SILLIMAN UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF NURSING
Dumaguete City

A syllabus on:
IMMEDIATE POSTPARTUM CARE

Prepared by: Date: July 2, 2019

Aborido, Kathryn Angelic P. Delsondra, Lerma Alor D. Manso, Rhaze Marie G. Venue: MMS 302
Topic: Immediate Postpartum Care

Topic Description: Labor, birth, and the immediate postnatal/postpartum care period are the most critical for newborn and maternal survival. In this learning plan, the health
educators will impart their knowledge on the definition of postpartum period, focusing on the routine postpartum care, the possible complications and the corresponding dependent
and independent nursing interventions in order to provide safe, quality, and effective health care.

Central Objective: At the end of the presentation in class, the student nurses will be able to identify measures and utilize the nursing process in the care of mother during the
postpartum period. Given the appropriate strategies and procedures, they will be able to prioritize use of human, material, financial, and other resources to achieve expected health
outcomes for the mother and the newborn.
Time Evaluation
Specific Objectives Content Teaching-Learning Activities References
Allotted Method
By participating and actively \

listening to the lecture discussion

and simulation, the learners will
be able to:

1. The learners will be able 1. Definition Lecture-Discussion with the

to define postpartum
period correctly in their
own words.
2. Determine the needs of
women and their
newborns precisely after
the lecture.
- What is postpartum use of Power Point
period? Presentation; interactive Organization, W. H. (1998). Safe
5 mins.
discussion with learner’s Motherhood Postpartum Care
participation of the Mother and the
Newborn: a practical guide.
2. Needs of Women and their Geneva.
Newborn
 Information
 Support
 Time to care for the NB
 Maternity leave
 Protection from abuse
 Appropriate feeding
 Access to health care
for suspected or
manifested
complications
 Acceptance
3. Identify precisely the 3. Procedures
different procedures - What are the
involved in the routine procedures for
postpartum care after the routine postpartum
5 mins.
lecture and presentation. care?

- Rooming In
- Maternal
Monitoring
- Laboratory Testing
- Perineal Care
- Support for
Breastfeeding
- Routine
Immunization
- Anti-D immune
globulin
- Pelvic Muscle
Exercises
- Pain Management

4. List possible challenges 4. Challenges

that could occur to the - What are the
mother and the NB during possible challenged
the puerperium period that could occur to
the mother and the
NB? 15 mins.
a. Trauma
b. Bladder Problems
c. Infections
d. Backache
e. Pelvic Pains
f. Haemorrhoids
g. Constipation
h. Depression, Anxiety and
extreme Tiredness
i. Breast Problems
 j. Anemia
k. Vaginal Hemorraghe
l. Genital Injury
m. Complications of the
Urinary Tract
n. Low Milk Supply
o. Breast Infection
p. Lactation Suppression
q. Symphysiolysis
r. Symphysis Pubis
Dysfunction

For the Newborn:

a. Infant Jaundice
b. Preterm Birth
c. Congenital Anomalies
d. Neonatal tetanus
e. Newborns suffering from
trauma
f. Ophthalmia neonatorum

5. The learners will be able
to identify appropriate
dependent and
independent nursing
interventions correctly
after the case presentation.
Case Presentation of a mother
having difficulty with the role of
bonding with the newborn because
of trauma
Presentation of case scenario Interactive
by the health educators Games; Case
10 mins.
Presentation
Presentation of independent
and dependent nursing
interventions by the learners at
76% level of competency.