MCN 273 Simulation Preparatory Work
Reminders: Please check your course calendar to verify your scheduled simulation date, time,
and campus. Preparatory work will be reviewed by the simulation faculty at the beginning of
the day. Simulation is an on-campus clinical experience: Wear your uniform, MNSON
identification badge, and bring all your equipment to simulation including stethoscope, penlight, pen,
and watch.
Clinical Outcomes for Simulation Experience:
1. Initiate and maintain therapeutic communication with patients in person and through telehealth.
2. Using critical thinking, perform a focused assessment on an intrapartum patient through telehealth
and in person including fetal monitoring and labor assessment.
3. Implement SBAR reporting to healthcare providers and professional patient/family communication.
4. Identify factors in mother’s health and labor history that can influence the newborn's physiological
status.
5. Perform assessments of the newborn at delivery (APGARs).
6. Assess the postpartum patient in a timely and coordinated manner.
7. Educate the newly delivered mother on postpartum care.
8. Identify risk factors for and signs/symptoms of postpartum hemorrhage.
9. Perform appropriate nursing interventions for the patient experiencing postpartum hemorrhage.
Summer 2023
, MCN 273 Simulation Preparatory Work
Preparatory Questions:
Answer these questions and bring them to your scheduled simulation.
1. Identify safety concerns of the intrapartum patient.
a. Hemorrhage
b. Infection
c. Medication errors
d. Maternal and fetal Injury
e. Preeclampsia
2. How can the nurse support the patient and family during labor?
a. Communicate effectively and make sure the patient and family understand each step in
the labor process
b. Make sure the patient and family feel supported and advocate for them if needed
c. Monitor the patient and the baby
d. Educate the mother about labor and what to expect
e. Care for the mother and baby effectively postpartum
3. What assessments are necessary through the duration of the intrapartum period and to evaluate
labor progression?
a. Palpate the abdominal area
b. Feel the fundus level
c. Assessing the frequency, duration, and intensity of contractions
d. Monitor vital signs
e. Exam the vaginal area and monitor how much the cervix has dilated
f. Monitor the babies fetal heartrate
g. Look at the bag of waters and see if the amniotic fluid looks normal, check for color and any
odor
h. Ultrasound
i. Full cervical examination to determine cervical dilation, effacement, and fetal position
3. What are the priorities in immediate care of the newborn at delivery?
a. Suctioning and clearing the airway
b. Making sure respiratory system is functioning well
c. Drying the baby right away
d. Respiratory evaluation
e. APGAR
f. Making sure the head is in the correct position so that the airway remains open
g. Administering Vitamin K and Erythromycin
h. Skin to skin contact with mother or father
i. Check vital signs
Summer 2023
Reminders: Please check your course calendar to verify your scheduled simulation date, time,
and campus. Preparatory work will be reviewed by the simulation faculty at the beginning of
the day. Simulation is an on-campus clinical experience: Wear your uniform, MNSON
identification badge, and bring all your equipment to simulation including stethoscope, penlight, pen,
and watch.
Clinical Outcomes for Simulation Experience:
1. Initiate and maintain therapeutic communication with patients in person and through telehealth.
2. Using critical thinking, perform a focused assessment on an intrapartum patient through telehealth
and in person including fetal monitoring and labor assessment.
3. Implement SBAR reporting to healthcare providers and professional patient/family communication.
4. Identify factors in mother’s health and labor history that can influence the newborn's physiological
status.
5. Perform assessments of the newborn at delivery (APGARs).
6. Assess the postpartum patient in a timely and coordinated manner.
7. Educate the newly delivered mother on postpartum care.
8. Identify risk factors for and signs/symptoms of postpartum hemorrhage.
9. Perform appropriate nursing interventions for the patient experiencing postpartum hemorrhage.
Summer 2023
, MCN 273 Simulation Preparatory Work
Preparatory Questions:
Answer these questions and bring them to your scheduled simulation.
1. Identify safety concerns of the intrapartum patient.
a. Hemorrhage
b. Infection
c. Medication errors
d. Maternal and fetal Injury
e. Preeclampsia
2. How can the nurse support the patient and family during labor?
a. Communicate effectively and make sure the patient and family understand each step in
the labor process
b. Make sure the patient and family feel supported and advocate for them if needed
c. Monitor the patient and the baby
d. Educate the mother about labor and what to expect
e. Care for the mother and baby effectively postpartum
3. What assessments are necessary through the duration of the intrapartum period and to evaluate
labor progression?
a. Palpate the abdominal area
b. Feel the fundus level
c. Assessing the frequency, duration, and intensity of contractions
d. Monitor vital signs
e. Exam the vaginal area and monitor how much the cervix has dilated
f. Monitor the babies fetal heartrate
g. Look at the bag of waters and see if the amniotic fluid looks normal, check for color and any
odor
h. Ultrasound
i. Full cervical examination to determine cervical dilation, effacement, and fetal position
3. What are the priorities in immediate care of the newborn at delivery?
a. Suctioning and clearing the airway
b. Making sure respiratory system is functioning well
c. Drying the baby right away
d. Respiratory evaluation
e. APGAR
f. Making sure the head is in the correct position so that the airway remains open
g. Administering Vitamin K and Erythromycin
h. Skin to skin contact with mother or father
i. Check vital signs
Summer 2023
