Gestational Diabetes
o compose a Case Scenario (limit 1 page).
Choose one:
1.
0. Mother with T2DM or Gestational Diabetes
1. Mother with Preterm Newborn
2. Mother with Substance Use Disorder
Use the following format:
1.
. Create a mother
o Medical history
o Social history
o Gravida, para, and current gestational age if pregnant
A. Newborn Assessment
o Perform and outline a head-to-toe newborn assessment
o Newborn diagnosis, plan and interventions (Based on what you would anticipate with the
mother's diagnosis)
▪ Identify the newborn diagnosis that is relevant to the mother's diagnosis and
reflects the newborn's priority need.
▪ Outline the plan for this newborn, with the identified newborn diagnosis in mind.
▪ List the appropriate nursing interventions you will put into place for this
newborn.
▪ Example: Mother with T2DM: The nurse would anticipate a newborn with
hypoglycemia. Outline the plan for a potentially hypoglycemic newborn. Outline the
interventions for a hypoglycemic newborn.