions. This program focuses on the physiological and emotional changes a woman goes through during pregnancy, and includes information that can assist the nurse in caring for and reassuring her pregnant patients. Patient history and prenatal care is also discussed.

    After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
  • Distinguish normal gestation from preterm gestation
  • Identify all of the major physical changes that occur during pregnancy
  • Distinguish how these wide ranging physical changes can affect a pregnant woman's physical and emotional functioning and well being
  • Identify appropriate information that should be gathered and tests that should be taken during initial obstetrical visits
  • Use specific terms to identify number of pregnancies and number of deliveries for each patient
  • Identify the various laboratory tests and monitoring procedures that must be performed at various points during the pregnancy
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    DVD / 2015 / 22 minutes

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    OBSTETRICAL NURSING: CARING FOR THE POSTPARTUM PATIENT

    During the postpartum period of care, the patient may require a notable amount of physical and psychological care. This course focuses on the physiological, psychological and emotional changes a woman goes through during the postpartum period, and includes information that can assist the nurse in caring for and reassuring her postpartum patients. The course also discusses the importance of emotional support and patient education during the postpartum phase of care.

    After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
  • List and discuss the physiological changes that occur in the postpartum patient
  • List and discuss the psychological and emotional changes that can occur in the postpartum patient
  • Describe and perform physical assessment of the postpartum patient
  • Discuss the nurse's primary role during postpartum care
  • Discuss the importance of emotional support and patient education during the postpartum phase of care
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    DVD / 2015 / 17 minutes

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    OBSTETRICAL NURSING: COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY

    Obstetrical Nursing: Complications of Pregnancy is designed to familiarize nurses with the different types of complications that can occur during pregnancy. The course also describes approaches for managing these complications, which can help ensure a safe and healthy delivery for mother and child.

    After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
  • Discuss various complications that can occur during pregnancy, including preterm labor, placenta previa, abruptio placenta, preeclampsia and eclampsia.
  • Identify the most common signs and symptoms of each of the complications described.
  • Describe techniques and methods that are commonly used to manage these pregnancy complications.
  • Discuss strategies that nurses and other healthcare personnel can use to help the mother carry her pregnancy to term and deliver a healthy newborn.
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    DVD / 2015 / 20 minutes

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    OBSTETRICAL NURSING: ELECTRONIC FETAL MONITORING

    While most births occur naturally and without complication, some do not. The labor and delivery nurse must be able to use effective monitoring systems in order to observe changes in the status of the fetus during labor. By understanding the latest monitoring techniques and equipment, including electronic fetal monitoring systems, the nurse can help to create a positive delivery outcome for her patients. This program focuses on the latest electronic fetal monitoring devices and practices.

    After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
  • Identify the most commonly used types of fetal monitoring equipment
  • Explain how the electronic fetal monitor is attached and used
  • Educate patients regarding fetal monitoring
  • Monitor for complications during labor using different monitoring techniques
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    DVD / 2015 / 25 minutes

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    OBSTETRICAL NURSING: LABOR AND DELIVERY

    Obstetrical Nursing: Labor and Delivery is designed to familiarize nurses with the labor process and introduce guidelines and practices that can be used to manage the process and help ensure good delivery outcomes for patients.

    After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
  • Define and describe the four stages of labor
  • Differentiate between the stages and phases of labor
  • Discuss in detail, the nursing care that should be performed through each phase and stage of labor
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    DVD / 2015 / 16 minutes

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    OBSTETRICAL NURSING: PAIN CONTROL

    Labor is the apt term to describe the birthing process, which is laborious and painful. Obstetrical Nursing: Pain Control describes how the body responds to pain during labor, and provides a detailed overview of the different pain relief techniques and medications that are available.

    After completing this course, the learner should be able to:
  • Discuss how the body responds to pain during the stages of labor
  • Define various non-pharmacologic methods of pain relief for the mother
  • Discuss the different types of medication and regional anesthesia that can be used to reduce pain during labor
  • Describe advantages and disadvantages of different pain relief methods
  • Compare the effects of different types of pain relief medications on both the mother and fetus
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    DVD / 2015 / 15 minutes

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    BEGINNING PEDIATRIC NURSING: NEONATES, INFANTS AND TODDLERS

    Caring for pediatric patients can be intimidating. Their bodies function differently, they have different thought processes, and they are not able to clear communicate their needs or problems. This is particularly true for the earliest years of childhood during which a great number of changes happen rapidly. Therefore, it is critical for nurses and other healthcare professionals to understand the concepts of normal growth and development so that they can deliver age-appropriate care to their patients.

