Question

Case Study Josie is a nurse at a busy urban prenatal clinic. The patients are from a variety of cultures and language groups. Rania is a 23-year-old recent immigrant who speaks no English who came for her first prenatal visit at 7 weeks but has missed appointments and has not been seen for 8 weeks. 1. How can the nurse address this problem? gh the interpreter, the nurse learns that Rania's husband does not want her to attend the clinic because the first provider that she saw was male and the husband does not app with his wife. rove of male caregivers 2. How can the nurse address this problem? 3. Rania does come to her next visit. What can the nurse do to engage Rania in her care? Rania and her husband continue coming regularly to prenatal visits and appear pleased with their services. However, the nurse is concerned that it is never possible to see Rania without her husband present. 4. How can the nurse address this issue? 5. What else can the nurse do during the pregnancy to educate and assist Rania?

Answer 1

Answer: Nurse should educate Rania that it is necessary to have a regular check up for the pregnancy as well as the need of to be more concerned regarding the vitamins and supplements.

Sometimes it happens that husbands or women themselves not ready to have checkup with male healthcare providers. In this case the nurse can arrange female nurse as the checkup is important. But the nurse should also explain about the particular profession that is nothing to do with gender.

Nurse should do the routine check up of the patients as well as also monitor the vital signs such as weight, blood pressure etc.

There is need of information and education to the patients and they should understand that there is no gender bias in the healthcare profession. It is necessary to teach Rania about the essential care that must be taken as well as she should avoid caffeinated beverages, smoking etc.