Section 8

One of the discourse communities that I am a part of is the Sutter Health Volunteer community. Specifically, those who work at the Women's and Children's Center (WCC) building in the Maternal Newborn unit on the 8th floor. This community has many responsibilities, goals, and shared ideas. The Volunteer Service Description document lists out all the tasks that a volunteer must perform in this community. Moreover, this document shows some of the responsibilities and objectives of this community.…

The story of Hypatia is what led her to her upcoming and how she made an impact to society. Her father Theon of Alexandria, Plato, Aristotle, and Plotinus influenced her in like and learning to love and have a passion for mathematics and everything that came with it. In her time of A.D she was the only woman who made a big difference. Hypatia was a popular teacher of interesting topics. She drew attention to herself by being phenomenal at what she did. Her words embraced others as much as…

welfare of the mother both physically, psychologically and socially during the postnatal period, as dyspareunia (pain during intercourse), faecal incontinence and persistent perineal pain. There are reports 22% of new mothers complained perineal pain at 8 weeks postpartum and there are a few women experienced persistent pain. The research states that perineal massage can reduce perineal trauma and perineal pain sustained. (Kalichman, L. 2015) Some of the factors that aggravate the risk of trauma…

through regular contact with the physician and patient to promote a healthy birth outcome also ensuring that no elective deliveries are performed before 39 weeks of gestation by agreement with all professional providers, and Decreasing the cesarean section rate among multi women, Case manager in ob., can review a client's progress, consider successes and barriers, and evaluate the previous period of case management activities, follow up apt, fetal count sheel,NST on time, Prepare for NST,…

the events during the delivery. There were still problems with anesthesia, some women weren’t able to communicate with the doctors or nurses, and pushing was very difficult. Due to the women not being able to communicate or push either a cesarean section or forceps were often crucial for the birth to be carried out. Typically when the child’s born after the mother being medicated so heavily, the child is usually generally very sleepy, as well as a reduced drive to breathe properly, often…

Ana is a pregnant 17 year-old farm labor worker. Her placenta erupted at 30 weeks during her pregnancy and an emergency C-section was performed. Her baby is a high risk in the NICU with low APGAR scores, neonatal encephalopathy, seizures and poor prognosis. His survival rate is low with chances of neurological damage. Doctors want to continue treatment while Ana wants to take home the baby for palliative care. There are many studies that prove premature babies do have a chance of survival, but…

As a trend, a growing number of women are requesting delivery by Cesarean section without any medical complications. Cesarean delivery also known as C-section is the birth of a fetus through a trans-abdominal incision in the uterus (Lowdermilk, Perry, & Cashion, 2014). It is a major surgery that associated with risks for both the mother and the baby. However, many women choose elective C-sections over vaginal deliveries in the belief that they are safer, less risk of complications, and less pain…

to it[]. This contrast allows the electric guitar to sound even more out of a place in the song which ultimately creates the electric guitar to hold such feeling of fierce intensity. [] Although in “Homage for Charles Moffett” there is no rhythm section performed by the rest of the instruments, the calmness produced by silence from the rest of the band creates the same sense of contrast in the song “Sivad”. This excitement I felt from enjoying the intensity that is produced from the instruments…

Mostly pregnant tend to have some or the other skin conditions during pregnancy: • Hyperpigmentation: Many women experience hyperpigmentation during their pregnancy. Hyperpigmentation is the appearance of dark spots or patches on the skin and it is caused by an increase in naturally occurring melanin. Limiting sun exposure between 10 am and 2 pm, use 30+ sunscreen and wear a wide-brimmed hat when you are outside. Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy (PUPPP) is a condition in…

At first contact with a health care professional, the pregnant mother should be given information about the purpose and possible implications of the anomaly scan allowing them to make an informed choice as to whether or not to have the scan. The women should be advised of the limitations of the ultrasound scan and that the main purpose is to assess fetal growth and identify fetal anomalies (D’Addario, 2015: 85-88). If anomalies were to be found on the fetus, the patient is allowed a reproductive…