Obstetric and Gynecological Nursing - The Carter Center

2. Every 1 1/2 - 2 hours check bladder
3. Every 4 hours – B/P. Temperature, abdominal examination
for descent,V.E, urine test acetone, albumin
Psychological methods of pain relief
The personality of the mid wife is of paramount impurtancy in
handing women in labour. Many midwives have by their
sympathetic understanding manner unknowingly used
psychological mortheds of pain relief.
Cleanliness Antisepsis, Asepsis
The woman must be protected by every available means from
infection which may cause ill-health with loss of life.
The woman is venerable to infection at this time.
The Partograph
PARTOGRAPH – Managerial tool for the prevention of
prolonged labour:- Measuring progress of labour in relation to
time.
Observations charted on partograph
a) The progress of labour with time
- Cervical dilatation
- Descent of fetal head
Descent: abdominal palpation of fifths of head felt above the
pelvic brim.
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