Labor and Delivery Unit Observation Report

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The labor and delivery unit is an amazing place filled with pleasant, friendly, and knowledgeable staff members that help bring miracles into this world. The client population on the unit consisted of patients ranging in age. The patients were 16, 17, 21, and 35 years old. The staff members on the unit worked consistently well with each other. They were nonjudgmental about all client situations. There were women at all different stages of life in the unit. They were all culturally diverse some had a very large open close knit family where others had a small private family present. For some it was there very first child and wanted it to be their last; for others it was not their first and they had several other children. The staff seemed to work well together. Never once during my shift did I see anyone get out of sorts even though, it was a rollercoaster ride. One minute no one would be busy and the next there was too much stuff to do. The staff handled this well; they split up and designated the tasks at hand. No one complained about the work they had to do. The staff was effective, pleasant, calm, and worked well together at all times. To complete my labor and delivery rotation for NUR-113, I was assigned to a client in the labor and delivery unit and followed her labor process throughout the duration of my shift, I observed the nurse’s role, doctor’s role, medications given, the patient, the patient’s family and evaluated myself. The client that the RN was assisting was a 21 year old, white unmarried female with O+ blood, at the end of my shift she gave birth to a beautiful baby boy after a few complications during the labor process. Gravida 1, Preterm births 0, Term births 0, Abortions 0, Living Children 1, after the birth ... ... middle of paper ... ...of her culture to receive the epidural and be surrounded by her family as much as possible. Works Cited Drugs.com Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side Effects. (2014). Retrieved March 5, 2014, from http://www.drugs.com Goins, W. P., Talbot, T. R., Schaffner, W., Edwards, K. M., Craig, A. S., Schrag, S. J., . . . Griffin, M. R. (2010). Adherence to Perinatal Group B Streptococcal Prevention Guidelines. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 115(6), 1217-24. doi:10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181dd916f Perry, S. E., Hockenberry, M. J., Lowdermilk, D. L., & Wilson, D. (2013). Labor and Birth Processes. In Maternal Child Nursing Care (5th ed., p. 351). Elsevier-Health Sciences Division. The Writing Lab, The OWL at Purdue, & Purdue University (n.d.). Purdue OWL: APA Formatting and Style Guide. Retrieved March 4, 2014, from https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/1/

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