Pediatric Myelomeningocele/ Spina Bifida Case study

Pediatric Myelomeningocele/Spina Bifida Case study The charge nurse tells you that you will be admitting a 1-hour-old girl, Baby Girl R., with a myelomeningocele that was discovered in utero. You know that the mother will still be at the local medical center recovering from her cesarean delivery. 1. What is the rationale for doing a cesarean delivery for babies with myelomeningocele? Since part of the spinal cord is outside of the body, you don’t want to cause any trauma to the sight or infection during the birthing process. The infant arrives accompanied by her aunt and father. While you are getting vital signs (VS), the father tells you that he has been trying to research myelomeningocele on the Internet, but he is still confused, especially about the difference between myelomeningocele and meningocele. 2. Using lay terms, what would you tell the father about the pathophysiology of myelomeningocele? What is the difference between myelomeningocele and meningocele?