Location and Geography. The Republic of the Philippines, a nation of 7,107 islands with a total area of 111,830 square miles (307,055 square kilometers), is located on the Pacific Rim of Southeast Asia. Two thousand of its islands are inhabited. Luzon, the largest island with one-third of the land and half the population, is in the north.
During the Working Phase, the nurse and the patient work to achieve the patient's full potential, and meet their goals for the relationship. A sign that the transition from the orientation phase to the working phase has been made, is if the patient can approach the nurse as a resource, instead of feeling a social obligation to the nurse (Peplau, 1997). The client fully trusts the nurse, and makes full use of the nurse's services and professional abilities.
Nursing Care during Labor and Birth OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter, you should be able to: 1. Analyze issues that may face the new nurse who cares for women during the intrapartum period. 2. Explain teaching guidelines for going to the hospital or birth center. 3. Describe admission and continuing intrapartum nursing assessments. 4. Describe common nursing procedures used when caring for women during the intrapartum period. 5. Identify nursing priorities when assisting the woman to give birth under emergency circumstances. 6. Relate therapeutic communication skills to care of the intrapartum woman and her signiï¬cant others. 7. Apply the nursing process to care of the woman experiencing false or early labor. 8. Apply the nursing process to care of the woman and her signiï¬cant others during the intra-