Case Studies Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing Chapter 21: Nursing Management of Labor...

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Essentials of Maternity, Newborn, and Women's Health Nursing

Chapter 21: Nursing Management of Labor and Birth at Risk

1. Laura is a 26-year-old G2P1 who had a caesarean delivery for fetal distress with her first pregnancy. Laura is now struggling with deciding between a repeat caesarean delivery or attempting a VBAC. (Learning Objective 9)

A. In order to ensure that Laura has the facts to assist her in her decision, explain the risks of a repeat caesarean delivery.

B. Laura can’t understand why more women don’t want to try a VBAC delivery. Discuss the possible reasons for this.

C. Describe the management of care for a woman attempting a VBAC delivery.

2. Carol, age 17, is pregnant with her first child. Her menstrual dates are accurate and her date of conception is limited to one possible day. Her physician gives her an EDC of March 28th. Carol has gone past her due date and refuses to have her labor induced. Carol states, “My grandmother says that the baby will come when it is good and ready.” It is now April 14th and Carol is at 42 3/7 weeks' gestation. She calls the office and reports that she is having a significant lower backache and she just passed “a glob of bloody mucus” from her vagina. (Learning Objective 5)

A. Discuss the risks a prolonged pregnancy places on Carol.

B. What risks are there for Carol’s unborn baby?

C. Describe the nursing care required for women in labor with a prolonged pregnancy.

Expert Solution

The risk of prolonged pregnancy causes uterine rupture and Carol is at higher risk and excessive bleeding may occurs. There are risk for unborn baby as he may develop childhood diabetes, metabolic syndrome etc.

Nightingale answered 2 years ago

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