NURS-FPX4030 Determining the Credibility of Evidence and Resources

DETERMINING THE CREDIBILITY OF EVIDENCE AND RESOURCES 2 Proper health care of pregnant mothers is crucial to their overall health and wellness. Inadequately treated, preeclampsia and eclampsia (PE/E) may rapidly lead to severe complications in both mothers and neonates, and are estimated to cause 60,000 global maternal deaths annually (Raney, 2018). In the Villa Health simulation, a new nurse is shadowing the labor and delivery nurse manager. She is assigned to a patient that was newly diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, which is defined as a pregnancy complication characterized by high blood pressure and signs of damage to another organ system, most often the liver and kidneys (“Preeclampsia”, 2020). Unfamiliar with the pre-eclampsia diagnosis, the new nurse tells the manager that this is her first patient with this diagnosis. The nurse manager suggests that she prepare a care plan to help learn about pre-eclampsia so that she can deliver quality care to this