COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO
NURSING DEPARTMENT
NURSING 222 STUDY GUIDE
Lectures: Mon. & Thurs.
6:30 pm – 8:55 pm -Building 5-390
LECTURE
January 21, Thursday
I. Introduction to
Maternity Nursing
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Legal Aspects
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Ethical Aspects
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Roles in Perinatal
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Nursing
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Conception and Early
Fetal Development
Review Math Sample Test
Review the N222 Syllabus
READINGS
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London, M., Ladewig, P., Davidson, M., Ball, J.,
Binder, R., and Kay J Cowen (2014). Maternal &
Child Nursing Care. (4th edition). Upper Saddle
River: Pearson Education.
Chapters 1 and 4 (pp. 61-69, 75-81)
Zerwekh, J. and Jo Carol Claborn (2015). Nursing
Today-Transition and Trends. (8th Edition).
Philadelphia: Saunders/Elsevier. Ch. 19 and 20
Ralston, B., Collier, T., and Julie Fairman. (2015)
The NP: Celebrating 50 Years. AJN 2015. 115 (10),
54-57.
Williams, Bridgette C. (2015). Learning the Basics
of APA Style. Nursing 2015. 45 (10), 19-20.
Instructors
Office
Phone
Amanda Anderson
Susan Graven
Irene Luciano
Patty Wieser
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CLINICAL AND SKILLS
LABORATORY
Clinical Focus
Orientation to Clinical Facilities
Skills Lab
Postpartum Assessment
Postpartum Skills: Interventions for
episiotomies, lacerations and hemorrhoids
Breast feeding
Review of IVs: Primary and secondary lines,
regulation and maintenance.
Review urinary catheter insertion
Video: Postpartum Physical Assessment
Video: Newborn Physical Assessment
Video: Perinatal Assessment of Maturity
Nursing 225/Lab #1:
 Newborn medications
 Newborn IM injection
Nursing 222 Study Guide, Spring 2016
LECTURE
January 25, Monday
II. Uncomplicated Pregnancy
READINGS
Medication Calculation Test I
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London & Ladewig: Chapters 8-13
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ATI-Maternal Newborn Ed. 9.0-Chapters 3-5
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January 28, Thursday
II. Uncomplicated Pregnancy
Con’t
III. Fetal Assessment
February 1, Monday
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London & Ladewig: Chapters 14
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ATI-Chapter 6
Medication Calculation Test: II
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London & Ladewig: Chapters 17-19, 23
Chapter 3-pp. 39-52
Chapter 4-pp. 70-73
III. Fetal Assessment Con’t
IV. Labor and Delivery
Stinson, Cynthia, et al. (2015) An EvidenceBased Protocol for Protecting Newborns
from Pertussis. Nursing for Women’s
Health. 19 (5), 402-409.
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ATI-Chapters 11, 13-15
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Zerwekh and Claborn: Ch. 21
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Leslie, Mayri S. (2015) Perspectives on
Implementing Delayed Cord Clamping.
Nursing for Women’s Health. 19 (2), 165-176.
CLINICAL AND SKILLS LABORATORY
Nursing 225/Lab #2:
 Normal neonatal care immediately after delivery
 Neonatal Resuscitation
Clinical Objectives
LABOR & DELIVERY
1. Assist in admitting a patient to the labor room or
triage area.
2. Assess contractions: frequency, length, duration.
3. Find and accurately count the fetal heart rate.
4. Observe the nursing role during electronic fetal
monitoring.
5. Discuss appropriate nursing interventions during
labor and delivery.
6. Review laboratory work-ups on your pts.
7. Examine typical LDR room set up or LDRP room
set up.
8. Explore alternate birth methods.
9. Identify the nurse's responsibility for patients
receiving analgesia during labor.
10. Identify effects of anesthesia/analgesia on mother/
fetus/newborn and related nursing interventions.
11. Describe equipment on spinal/epidural anesthesia
tray cart.
12. Examine oxygen equipment in LDR room.
13. Identify signs and symptoms of dystocia & discuss
appropriate nursing interventions.
14. Research medications given during labor and
delivery.
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READINGS
February 4, Thursday
Medication Calculation Test 3
IV. Labor and Delivery
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London & Ladewig: Chapter 20
V. Analgesia and Anesthesia
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ATI-Chapter 12
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London & Ladewig: Chapters 29-30
CLINICAL AND SKILLS LABORATORY
Nursing 225/Lab #3:
 Adult Blood Draws
 Video: Venipuncture
 Phillips – Ch. 8
February 8, Monday
TEST I
Chapter 5-pp. 88-97
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VI. Nursing the Low Risk
Postpartum Patient
ATI-Chapters 1, 17-19
Henry, L. and Rebecca Hayman.
