This week I was in the PNC on Thursday and I think it was one of my favorite clinical rotations! I had an amazing time and I learned a lot about prenatal care as a nurse rather than an expecting mom. The nurses that I worked with were really knowledgable about the care they gave to the clients and the nurse practitioner was just awesome. The three of them were great about explaining all the procedures to me and making me feel comfortable. I saw a transvaginal ultrasound performed on a 18yo primigravida to confirm her dates. The nurse had to hook up one girl to EFM to check her baby's heart rate and fetal movements because she'd reported no movements for the previous day and a half. We counted nine movements in her hour there and adequate heart tones. There was an older woman there who was pregnant with twins and she had some other issues that they discussed which put her in a high-risk category, also a woman who was trying to quit smoking, and one who's AFP was high for Down's Syndrome. The way the nurses interacted with the clients was so wonderful and it was like they had a really trusting relationship. The teaching was in depth and interesting and I just loved it!!! The staff worked together as a team and the care seemed to go smoothly. The nurse practitioner explained to me that it was hard getting over the language barrier and there was constant cultural issues. The health department has interpreters there and there's one I think assigned to each unit, and I'd say about 80% of the clients they saw that day were Hispanic, many of them non-English speaking! I loved being there and I just felt right at home!!!

Tushara S.
NUR 130