ABSTRACT
This article focuses on the principles of care involved in a reflective case study of a patient undergoing a caesarean section. Unplanned caesarean sections are often emotionally charged procedures. Often a mother has had no warning of a surgical intervention for the birth of her child and is understandably both distressed and frightened.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Attitude to Health , Cesarean Section/psychology , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Adult , Cesarean Section/adverse effects , Cesarean Section/ethics , Cesarean Section/nursing , Clinical Competence , Emergencies/nursing , Emergencies/psychology , Female , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Informed Consent/ethics , Informed Consent/psychology , Nurse Midwives/psychology , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Nursing Staff, Hospital/ethics , Obstetric Nursing , Operating Room Nursing , Patient Advocacy , Patient Care Planning , Pregnancy , Principle-Based Ethics , Problem-Based Learning , Uterine Inertia/psychology , Uterine Inertia/surgeryABSTRACT
The impact of reflex analgesia via transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation and electrical acupuncture was studied in 46 patients with an abnormal preliminary period by using tests of pain sensations and personal and reactive anxiety, ECG, hysterography, and computer-aided prediction of labor complications. Reflex analgesia was found to contribute to effective abolishment of preliminary pain sensations, to normalization of central nervous system function, autonomic reactions, uterine contractility, to reduction in pharmacological agent use and treatment duration, and to better delivery.
