Chapter 11: Caring for the Woman Experiencing Complications During Pregnancy

Question 1

The Nurses Role

Answer 1

must apply skills, knowledge, and expertise combined with the nursing process to first identify the pregnant patient at risk and then formulate, implement, and evaluate an appropriate, holistic plan of care

• remain cognizant of the unique individuality of the patient and her family
• deliver care that is respectful of their diversity and culture

Question 2

Essential Components of the Care Plan

Answer 2

-identification and activation of appropriate community resources

Question 3

The Interview

Answer 3

• interviewing is a basic nursing skill
• tool that enables nurses to collect data, recognize signs and symptoms of emerging problems, identify risks, and formulate nursing diagnoses and counseling strategies

Question 4

How to Make a Woman Feel Comfortable With The Care they Receive

Answer 4

(maternal health care often represents the first point of contact between immigrant woman and the US health-care system)

• facilitate an interview in the woman’s primary language
• secure female interpreter who is not a member of the family
• children not suitable translators
• friends and family members who serve as a interpreter are not bound by a code of conduct and may breach confidentiality, editorialize, omit information they find threatening or embarrassing, or jeopardize the woman’s privacy