Midwifery (2) Theory MW 336
This course will introduce the students to the labor and delivery process and the immediate postpartum period. Essential factors of labor, stages and mechanisms of labor, delivery techniques and procedures such as episiotomy and suctioning techniques will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on common labor complications, preterm labor, post-term labor, breech and shoulder presentation deliveries, prolapsed cord, fits, DIC, CTG traces, immediate postpartum hemorrhage, record keeping and appropriate documentation techniques. By utilizing the nursing process, current research findings and integrating the principles of reproductive health and safe motherhood, the student will be able to recognize the needs of both low-risk and high-risk women during the intrapartum period
