Students will care for a multifunction virtual OB patient experiencing pre-eclampsia. Cecelia Roberts is a 22-year-old African-American, G1P0 at 33 weeks gestation. She is admitted to the maternity unit for complaints of a frontal headache, seeing spots before her eyes and RUQ pain. Her boyfriend, Jack, and mother, Sarah, are with Cecelia. Students perform a focused antepartum assessment, apply the nursing process, and use clinical judgment to provide safe, effective care.
Learning Objectives +
• Maintain a safe, effective health care environment for an antepartum client.
• Provide patient-centered care by utilizing the nursing process for an antepartum client.
• Relate the client’s health status to assessment findings, medications, laboratory and diagnostic results, and medical and nursing interventions.
• Administer magnesium sulfate safely and effectively.
• Provide health teaching to the client, her partner, and family members.
• Communicate therapeutically.
• Report complete, accurate, and pertinent information to the health care team.