ATI – Maternal & Newborn Care

ATI – Maternal & Newborn Care

•         Use appropriate techniques for prenatal assessment.

•         Identify patients’ learning needs during each trimester of pregnancy.

•         Use nonpharmacological methods for pain management during labor.

•         Use Apgar scoring to document newborns’ transition to extrauterine life.

•         Identify physical-assessment findings based on gestational age.

•         Distinguish between expected and unexpected findings in newborns.

•         Demonstrate appropriate techniques for providing and teaching normal newborn care.

•         Outline the appropriate techniques for meeting newborns’ nutritional needs.

•         Plan nursing interventions for performing and teaching postpartum care.

abruptio placenti

•         uh-brup-tee-oh, uh-brup-shee-oh pluh-sen-tee)

premature partial or complete separation of the placenta from the uterus acrocyanosis

•         (ak-row-sigh-ih-no-sis)

bluish color of the hands and feet, not pathological in newborns acupressure

•         (ak-you-preh-shur)

treatment method that involves therapeutic massage of points along the body's energy pathways