OB Nursing

By Lauren Gabur
  Introduction of project
 Obstetrics Nursing
 Which Way of Birth Should You Choose: Cesarean Section or Natural
Birth?

 Overview of my shadowing experience

 Who
 Where
Overview  Why .

 Presentation of my product
 Purpose
 Process
 Presentation

 Conclusion
 Open for questions
  Desire to go into the health field
 I have wanted to go into the medical field since the sixth grade.
 I like helping others and I thought it would be really fun and
Choosing an accomplishing to be a nurse.

area of  Choosing OB nursing

 I chose OB nursing because I thought it would be really cool to bring
expertise a baby into the world.
 I also really love holding cute babies.
  Many women face the hard decision of choosing between a
cesarean section and a vaginal birth.
 Which method is best for the mom and baby?
 Complications during birth
 Blood Clots

Choosing a  Excessive Bleeding

 Infection

research topic  Surgical Injury

 Complications after birth
and  Low APGAR Scores
 Tests Appearance, Pulse, Grimace response, Activity, and
completing the  VBAC
Respiration.

essay  Cesarean sections have a higher mortality rate

 Cesarean sections cost thousands of more dollars
Shadowing Experience
Who, Where,  Prairie Lakes Hospital
and Why I  OB department

Shadowed  The OB nurses there have many years of experience

  Day 1
 One delivery
 Induction
 Epidural
 Baths

 Day 2
 Hardest day of shadowing experience
Shadowing  Assessments

Experience  Day 3
 One delivery
 Otoacoustic Emissions
 Bili lights
 Mother on drugs
  I really enjoyed my time shadowing the nurses.
 Input and direction on what path I should take
 Stories of different deliveries and other events

 My experience was very eye opening.

 I got to see what it really was like to give birth.
 I decided that this was not an area that I would like to go into.
Reflection  Introduced me to the problem that became my research and
product.
Product Presentation
  To inform pregnant women that, if not medically needed, a
cesarean section is not the way they should deliver.
 Reasons why women might choose a cesarean:
Product  It’s a scheduled procedure
 Baby’s size
Purpose  High blood pressure
  I created a product prospectus to give me a guide.
Product
 I decided to create a website that informed women about the
Process serious consequences on a cesarean section.
  A website to inform women the consequences of having a
cesarean section and the benefits of having a vaginal birth.
 Why a Cesarean Section?
My Product  Effects of Cesarean Section
 Benefits of Natural Birth
 Costs
Closing
  I realized that this is not what I want to do with the rest of my life.
What I Gained  Knowledge for what to do in my future if I were to ever have kids.
  This experience was very eye opening to me and by experiencing
this field first hand, I was able to decide this is not what I want to
do with my life.
 South Dakota State University
Future Plans  Major in Psychology
 Minor in Criminology
  Mr.Rudebusch
Thank You!  Panel Members
 OB nurses at Prairie Lakes Hospital
Questions?