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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, the students should be able to:

1. Apply the nursing process to the care of women in each stage of normal labor.

2. Explain the normal characteristics of the newborn baby & identify abnormalities

Module Contents:

1). Female Pelvis, Fetal Skull

2). Student Activities

3). Normal labor
4). Electronic Fetal Monitoring

5). Immediate care of the newborn
6). General follow up activities

7). References

2).Female Pelvis, Fetal Skull

Study Session 1A Female Pelvis

Introduction

▪ In this study session you will learn about the bony structures with the most

importance for the pregnant woman and the fetus she will give birth. The bones
of the skeleton have the main function of supporting our body weight and acting
as attachment points for our muscles. The focus in this study session will be on

the female pelvis, which supports the major load of the pregnant uterus, and the
fetal skull, which has to pass through the woman’s pelvis when she gives birth.

▪ There are certain key landmarks in the anatomy of the female pelvis and the fetal
skull that we will show you in this study session. Knowing these landmarks will

enable you to estimate the progress of labor, by identifying changes in their
relative positions as the fetus passes down the birth canal. You will learn how to

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