(2014). Ankyloglossia and Its Impact
on Breastfeeding. Nursing for
Women’s Health. 18 (2), 123-129.
Clinical Focus for Postpartum
POSTPARTUM
1. Discuss anatomic and physiologic changes that occur
during involution.
2. Identify these changes in your assigned pt(s).
3. Discuss and implement appropriate nursing
interventions that promote a normal recovery from
the birth process.
4. Identify learning needs of the parent(s) during
postpartum period.
5. Identify the nurse's role in preparing mothers for
discharge.
6. Review hospital procedure for discharge
7. Review criteria for early discharge
8. Identify physiological abnormal changes that occur
during the puerperium.
9. Identify postpartal effects on the family members.
10. Review medications routinely administered in the
postpartum setting.
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READINGS
February 11, Thursday
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VII. Normal Newborn
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Holiday
February 15th
February 18, Thursday
VIII. High Risk Neonate
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London & Ladewig: Chapters 24-26
Chapter 4-pp. 73-74
ATI-Chapter 23-26
Bellini, Sandra. (2015) What Parents
Need to Know About Vitamin K
Administration at Birth. Nursing for
Women’s Health 19 (3), 261-265.
Andrea, Joan. (2015) Implications of
Using Pulse Oximetry to Screen for
Critical Congenital Heart Disease in
Newborns. Nursing for Women’s
Health. 19 (4) 315-323.
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London & Ladewig: Chapters 27, 28
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ATI-Chapters 27
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Artigas, Valarie. (2014) Management of
Neonatal Abstinence in the Newborn
Nursery. Nursing for Women’s Health.
18 (6), 509-514.
Phillips, Cathi. (2015) Relationship-Based
Care for Newborns with Down
Syndrome and Endocardial Cushion
Defect. Nursing for Women’s Health.
19 (5), 411-421.
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February 22, Monday
IX. Complications of Pregnancy
* London & Ladewig: Chapters 15-16,
Chapter 5-pp. 102-106
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ATI-Chapter 7-10
CLINICAL AND SKILLS LABORATORY
Nursing 225/Lab #4:
• Video: IV insertion
• Practice IV insertion
• Phillips: Chapter 7
Nursing 225/Labs #5:
• Continuing of Lab #4
NURSERY
1. Observe and facilitate the developing relationship between
mother and infant.
2. Discuss the physiology and characteristics of the newborn.
3. Observe pediatrician or nurse practitioner do initial exam
of newborn.
4. Describe the equipment on a circumcision tray.
5. Do an infant bath demonstration.
6. Obtain vital signs on a newborn.
7. Elicit five normal reflexes on the newborn
8. Explain rationale for "standing routine orders for the
newborn infant."
9. State characteristics of the full term infant.
CLINICAL FOCUS
1. Observe care of high risk newborns.
2. Discuss role of grandparents working with infants of drug
addicted newborns.
3. Discuss the nurse's role in assisting families in crisis.
4. Compare and contrast the term newborn & the preterm,
post-term and SGA infants.
5. Assess gestational age of a newborn.
6. Work with cardiorespiratory monitor, pulse oximeter,
phototherapy unit.
7. Observe a glucose test using a test strip, determine related
interventions, and document.
8. Check newborn's chart for lab values: bilirubin,
hematocrit, hemoglobin, blood gases, glucose, blood type,
direct coombs.
9. Discuss routine medications admin in the Nsy setting:
action, side-effects, & nursing interventions.
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READINGS
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February 25, Thursday
IX. Complications of Pregnancy
Con’t
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Munro, Michelle, et al. (2015). History,
Policy, and Nursing Practice
Implications of the Plan B® Emergency
Contraceptive. Nursing for Women’s
Health. 19 (2) 142-153.
Feulner, Loren. (2015). Preeclampsia:
The Pressure’s On. Nursing 2015. 45
(3) 55-59.
Phillips, Cathi and Margaret Boyd.
(2015). Intrahepatic Cholestasis of
Pregnancy. Nursing for Women’s
Health. 19 (1) 47-57.
CLINICAL AND SKILLS LABORATORY
CLINICAL FOCUS
1. Discuss resources in the community available for pregnant
women at risk.
2. Identify risk factors in your patients this week.
3. Role play patient teaching for fetal assessment tests.
4. List medications used for hypertensive disorders as well as
major side effects.
5. Observe fetal assessment testing in the clinical setting.
Nursing 225/Lab #6:
 Normal postpartum care immediately after delivery
 ALSO-Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics
McKeever, Amy E., et al. (2014). The
Role of Nurses in Comprehensive
Care Management of Pregnant
Women with Drug Addiction .
Nursing for Women’s Health. 18 (4)
284-293.
