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This module will review complications and nursing interventions for the postpartum period.
Gabay Medical Library (2014, February 22). Maternal Newborn: Postpartum Complications
Global Media Health Project (2020, June 8). Danger Signs After Birth: https://globalhealthmedia.org/videos/danger-signs-after-birth/
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worksheet PP complications.pdfLet's Practice!
Let's Practice!
As a post partum nurse you are taking care of a 35-year-old client who gave birth 10 hours ago. You review her assessment findings as listed below:
Gravida 5 Para 4 (G5P4)
9-lb (4082-g) baby girl
Delivered vaginally via an intact perineum
Precipitous birth within 15 minutes of arrival at hospital
Breast-feeding successfully
Postdelivery hemoglobin 11.2 g/dL (112 g/L)
Fundus firms but requires massage
Large clots expelled
Feeling light-headed and dizzy when getting up to go to the bathroom
Temperature 98.7°F (37°C)
Which of the above requires nursing intervention or follow up?
Fundus firms but requires massage
Large clots expelled
Feeling light-headed and dizzy when getting up to go to the bathroom
Risk factors from the history that would be identified that may be risk factors for postpartum hemorrhage include:
Gravida 5 Para 4 (G5P4)
9-lb (4082-g) baby girl
Precipitous birth within 15 minutes of arrival at hospital
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