Lianna Bratko

NFDN 2004 - A02 - Building Professional Portfolio

K-1-3

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Maternal / Newborn Care

Prenatal Care, Assessment and
Teaching
Demonstrate the ability to perform full
health assessment related to pregnancy
such as:
- last menstrual cycle
- number of pregnancies (gravida, para)
- fundal height
- auscultation of fetal heart
- testing of urine

Maternity nursing has been an area interest

for me as Ive decided to enter the
healthcare field. Being taught the
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significance of each assessment LPNs
LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN THIS
provide to a pregnant client has been
COURSE RELATED TO THE CLPNA
fascinating and really ties everything
COMPETENCY. PROVIDE AN
together in understanding maternity
EXAMPLE.
nursing and pregnancy. I feel I am leaving
NFDN 2004 with confidence in being able
to build upon assessments and providing
care to an expecting client.
The knowledge Ive learned in NFDN 2004
regarding assessing a pregnant woman has
been very interesting. Ive enjoyed learning
how to relate information from the client,
such as LNMP to expected due date, and
applying knowledge to figuring out gravida
and para. I liked learning how to measure
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fundal height and how it relates to how far
AND HOW IT RELATES TO THE
COMPETENCY. EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS along a woman is in pregnancy and other
signs. Knowing what is tested in each
MEANINGFUL.
prenatal appointment and what we are
looking for was beneficial to my
understanding of maternity nursing, the
process of pregnancy, and will be
meaningful to my future practice in
nursing, as well as in my personal life
experiences!
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As of today, I would rate myself under
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Good: Understands the competency in
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theory and in scenarios and nursing
CLPNA COMPETENCY. EXPLAIN
practice. I was specifically proud of how

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COMPETENCY.

quickly I picked up calculating expected

due dates from LNMP and understanding
gravida and para from the first lesson. I
also feel I am really beginning to grasp and
understand caring for a pregnant woman
and what to assess and teach my client.
Although I havent provided nursing care
to a pregnant client yet, I am feeling
confident for preparing for my first in the
future!

DESCRIBE HOW YOU WILL APPLY

THIS LEARNING IN YOUR CURRENT
AND FUTURE NURSING PRACTICE.

I have found the advice Ive learnt in

NFDN 2004 to be extremely helpful and
beneficial.