OBG NURSING

Course Description: This course is designed for students to appreciate the concepts and principles of midwifery and obstetrical nursing. It helps them to acquire knowledge and skills in rendering nursing care to normal and high risk pregnant woman during antenatal, natal and postnatal periods in hospitals and community settings. It also helps to develop skills in managing normal and high risk neonates and participate in family welfare programme.
Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the trends and issues in midwifery and obstetrical nursing
• Describe the anatomy and physiology and female reproductive system
• Describe the diagnosis and management of women during antenatal period
• Describe the physiology and stages of labour
• Describe the management of women during antenatal period
• Describe the identification and management of women with high risk pregnancy.
• Describe the physiology of puerperium
• Describe the management of women during post natal period
• Describe the assessment and management of normal neonate
• Describe management of abnormal labour and obstetrical emergencies
• Describe management of post natal complications
• Identify the high risk neonates and their nursing management
• Describe indication, dosage, action, side effects and nurses responsibilities in the administration of drugs used for mothers
• Appreciate the importance of family welfare programme
• Describe the methods of contraception and role of nurse in family welfare programme