Reflection On Postpartum Assessment

This is a reflection on continuing professional and personal development in practice. This reflection is to allow me to improve profeesionally with supportive, evidence based literature and to enable me to evaluate the impact my professional behaviour as a student and future midwife. My learning need is to focus on the importance of professional behaviour when on placement and working with women, their families and members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

The evaluation is the final part of my three mandatory written pieces of my graded unit. The final evaluation stage of the graded unit requires me to reflect on how the activity went, whilst highlighting my strengths, areas that require future development and identify my weaknesses, this, in turn, will enable me to adapt my practice to ensure I am continuously supporting patients to the standards set within The Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC).

As a nurse there is a responsibility to make sure the client has the information necessary to make decisions regarding their health and the health of their family. The primary goal of maternity nursing is to optimize the health and well-being of the mother and the baby. This will be an individualized teaching plan for the prenatal client. The stage of growth and development are described with support from literature. An assessment of the client’s learning need and readiness to learn will be done. Two educational needs will be appropriately identified, as well as learning objectives. Educational content that applies to the educational needs will be developed and an explanation of how that content is delivered will be given. In this

I believe that by applying myself with hard-work and commitment to the realisation of my goals, I will be able to achieve my potential and become an excellent midwife.

Once a baby is born and a woman enters motherhood, her maternal instincts come naturally, either right away or over time. The one major problem with that is because becoming a mother comes with some unrealistic expectations to be a perfect one as well. Mothers, especially new ones, are pressured so much in their lives, because they have a child to take responsibility for. All of these presumptions may add to the stress that a new mother is already dealing with from learning how to take care of her baby. Family members and even community members put these mothers to shame by telling them how to do something the “correct” way. They do not take it into consideration that these women are barely finding out how motherhood is. There are many unnecessary

This is because the practitioner may become bias, which can distort their ability to abide to the NMC standards [NMC, 2015, p.7]. Therefore, to achieve effectiveness in practice; nurses/midwives must evaluate what’s required and help the patient by suggesting preventative measures or recommending care to restore good health/mind-set. Additionally, results of assessments will correspond to whether treatment should be available and/or what information is advised. All should be communicated clearly and quickly; with records and reports on treatment and care being accurate. In connection with the code, the NMC (2015) states, “Keep clear and accurate records relevant to your practice”. Practitioners are expected to do this promptly to ensure all crucial details are included and mistakes are prevented [NMC, 2015, p.9]. Evidently, nurses/midwives can certify they are adhering to the code by confirming that their patients care and medication are always recorded, for instance. Overall, to understand if effectiveness is followed correctly in practice; one of the key skills is having the ability to multitask. This includes being capable of planning/ communicating needs; sharing relevant information and raising concerns/recommendations; since it accomplishes

Assessment: Nurse perception- well groomed, comfortable, makes good eye contact. She is 25 years old, married and is 6 months pregnant. She is new to the area. Mrs. Star preception- says she is healthy, is a teacher, asks questions about delivery. Feels well with little or no nausea.

ii)Medical calling utilized its new "experimental" strategy to legitimize expanding administration to new care-labors by specialist and not maternity specialists

The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario comes up with nursing best practice guidelines for the intervention of PPD. This intervention is evidenced based and a resource tool for nurses and other health care professionals. One of the nursing interventions is that nurses must have the family members and partner become involve in the care for postpartum mothers (RNAO, 2005, p. 33). Family members should be given education on how to look for early signs of postpartum depression. The partner should also attend session support group with the mom to improve their communication between each other. In addition to this, nurses advocate self-care activities to the new moms to help them in the postpartum period (RNAO, 2005, p. 34). As an example, nurses can encourage mom to exercise, eat healthy, and engage in supportive

My role as a patient advisor with Kaiser Permanente began in 2010 after the birth of my daughter. I was induced and spent 6 days in the hospital and during that time my family and I experienced wide fluctuations in the level of care and communication provided by the various healthcare professionals attending to us. At the end of my stay, I shared my observations and perception of the labor & delivery and postpartum hospital experience with the department administrator and ombudsman. Upon providing my feedback I was impressed with the reception I received. My input was welcomed and embraced. Notes were taken, discussions were had, dialogue opened up about what could have been improved and what worked. The ombudsman contacted me a month later

The critical incident was the lack of information sharing could have led Emma not receiving the services which were identified for her by the health visitor. The concept of joint working is central is a central theme in policies such as Every Child Matters (DfES 2003), The Children Act (2004) and the National Service Frameworks in England and Wales (Department of Health 2004). Effective team work can enhances service provision and ensure better result of care, lower result of stress for parents and mutual support for the family and the child ( Borrill ,2002). The Nursing and Midwifery Council’s (NMC) Code of Conduct (2008) that professional should work together in prompting the wellbeing of those in their care including the family and wider committee

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Postpartum depression is something some mother 's get after having a baby. Postpartum needs to be more talked about to mother 's. There are many mother 's who go diagnosed with postpartum because they don 't know what it is. Postpartum can happen right after birth, although some mother 's don 't notice until around three weeks after the baby. This is a very common disease through out mother 's. You can actually get post partum with second birth, even though you never had it after your first. With postpartum you can feel hopeless and worthless as a mother. You may start to have irrational thoughts and even act on those thoughts. I highly suggest while pregnant to ask your doctor about post partum and the symptoms. Don 't ever be afraid to

Urinary incontinence, the loss of bladder control, can also be called enuresis is a problem with many different age groups. This is caused by sympathetic dysfunction. Sympathetic dysfunction affects many systems of the body such as the the cardiovascular, reproductive, and even urinary. Enuresis is a medical term used more towards children meaning involuntary urination, referred to bedwetting most of the time (Silverthorn, 2013). The International Continence Society defines incontinence as “a condition in which involuntary loss of urine is a social or hygienic problem and is objectively demonstrated (Viktrup, 1993).” Incontinence is also very common once a woman becomes pregnant and throughout postpartum. Postpartum is the six week period

Nursing assessment has a significant role in providing effective, accurate and safe nursing care in clinical practice. Nursing assessment is the first stage of the Nursing Process. It is used to explore the physical, psychological, spiritual and social aspect of the patient’s life. It is therefore a holistic and systematic guide for nurses to obtain a greater understanding of their patient’s wants and needs. It is the underlying foundation of the process, on which other phases of the process are based upon (Foster & Hawkins, 2005).