Teach mother about the benefits of the vitamin K shot shortly after birth of her first bon son. Support her by giving her handouts to take home and read when she is not overwhelmed by all the different treatments and people that are teaching her at the hospital.
2: Teach the mother about the benefits of using prophylactic agents in the eyes of her son once he is born.
3: Teach the mother about the benefits of giving her son the hepatitis B vaccine before he is discharged to go home.
Outline
I. First, we should talk to the mother about what she should expect for her son within the first few hours of birth if no complications should arise during delivery. Parents generally want to share the birth process with their infant and be a part of everything happening with their infant while in the hospital stay (Lowdermilk, Perry, Cashion, Alden, 2012). This …show more content…
Giving the new mother pamphlets of information gives her resources to go back and look at later when she is not so overwhelmed with information. During the patients labor she is often distracted with pain, cervical checks, and interventions to prevent complications during her labor so she may not retain or understand everything that is being taught to her during that time.
B. Also explain to the mother that the teaching channel in the hospital postpartum rooms also goes over the same information that the pamphlets contain; therefore, she can watch the information on the television also if she wishes to do so.
III. Explain to the mother that the hepatitis B vaccine (Recombivax HB, Engerix-B) includes antibodies that against the hepatitis B virus. The vaccine is in a series if three and if the mother is hepatitis B negative during labor it is encouraged that the child receive the vaccine before discharge to protect against the virus. If the mother was positive for hepatitis B at delivery the child should receive the hepatitis B vaccine and the hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg) (Hipgrave, Maynard, & Biggs,
2: Teach the mother about the benefits of using prophylactic agents in the eyes of her son once he is born.
3: Teach the mother about the benefits of giving her son the hepatitis B vaccine before he is discharged to go home.
Outline
I. First, we should talk to the mother about what she should expect for her son within the first few hours of birth if no complications should arise during delivery. Parents generally want to share the birth process with their infant and be a part of everything happening with their infant while in the hospital stay (Lowdermilk, Perry, Cashion, Alden, 2012). This …show more content…
Giving the new mother pamphlets of information gives her resources to go back and look at later when she is not so overwhelmed with information. During the patients labor she is often distracted with pain, cervical checks, and interventions to prevent complications during her labor so she may not retain or understand everything that is being taught to her during that time.
B. Also explain to the mother that the teaching channel in the hospital postpartum rooms also goes over the same information that the pamphlets contain; therefore, she can watch the information on the television also if she wishes to do so.
III. Explain to the mother that the hepatitis B vaccine (Recombivax HB, Engerix-B) includes antibodies that against the hepatitis B virus. The vaccine is in a series if three and if the mother is hepatitis B negative during labor it is encouraged that the child receive the vaccine before discharge to protect against the virus. If the mother was positive for hepatitis B at delivery the child should receive the hepatitis B vaccine and the hepatitis B immune globulin (HBIg) (Hipgrave, Maynard, & Biggs,