Exam (elaborations) NSC MEDICAL SURGICAL NURSING

his lecture note offers nurses comprehensive knowledge necessary for the modern health care of women with up-todate clinically relevant information in women’s health care. It addresses and contains selected chapters and topics which are incorporated in the obstetrics and gynecology course for nurses. However, a major focus is provided on the role of the nurse in providing quality maternal and newborn care. The obstetric nurse does a three or four month course of obstetrics part as part of an integrated training. The nurse is part of the health team expected to be able to deal with midwifery. The nurses work among the community and they bear the great responsibility of having to deal with mothers in remote areas and far away from hospitals. The nurses must do their best to educate mothers in prevention of complications. This lecture note is prepared to relieve the shortage of reference materials in the country even though it does not represent the text books. It is organized in a logical manner so that students can learn from the basics to the complex. It is divided in to chapters and subtopics. Each chapter contains learning objectives, descriptions and exercises in the form of discussion, case studies. Important abbreviations and ii glossaries have been included in order to facilitate the teaching learning process. The learning objectives are clearly stated to indicate the required outcomes. iii Acknowledgement My deepest appreciation and heart felt gratitude goes to The Carter Center, EPHTI, Addis Abeba for the financial support, initiation of the lecture note preparation, and provision of necessary materials. I also extend my thanks to my colleagues from Alemaya University, Faculty of Health Sciences for their invaluable comments during the revision of the lecture note. Finally, my special thanks and gratitude goes to Ato Aklilu Mulugetta for his devoted support and facilitating the preparation of this lecture note. Last but not least, I thank my university authorities; Acadamic Vice President, Faculty dean and Department for their permission to work on this lecture note besides my other responsibilities. I would also like to thank my faculty secretaries for their cooperation in writing this lecture note.