Title: Identify fetal, maternal, and newborn complications that may occur during pregnancy.
Course: Practical Nursing III (14052-III) > Section: Examining the Nursing Process for the Maternal and Newborn Client

Identification should include

- complications that may affect the outcome of pregnancy and newborn
- leading causes of maternal mortality
- causes of hemorrhage
- types of abortions
- preexisting disease
- sexually transmitted diseases
- preterm labor.

Process/Skill Questions:

- What are the symptoms, preventive measures, nursing interventions, and treatments of complications of pregnancy?
- How might each complication (e.g., diabetes) affect the outcome of pregnancy and the newborn?
- What are the leading causes of maternal mortality?
- What are causes of hemorrhage during pregnancy?
- What are the main types of abortions?
- What effect does the Rh factor have on the outcome of pregnancy and the newborn?
- What is involved in the prevention and treatment of Rh incompatibility?
- What are the risk factors of, symptoms of, and therapeutic interventions for PIH?
- How would the three types of placenta previa/placenta abruptio, including the symptoms and nursing management, be described?
- What effect does pre-existing disease, such as cardiac disease, have on pregnancy?
- What dangers to the fetus and newborn are posed by sexually transmitted diseases?
- What are the symptoms of preterm labor and the medical management of preterm labor?