Title: Intrapartum Period
Course: NUR 1411C Nursing Care for the Family Part 1 > Section: Module 3

The labor and delivery experiences involve many physiological and psychological processes for the mother and baby. The primary goal for nurses in these positions is to promote healthy fetal and maternal outcomes. This module focuses on the intrapartum period from the onset of labor to recovery from delivery.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this module, students will be able to:

- Explain the major factors affecting the labor process
- Describe maternal and fetal adaptations to labor
- Identify pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic methods for pain relief and comfort during labor
- Interpret fetal heart rate and contraction patterns
- Describe nursing interventions used in response to specific fetal heart rate patterns
- Differentiate between the stages of labor
- Describe the delivery process for a vaginal delivery and a cesarean section
- Identify risk factors and management of preterm labor
- Describe obstetric emergencies and the nurses’ role for management of care

Readings

Perry, Hockenberry, Lowdermilk & Wilson, Maternal Child Nursing Care, (4th ed.), 2010.  Evolve Elsevier: MOSBY .  ISBN-13: 978-0-323-05720-2

- Chapter 15
- Chapter 16
- Chapter 17
- Chapter 18
- Chapter 19

Websites

- Fetal Presentation
- Fetal Station
- Placenta Previa
- Placenta Abruptio
- Stages of Labor
- Assisted Delivery
- Epidural
- Anesthesia for c-section
- C-section