    After watching this program viewers should be able to:
  • Describe characteristic traits of neonates, infants and toddlers
  • Describe some recommended forms of care appropriate to neonates, infants and toddlers
  • Describe working with families of neonates, infants and toddlers of other cultures
  • Describe some techniques of non-traumatic care for neonates, infants and toddlers
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    DVD / 2014 / 17 minutes

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    POSTPARTUM MOOD DISORDERS

    Laura Miller, MD; Katherine L. Wisner, MD; Susan Baab, RN, MSN, CS

    Understand the clinical features of ostpartum 'blues', depression and psychoses. Understand the differences in clinical presentation and correlates, etiology and course of illness for the three categories of postpartum disorders; Identify medications which are reasonable choices for women with postpartum depression; Develop a monitoring plan for babies whose mothers take antidepressants and breastfeed; Learn the precautions of treating them under those circumstances; Gain an understanding of the best treatment options for postpartum bipolar women, including breastfeeding mothers, after a careful cost-risk analysis.

    DVD / 2011 / 60 minutes

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    ASSESSMENT OF THE NEWBORN: CARDIOPULMONARY ASSESSMENT AND CARDIAC ANOMALIES

    The program begins by offering an overview of fetal circulation. With this foundation, it goes on to examine the issues related to cardiopulmonary assessment. Topics such as acrocyanosis, retractions, transient tachypnea and infant respiratory distress syndrome are presented. The program then presents and discusses cardiac anomalies. The four categories of cardiac defects are highlighted and the eight most common cardiac defects are outlined.

    DVD / 2010 / 18 minutes

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    ASSESSMENT OF THE NEWBORN: GESTATIONAL AGE AND NEWBORN REFLEXES

    This program focuses on the New Ballard Gestational Age Assessment. In the process of this discussion, both the assessment of neuromuscular maturity and that of physical maturity are examined. As the infant is assessed, reference is made to the system developed by Dr. Jeanne Ballard. The program concludes with a presentation of 13 newborn reflexes.

    DVD / 2010 / 18 minutes

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    ASSESSMENT OF THE NEWBORN: PHYSICAL ANOMALIES AND NEUROLOGIC ISSUES

    The program begins with an examination of such physical anomalies as neural tube defects (anencephaly, spina bifida and meningocele), craniosynostosis and cleft lip and palate. Additionally, features such as simian crease, pilonidal sinus, and gastroschisis are presented. The presentation of neurologic issues includes a brief discussion of the infant brain and neurons and leads to a detailed discussion of neonatal hypoglycemia. This detailed view of neurologic assessment concludes with a presentation of pathologic jaundice, its causes and intervention strategies.

    DVD / 2010 / 19 minutes

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    ASSESSMENT OF THE NEWBORN: THE FIRST 10 MINUTES

    This program begins with a discussion of primary roles of the placenta and umbilical cord during pregnancy. It goes on to describe the role of surfactant in the lungs and presents the current understanding of factors which foster the newborns first breath. Other topics addressed include: steps to be taken if there is meconium in the amniotic fluid, the four routes of heat loss and the seven factors which increase a newborn's susceptibility to cold stress. The presentation ends with an overview of the APGAR score and its role in newborn assessment.

    DVD / 2010 / 18 minutes

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    ASSESSMENT OF THE NEWBORN: THE HEAD TO TOE ASSESSMENT

    This program looks at the complete head to toe assessment of the newborn. It begins with a discussion of vital signs and continues with presentation of issues related to eye care. Weighing and measuring are examined including presentations of "normal" values. As the assessment continues, the trunk, umbilical cord, skin, extremities, genitalia and anus are discussed. The program concludes with a presentation of issues related to newborn screening such as phenylketonuria (PKU).

    DVD / 2010 / 18 minutes

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    NEONATAL / NEWBORN HOME ASSESSMENT

    Mothers and newborns are increasingly being discharged from the hospital withing 24 to 48 hours after delivery. Consequently, an increasing amount of home nursing follow up is required to help the family adjust, and to identify potential problems.

    DVD / 1999 / 34 minutes

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