Natural Birth Course Outline Labor

¶ … Natural Birth Course Outline Labor and Delivery Nurse Education Course / Scottsdale Hospitals Focus and Course Content Four in every ten expectant mothers will have a cesarean section for their first delivery. More and more studies are linking this increase in surgical births to the amount of medical intervention utilized at hospitals. While many interventions and hospital policies are in place for the safety of the patient and mother, not every mother entering the labor and delivery unit requires full intervention.

This course is designed to educate nurses within the labor and delivery unit on natural birth techniques commonly used by midwives as a means of offering our patient consumers a means of ensuring a smooth birth process. Audience/Learners This course is for all nursing staff in the labor and delivery unit of the hospital. Natural Labor and Delivery Techniques This is a six-week course with two clocked hours each week. Rationale Modern expectant mothers are more educated than in recent years.

Along with that education comes an expectation that nurses will also be educated in modern birth techniques and able to assist in the labor and delivery process. Last year, the amount of home births increased by over 30%. The primary reason for this trend is the desire of couples for a natural birth. By offering a natural birth environment in the hospital, this trend can be reversed. Catalogue Description This is a mandatory course for all nurses with rounds in the labor and delivery unit of Scottsdale Memorial Hospital.

After this initial course, this course will be required of all nurses before starting rounds in the labor and delivery unit. This course is congruent with the hospital's mandate for the modernization of the labor and delivery unit. Course Prerequisites This course is only offered for nurses within the labor and delivery unit. Course Objectives Upon completing this course students will be able to: 1. Identify naturally progressing labor 2. Offer advice for natural pain management to laboring mothers 3.

Offer position assistance for safe delivery Course Resources The following course materials will be utilized during this course: Ricki Lake. The Business of Being Born: The purpose of this movie is to offer nurses perspective on current birth theory. Sears, Martha and William. The Birth Book. This text created by Dr. William Sears and his wife presents the pros and cons of all medical interventions as well as offering useful tools for natural birth methods. Murry, Michelle and Huelsmann, Gayle.

Labor and Delivery Nursing: This insightful textbook presents the factual and statistical implications for all decisions made during labor and delivery. Course Delivery Method/Teaching Methods This is a face-to-face training course with lecture, laboratory, and simulation sessions. The purpose of this mixed technique is to encourage nurses to not only know the curriculum, but also consistently and effectively apply the curriculum when necessary. Special Requirements You will need access to a DVD player outside of class, as all simulation sessions will be video recorded and evaluated.

Evaluations are then to be reviewed by nurses and action evaluations drafted. Attendance Policy Under no circumstances can any portion of this course be missed. An absence at any of the training sessions will result in termination from the course and possible termination from current labor and delivery rounds until the course is retaken. Tardiness is also not permitted. Anyone who is more than ten minutes late for a session will be considered absent from that session.

This course is fast-paced and covers vital hospital policies that all labor and delivery staff are required to know. Course Assignments and Evaluation and Grading Written exams will be given at the beginning of class and cover the previous week's coursework. These exams must be passed with at least 70% or you will be dropped from the program. You will have one attempt to make up a poor test score. Exams are open book and open note.

Action evaluations for the previous week's simulation sessions must be submitted at the beginning of the session and should be at least 2 pages, typed, and double spaced. The final exam will be a summative simulation session where nurses are expected to apply the course principles. Those with a score of 70% and better are considered to have passed the course. Topical Outline/Schedule Session 1: View "The Business of Being Born" and discuss the perspective of consumer patients. Brainstorm ways that nurses can help bridge the gap described in the movie.

Homework: Read chapters 1-3 in "The Birth Book" and chapters 1-2 in "Labor and Delivery Nursing" Session.