Table of Contents
REQUIREMENTS #
- Maternal and Child Health Record Book (Manual or Electronic)
- Ball pen
- Comfortable chairs
- Conducive room or an enclosed area
STEPS #
- Establish rapport (refer steps)
- Explain procedure to client (refer steps)
- Provide privacy and ensure client assume desire position
- Ask about the number of previous pregnancies and what happened in each case
- Ask for intervals between pregnancies and any ill health
- Enquire about number of tetanol injections received in life time
- Ask about the mode, place of delivery and duration of labour for each child
- Enquire if delivery of placenta for each child was normal and the amount of blood loss in each
- Ask about any ill health following each delivery
- Enquire about the condition, sex and weight of each baby at birth
- Ask about any ill health of each baby and at what age
- Ask if babies were breast fed and for how long
- Ask the type of feeds given to baby(ies) if not breast fed and why
- Ask type of Family Planning method used
- Enquire about immunization of babies
- Ask about family support
- Express appreciation to client for her cooperation
- Record and report findings to officer in charge
