• Maintain a safe, effective health care environment for a client in an emergent obstetrical situation.
• Provide patient-centered care by utilizing the nursing process for a client undergoing an obstetrical emergency..
• Relate the client’s health status to assessment findings, medications, laboratory and diagnostic results, and medical and nursing interventions.
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of placental abruption.
• Plan support of maternal fetal circulation during a placental abruption.
• Plan assessments and interventions associated with surgical intervention for a client experiencing a placental abruption..
• Provide patient education to the client and her partner/family.
• Communicate therapeutically.
• Report complete, accurate, and pertinent information to the health care team.