Maternal Health and Obstetric Nursing
Enfermagem de Saúde Materna e Obstétrica
Course code:9500301
Aida Maria de Sailva Abreu Serra
Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:
Objectives:
- To acquire knowledge on nursing interventions in the stages of Preconception/Conception/ Birth/Puerperium.
- To plan the nursing assistance in the maintenance and health education for the pregnant woman/fetus/family.
- To develop specific abilities in the care for the woman and the newborn.
Skills:
- Knows and shows comprehension ability on the biological cycle of the woman (pregnant-puerperal).
- Understands the notion of sexuality, sexual education and the factors that influence it at the level of the individual and society.
- Knows the main changes in the reproductive system and the woman's breast.
- Applies knowledge and understands the health process and its deviation in the pregnancy-puerperal cycle.
- Understands the process of pregnancy and delivery and the necessary interventions for health promotion and disease prevention in women and the fetus; considering the socio-cultural and familial context.
- Identifies the main problems and pregnancy complications, birth and puerperium and the nursing interventions.
Syllabus:
- Evolution of the maternal-child care in Portugal.
- Preconception.
- Antenatal.
- Birth and postpartum.
- Analgesia and anesthesia in obstetrics.
- Postconcepcional.
Suggested Bibliography:
- Braden P (2000) Enfermagem Materno-Infantil, Rio de Janeiro: Reichmann & Affonso Ed. .
- Campos D, Silva I, Costa F (2011) Emergências Obstétricas, Lisboa: Lidel.
- Nelson K, Jaffe M, Kenner C, Amlung S (2002) Enfermagem Materno-Infantil: planos de cuidados, 3rd ed., Rio de Janeiro: Reichmann & Affonso Ed.
- Hoffman B, Schaffer J, Schorge J (2014) Ginecologia de Williams, 2nd ed., Brasil: Artmed.
- Néne M, Marques R, Batista M (Eds.) (2016) Enfermagem de Saúde Materna e Obstétrica, Lisboa: Lidel.