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Roth, Cheryl., et al. (2015). Marijuana
Use in Pregnancy. Nursing for
Women’s Health. 19 (5) 431-437.
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READINGS
February 29, Monday
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London & Ladewig: Chapter 21-23
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ATI-Chapters 15 & 16
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TEST II
X. Complications of Labor and
Delivery
Maher, Mary D. and Elizabeth
Heavey. (2015). When the Cord
Comes first: Umbilical Cord
Prolapse. Nursing 2015. 45 (7) 53-56.
CLINICAL AND SKILLS LABORATORY
CLINICAL FOCUS
1. Care for patients experiencing complications in the
intrapartal period.
2. Discuss medications used to treat and prevent
preterm labor.
3. Review the procedure(s) for induction of labor.
4. Discuss medications used for induction of labor.
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March 3, Thursday
Flex Day…..No Classes
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READINGS
London & Ladewig: Chapter 31
Chapter 22-pp. 481-488
March 7, Monday
XI. Postpartal
Complications
XII. Reproductive Disorders Male/Female
ATI Proctored Exam
3-4 pm
Room: TBD
Pharmacology Exam
430pm
Room: 5-390 (Lecture Hall)
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ATI-Chapter 20-22
Olson, Tonia and Angela Bowen.
(2014) Dispelling Myths to Support
Breastfeeding in Women with
Postpartum Depression. Nursing for
Women’s Health. 18 (4) 305-313.
Sousou, Jeanann and Claire Smart.
(2015). Care of the Childbearing
Family with Intrauterine Fetal
Demise. Nursing for Women’s
Health. 19 (3) 237-246.
Ignatavicius (8th Ed): Chapters 69-72.
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ATI-Chapter 2
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CLINICAL FOCUS
1. Care for patients experiencing complications in the
postpartal period.
2. Discuss potential complications and risk factors
your patients are experiencing.
3. Review current treatment for premature rupture of
membranes and amnionitis.
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Nursing 225/Lab #7:
 Practice assessment of induction patient and set up
Pitocin drip.
 Preterm labor medications
 Set up drip for magnesium sulfate infusion
 Blood Transfusions
London & Ladewig: Chapter 5
(pp. 97-102), Chapter 6, Chapter 7
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CLINICAL AND SKILLS LABORATORY
Mark, Hayley, et al. (2015). Sexually
Transmitted Infections in the United
States: Overview and Update. AJN
2015. 115 (9), 34-44.
CLINICAL FOCUS
1. Care for patients experiencing various reproductive
disorders
2. Review community services and support groups
available for cancer patients.
3. Role play an interaction between the nurse and newly
diagnosed breast cancer patient.
4. Role play patient teaching regarding information
on sexually transmitted diseases.
Barbieri, Robert. (2015). Advances in
Protection Against Oncogenic
Human Papillomaviruses: The 9valent vaccine. OBG Management. 27
(3), 6-8.
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LECTURE
March 10, Thursday
READINGS
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XII. Reproductive Disorders:
Male/Female (cont.)
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March 14, Monday
XIII. Infertility/Genetics
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March 17, Thursday
COMPREHENSIVE
FINAL
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Fontenot, Holly and Heidi C.
Fantasia. (2015) HPV9 Vaccine for
the Prevention of Human
Papillomavirus-Related Cancers.
Nursing for Women’s Health. 19 (4),
365-370.
Simmons, Susan. (2015)
Understanding Pelvic Inflammatory
Disease. Nursing 2015. 45 (2), 65-66.
CLINICAL AND SKILLS LABORATORY
Nursing 225/Lab #8:
 Critical Thinking Scenarios for Women’s Health Care
 Critical thinking scenarios for high risk labor patient.
Parks, Diane M. and Jeffrey Levine.
(2015) Helping Women Understand
Treatment Options for Vulvar and
Vaginal Atrophy. Nursing for
Women’s Health. 19 (4), 299-312.
Mc Cool, William, et al. (2014)
Overview of Latest Evidence on
Uterine Fibroids. Nursing for
Women’s Health. 18 (4), 315-330.
Katz, Anne. (2015) Early Localized
Prostate Cancer. AJN 2015. 115 (3), 3443
Klein, Elisabeth. (2014) The
Increasing Role of Genetics and
Genomics in Women’s Health.
Nursing for Women’s Health. 18 (2),
149-153.
CLINICAL FOCUS
1. Discuss medications used in infertility
management.
2. Review various treatment options for infertility
patients.
3. Identify community resources available for infertile
patients.
Quigley, Patricia. (2015) Mapping the
Human Genome: Implications for
Practice. Nursing 2015. 45 (9), 27-34.
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READINGS
CLINICAL AND SKILLS LABORATORY
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