2025
Nursing Care at Childbirth and Puerperium
Name: Nursing Care at Childbirth and Puerperium
Code: ENF13443M
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Nursing
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
Methodology and themes gave contributes to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Goal:
• To acquire knowledge about the care of the woman / family during the stages of labor (TP) and puerperal period (PP)
Skills:
• Understands the obstetric dilemma and the altriciality in the evolution of the species
• Understands the process of PT and birth in an institutional context and the process surrounding PP and care of the newborn (NB) in the transition to the family environment
• Communicates the concepts of TP Stadiums and Puerperium
• Interpret measures and models of care in normal TP / health deviation stages related to mechanical and dynamic complications
• Integrates models of assistance in the PP in the transition to the home
• Understands the physical and psychological disturbances of the woman during the PP
• Describes ways of evaluating fetal well-being during PT and fetal-NB transition
• It integrates the guidelines on the care to the NB in the transition to the home
• Communicates the reasoning of simulated maternity and maternity assistance plans
• To acquire knowledge about the care of the woman / family during the stages of labor (TP) and puerperal period (PP)
Skills:
• Understands the obstetric dilemma and the altriciality in the evolution of the species
• Understands the process of PT and birth in an institutional context and the process surrounding PP and care of the newborn (NB) in the transition to the family environment
• Communicates the concepts of TP Stadiums and Puerperium
• Interpret measures and models of care in normal TP / health deviation stages related to mechanical and dynamic complications
• Integrates models of assistance in the PP in the transition to the home
• Understands the physical and psychological disturbances of the woman during the PP
• Describes ways of evaluating fetal well-being during PT and fetal-NB transition
• It integrates the guidelines on the care to the NB in the transition to the home
• Communicates the reasoning of simulated maternity and maternity assistance plans
Contents
• Bipedalism in the reproductive architecture
• Female pelvis. Caldwell and Moloy nomenclature. Pelvic floor. Internal/external soft channel.
• Concepts Labor (TP) and Puerperal Period (PP)
• Factors and mechanisms of TP. Contraction, dilation, erasure
• Foetal Static. Presentation, Situation, Attitude, Variety
• Cardinal movements
• Maternal and foetal adaptation to PT
• Initial evaluation: Birth Plan; Admission of parturient and cohabiting-significant
• Care in the 1st Stage of the TP. Assessment of PT progress and maternal-fetal well-being. Pain relief.
• Care in the 2nd Stage of the TP. Cephalic and pelvic presentation technique.
• Care in the 3rd Stage of the TP.
• Preterm and post-term TP. Mechanical and dynamic dystocias. Obstetric Emergencies
• Systemic changes in foetus-new-born
• Nursing care. Early contact and food. Characteristics of normal NB and health deviations. Resuscitation of the RN.
• Dyad care in PP. Education on the way home
• Female pelvis. Caldwell and Moloy nomenclature. Pelvic floor. Internal/external soft channel.
• Concepts Labor (TP) and Puerperal Period (PP)
• Factors and mechanisms of TP. Contraction, dilation, erasure
• Foetal Static. Presentation, Situation, Attitude, Variety
• Cardinal movements
• Maternal and foetal adaptation to PT
• Initial evaluation: Birth Plan; Admission of parturient and cohabiting-significant
• Care in the 1st Stage of the TP. Assessment of PT progress and maternal-fetal well-being. Pain relief.
• Care in the 2nd Stage of the TP. Cephalic and pelvic presentation technique.
• Care in the 3rd Stage of the TP.
• Preterm and post-term TP. Mechanical and dynamic dystocias. Obstetric Emergencies
• Systemic changes in foetus-new-born
• Nursing care. Early contact and food. Characteristics of normal NB and health deviations. Resuscitation of the RN.
• Dyad care in PP. Education on the way home
Teaching Methods
The teaching methodologies include lectures, problem-solving activities, and laboratory practice. Students? personal and professional development is encouraged, based on reflective work, critical questioning, and continuous analysis. Individual and group tutorial guidance is also provided with the aim of supporting the acquisition of knowledge and skills.
The theoretical sessions take place in the classroom. The practical sessions, related to procedures, are conducted in the laboratory using the Case-Based Learning methodology. Students are presented with practical cases that reflect real challenges encountered in different contexts of childbirth and the postpartum period. The analysis of these cases encourages them to identify problems, search for relevant information, formulate hypotheses, and propose possible solutions. In this way, students are given the opportunity to anticipate the care to be implemented in real-life contexts.
The student-centered interactive approach promotes their involvement in real-world decision-making processes. The pedagogical methodology used in this Course Unit also includes the use of advanced technological resources, namely digital environments and technological platforms applied to training and simulation.
The theoretical sessions take place in the classroom. The practical sessions, related to procedures, are conducted in the laboratory using the Case-Based Learning methodology. Students are presented with practical cases that reflect real challenges encountered in different contexts of childbirth and the postpartum period. The analysis of these cases encourages them to identify problems, search for relevant information, formulate hypotheses, and propose possible solutions. In this way, students are given the opportunity to anticipate the care to be implemented in real-life contexts.
The student-centered interactive approach promotes their involvement in real-world decision-making processes. The pedagogical methodology used in this Course Unit also includes the use of advanced technological resources, namely digital environments and technological platforms applied to training and simulation.
Assessment
Students who choose continuous assessment will complete three individual assessment components: two written tests, each lasting 120 minutes (75% weighting), and one laboratory practice assessment (25% weighting).
To pass the course unit, students must obtain a minimum grade of 9.5 out of 20 in the average of the two written tests and a minimum grade of 9.5 out of 20 in the practical assessment. The final grade for the course unit will correspond to the weighted average of the assessment components. Students who do not complete all assessment components will automatically be transferred to the final exam regime.
? Continuous assessment: carried out through written tests and individual assessment of simulated laboratory practice. The assessment components are as follows:
Exercise A: two written tests;
Exercise B: simulated laboratory practice.
Final grade = Exercise A (75%) + Exercise B (25%).
? Assessment during the regular examination period and the resit period, in accordance with UÉ regulations.
To pass the course unit, students must obtain a minimum grade of 9.5 out of 20 in the average of the two written tests and a minimum grade of 9.5 out of 20 in the practical assessment. The final grade for the course unit will correspond to the weighted average of the assessment components. Students who do not complete all assessment components will automatically be transferred to the final exam regime.
? Continuous assessment: carried out through written tests and individual assessment of simulated laboratory practice. The assessment components are as follows:
Exercise A: two written tests;
Exercise B: simulated laboratory practice.
Final grade = Exercise A (75%) + Exercise B (25%).
? Assessment during the regular examination period and the resit period, in accordance with UÉ regulations.
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