Nursing care of the adolescent mother
The essay: The importance of using and evaluating evidence-based artifacts when caring for an adolescent mother relevant to current Australian nursing practice on the following topics: _
1. Signs and symptoms of pregnancy
2 .Newborn screening
3 .Newborn immunization (immunization schedule)
4. Sudden infant death syndrome
5 .Post-natal depression (differential diagnosis for ‘Baby blues’)
6.Contraception
more like a reflective writing
Discuss the importance/value of the evidence- base for future nursing practice.
(Ask yourself:- How did these help me to learn about nursing care for the adolescent/newborn/family
(Ask yourself:- How am I going to use the collected artefacts to guide my future nursing practice?).
RECOMMENDED REFERENCES
Berman, A.J., Snyder, S., Levett-Jones, T., Dwyer, T., Hales, M., Harvey, N., Stanley, D. (2012). Kozier & Erb’s fundamentals of nursing (2nd Australian ed.). Sydney : Pearson .
or
Berman, A.J., Snyder, S., Kozier, B., Erb, G., Levett-Jones, T., Dwyer, T., Hales, M., Harvey, N., Luxford, Y., Moxham, L., Park, T., Parker, B., Reid-Searl, K., & Stanley, D. (2010). Kozier and Erb’s fundamentals
of nursing. Sydney: Pearson.
Haley, C. (Ed.). (2013). Pillitteri’s Child and family health nursing in Australia and New Zealand . Sydney: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
