Tag: Pregnancy
Pregnancy occurs when a sperm fertilises an egg after it’s released from the ovary during ovulation. The fertilised egg then travels down into the uterus, where implantation occurs. A successful implantation results in pregnancy.
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Termination of Pregnancy Due to Fetal Abnormality Literature Review
Nursing Literature Reviews
This paper has engaged both systematic and critical review considering the best available evidence of STOP. Pregnancy terminations for FA have been increased due to advanced methods in antenatal screening and delayed maternal age ...
Last modified: 25th Jun 2021
Treating Nausea and Vomiting in Pregnancy with Ginger
Nursing Literature Reviews
This article presents a systemic review of the mechanism and safety of using ginger to treat nausea and vomiting in pregnancy ...
Last modified: 22nd Jun 2021
Study on the Impact of Life Factors on Pregnancy
Nursing Essays
The focus of this research is personal life factors such as the number of people participating is living with, the total number of jobs this participant has had, income, number of sexual partners, health insurance as factors they may or may not suggest the amount time a person is pregnant....
Last modified: 14th Jun 2021
The History of Abortions and Government Strategies
Nursing Essays
In Government Abortions has been the topic of conversation in a lot of court cases and news reviews in the last year or two. By definition abortions is the deliberate termination of a human pregnancy, most often performed during the first 28 weeks of pregnancy....
Last modified: 11th May 2021
Gestational Diabetes
Nursing Essays
Gestational diabetes is a condition that can affect pregnant women, causing their blood glucose levels to become too high during their pregnancy. This can put the mother and baby’s health at risk and affect them both later in life....
Last modified: 7th May 2021
Oral Clefts and Drinking During Pregnancy Literature Review
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The problem that has been examined in this study is the relationship of oral cleft malformation in Norwegian infants, maternal drinking during pregnancy, and the infants’ and mothers’ ADH1C gene variants....
Last modified: 22nd Apr 2021
A Critical Appraisal of the Giving Up Smoking in Pregnancy Initiative
Nursing Assignments
The object of this assignment is to critically appraise a health promotion initiative related to midwifery practice. The initiative chosen is a NHS Health Scotland leaflet entitled ‘Smoking: giving up during pregnancy: a guide for pregnant women who want to stop smoking’...
Last modified: 8th Apr 2021
Case Study Into Female Pain During Childbirth
Nursing Case Studies
Objectives of this study were to assess and compare the pre and post test level of episiotomy wound status and psychological wellbeing among the experimental group of postnatal mothers....
Last modified: 8th Apr 2021
Epidemiological Patterns of Gestational Diabetes
Nursing Essays
Gestational diabetes is a common health condition that affects pregnant women worldwide. Gestational di...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2021
Effects on the Fetus During Pregnancy
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This essay will describe prenatal development, labour and birth. Before getting pregnant women take folic acid, this helps prevent birth defects that can affect the brain and spinal cord. ...
Last modified: 11th Jan 2021
Teenage Pregnancy Study in the Philippines
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The Philippines teenage pregnancy rate has increased by 60% in the year 2000- 2010, according to the Philippine National Statistics Office. ...
Last modified: 9th Dec 2020
The Health Effects of Glyphosate Exposure During Pregnancy in the Midwest
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Glyphosate is one of the world’s most widely applied non-selective herbicide used to kill a wide variety of plants including “annual and perennial grasses, broadleaf weeds, trees and shrubs...
Last modified: 27th Nov 2020
Gestational Diabetes Control and Pregnancy Outcomes with Pharmacological Therapy versus Lifestyle Modification
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Scholarly Synthesis of Gestational Diabetes Control and Pregnancy Outcomes with Pharmacological Therapy versus Lifestyle Modification. ...
Last modified: 6th Nov 2020
A Proposal for an Evaluation of Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Nursing Assignments
Teen pregnancy and reproduction carry significant social and financial expenses on short and long-term effects on teen parents and their children...
Last modified: 6th Oct 2020
Issue of Smoking during Pregnancy
Nursing Essays
Smoking during Pregnancy Smoking is a significant issue with numerous diseases attached to the habit in today’s society. Even nonsmokers experience health issues as a result of the inhalation of...
Last modified: 2nd Jun 2020
Effects of Group B Streptococcus in Pregnant Women on their Newborns
Nursing Assignments
The healthcare topic I chose for this task if the effects of Group B streptococcus in pregnant women on their newborns that has not been treated or has been under treated. Even though there are guidel...
Last modified: 2nd Jun 2020
Parental, Community, and School Support of Teen Pregnancies
Nursing Essays
Parental, Community, and School Support of Teen Pregnancies Teen pregnancy is one of those topics that can be extremely controversial. For a long time, there was no support for teens who became pregna...
Last modified: 1st Jun 2020
Strategies for Preventing Teenage Pregnancy
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Abstract For many years, pregnancy among adolescents has been prevalent and has been heavily discussed among many different groups of people. These groups range from those who do not see a problem wit...
Last modified: 28th May 2020
Midwifery Practice: Pre-Existing Pathphysiology and Pharmacology Principles
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Iron Deficiency Anaemia in Pregnancy Anaemia is a condition caused by a reduction in the number of red blood cells or the haemoglobin concentration of blood, resulting in an insufficiency in the body ...
Last modified: 26th May 2020
Study on Exposure Assessment of Pregnant Women and Petrochemicals
Nursing Case Studies
Introduction The environment has a significant impact on human health. In terms of global disease burden, air pollution accounts for more than one-third of deaths from lung cancer, stroke, and chronic...
Last modified: 21st May 2020
Drug to Drug Interactions in Patient with Physical and Physiological Conditions
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Abstract This paper examines a fictional case conceptualization and explores possible drug to drug interactions with a patient who suffers from a physical bodily condition while also suffering from a ...
Last modified: 19th May 2020
Is Dolutegravir Safe for Use During Pregnancy?
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Is Dolutegravir safe for use during pregnancy? Introduction While avoidance of medications in pregnant women may be desirable, certain diseases and conditions such as HIV necessitate drug treatment du...
Last modified: 18th May 2020
Influence of Elevated Salivary Cortisol Levels and High Stress Scores on Preeclampsia during Pregnancy
Nursing Assignments
Over 15% of all premature deaths in the United states are a result of preeclampsia (MOD 2017); this is equivalent to 3 out of 20 pregnancies nationally and 2 out of 8 in every 100 globally. Currently preeclampsia is detected and diagnosed through high blood pressure, elevated protein levels in urinalysis test and stress levels using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). ...
Last modified: 30th Apr 2020
Case Study: Pregnancy Gestational Diabetes
Nursing Case Studies
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is defined as glucose intolerance of variable severity, with onset or first recognised during pregnancy1. This definition includes women whose blood glucose goes ba...
Last modified: 12th Feb 2020
Case Study: Hypertension in Pregnancy
Nursing Case Studies
Main Complaint My patient Madam Siti a 31 year old Indonesian maid Gravida 3 para 2 at 38 weeks and 1day of Period of Amenorrhoea (POA) was admitted to the ward for blood pressure stabilization and in...
Last modified: 11th Feb 2020
