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Midwifery
Required Reading
http://www.internationalmidwives.org/
http://globalmidwiferycouncil.org/
Symbols
> greater than
< less than
increase
increasing
decrease
Decreasing
Orders
ad lib as desired
AMA against medical orders
BM bowel movement
BP blood pressure
(C) with
Prescription Of Medication
b.d. twice a day
caps capsuls
VIDEO MIDWIFERY
EXAMINATION
ASSESSMENT
The initial database is obtained by means of a history and
examination.
Checklist for evaluating your use of the midwifery process
PRINCIPLES OF DATA
COLLECTION
1. Legal
2. Complete
3. Accurate
4. Relevance
5. New
Understanding Structure
The words in explaining structure consists of the following:
consists of: terdiri dari
contains: mengandung
is fitted into: dipasang
is used for: digunakan untuk
is divided into: dibagi menjadi beberapa
is attached: ditempelkan
is supported: disangga
is covered: ditutup
is composed of: komposisi
are connected: dihubungkan
leads from: sambungan
Understanding Location
to be located/situated: terletak di
at the top of: di bagian paling atas
at the bottom: di bagian paling bawah
at the sides of: di samping
Understanding Measurements in
Midwifery
Look at these signs:
+
plus
=
equals
times
0.506 naught point five oh six
C
degrees Centigrade
B.P.
blood pressure
1/12
one over twelve or one twelfth
DIAGNOSIS
J Adv Nurs. 2006 Mar;53(6):625-35.
Making the diagnosis of labour:
midwives' diagnostic judgement and
management decisions.
Cheyne H, Dowding DW, Hundley V.
Source
Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health
Professions Research Unit, University of
Stirling, Stirling, UK. h.l.cheyne@stir.ac.uk
EXERCISE
a) You must give 0.5 gram of aspirin. You have 2 250 mg tablets and
10 50 mg tablets. Which do you give?
b) You must order medicine for the prescription Penicillin 20 ml b.d.
3 days. How many ml of Penicillin will you need for the three days?
c) You must give 20 mg of Prednisolone t.d.s It is available in 10 mg
or 5 mg tablets. How many tablets must you give to the patient in one
day?
d) You must give 5 mg of a drug for every 1 kg of a patients body
weight. He weighs 65 kg. How many mg do you give?
e) A capsule contains 200 mg of a drug. How many gram of the
drug are there in 10 capsules?
f ) You must give one tablet q.d.s. How many do you give in three
days?
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