Birth Settings and Labor Support

Vocabulary and nursing interventions related to birth settings, labor support stages, and postpartum assessments.

Certified Nurse Midwife

A healthcare professional qualified to perform deliveries in various birth settings such as hospitals or home births.

Doula Support Person

A support person for the laboring client who cannot deliver the baby if they are not certified.

First stage of labor (Interventions)

The phase of labor where nursing interventions include assisting with breathing techniques and offering fluids and light snacks.

Second stage of labor (Interventions)

The phase of labor where nursing interventions include encouraging pushing efforts and offering a mirror to view the birth.

Comfort measures

Labor support interventions that should be provided during both the first and second stages of labor.

Placental Intactness

A critical assessment performed after delivery to ensure the entire placenta has been expelled.

Induction of Labor

The process and clinical protocols described in Chapter 17, pp 432-440 of the course material.

Birth Settings

The environments in which labor and delivery occur, specifically identified as Hospitals and Home Birth.