LESSON ASSIGNMENT
LESSON 2
Stages of Labor and Nursing Care.
TEXT ASSIGNMENT
Paragraphs 2-1 through 2-16.
LESSON OBJECTIVES
After completing this lesson, you should be able to:
2-1.
Identify the definition and process of labor.
2-2.
Identify the signs and symptoms of true labor
and false labor.
2-3.
Identify descriptive phrases that concern the
four stages of labor.
2-4.
Identify those factors that distinguish the three
phases of the first stage of labor.
2-5.
Identify the nursing care given the patient during
the first stage of labor.
2-6.
Select the signs of the second stage of labor.
2-7.
Identify those parameters used to determine
when the patient is taken to the delivery room.
2-8.
Identify the nursing care given the patient while
in the delivery room.
2-9.
Identify signs of placental separation.
2-9.
Select the nursing interventions used during the
third stage of labor.
2-11. Select the goal of the fourth stage of labor.
2-12. Identify the nursing care given the patient during
the fourth stage of labor.
2-13. Identify those factors which may extend or
influence the duration of labor.
SUGGESTION:
After studying the assignment, complete the exercises
at the end of this lesson. These exercises will help
you to achieve the lesson objectives.
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