Nursing NUR201 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sepsis, Perineum, Serology
23 Apr 2016
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After initial recovery period (fourth stage of labour), woman may be transferred to postpartum room. Some facilities have labour-delivery-recovery-postpartum (ldrp) rooms where the woman labours, delivers, recovers and spends postpartum period in same room. Women who received general or regional anesthesia, must be cleared for transfer from recovery area by member of anesthesia team. Preparing transfer report: recovery nurse uses information from records such as birth record, record of admission, and recovery. Recovery nurse and postpartum nurse communication: information communicated to postpartum nurse includes: Newborn: sex and weight of infant, time of birth, name of new born"s caregiver, feeding method, abnormalities, assessment of parent-infant interaction. Mothers should be contacted within 24-48 hrs after discharge and if needed, seen by a skilled caregiver. Bladder and bowel functions are adequate received rh immune globin if appropriate family doctor or care provider identified and notified of discharge rubella immunization given if not immuned.
