Module 1:

Maternal Risk Factors & Birth History Age, Assessment, Physical & Gestational

Author: Mary Whalen, DNP APRN NNP-BC

Learning Objectives:

Part 1: Maternal Diseases & Infections and Maternal & Fetal Wellbeing

• List the neonatal effects of maternal anemias and thrombocytopenia.
• Describe the different types of maternal hypertension and the potential neonatal effects.
• Recognize maternal viral infections that can affect the fetus.
• Identify associated maternal prenatal testing and the required neonatal treatment with viral disease.
• Describe where amniotic fluid is derived from and how the volume of amniotic fluid can help to determine disease in the fetus.
• Identify maternal medications used during labor and their consequences for the neonate.
• Identify the various monitoring methods used to assess fetal and maternal well-being in pregnancy and labor.
• Recognize the importance of knowing fetal presentation to assess risk.
• Identify emergency intrapartum complications to assess fetal/newborn potential risk.
• Describe the principles of physical assessment for the neonate by gestation for growth parameter and neurologic assessment.

Part 2: Physical Assessment of the Newborn

• Discuss the significance of the prenatal history and the subsequent implications for the developing fetus.
• Describe the principles of physical assessment as applied to the neonate.
• Identify commonly seen deviations from normal compared with characteristics of the dysmorphic infant.
• Identify neonatal considerations specific to the assessment of the skin and head, eyes, ears, nose, and throat (HEENT).
• Assess neurologic function using a series of reflexes.
• Identify gestational differences in both state and function.
• Outline findings encountered during a normal newborn assessment of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.
• Identify physical findings that maybe associated with respiratory or cardiac disease.
• Identify the layers of the skin affected by certain diseases.
• Differentiate common skin changes from those that represent disease.
• List measurable criteria obtained during an abdominal and genitourinary assessment of the newborn.
• Describe the significance of the musculoskeletal assessment of the neonate.

CE Information:

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