576-d-8. Pregnancy Screening and Diagnostic Tests. Nursing Essay

576-d-8

Pregnancy is the period of time when a fetus develops inside a woman's uterus and ends with the birth of the infant. There are a variety of clinical laboratory tests and diagnostics typically used prior to and throughout pregnancy. The tests and diagnostics provide useful information from the time pregnancy is first considered through the initial days of the newborn's life.

Discuss the most common screening test and diagnostics used throughout pregnancy and the purpose of the tests. When during pregnancy are tests performed and what is the protocol when an abnormal test or diagnostic is found?

Web Resources 

World Health Organization (2015). Integrated management of pregnancy and childbirth.

Pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and newborn care. A guide for essential practice. Retrieved from: http://apps(dot)who(dot)int/iris/bitstream/10665/249580/1/9789241549356-eng.pdf?ua=1

Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2015; 93:135. Retrieved from http://www(dot)who(dot)int/bulletin/volumes/93/3/14-148627.pdf

Lindsey, T.J., Vitrikas, K.R., (March, 2015). Evaluation and treatment of infertility. American

Family Physician, 1:91(5), 308-315. Retrieved from: http://www(dot)aafp(dot)org/afp/2015/0301/p308.html

Required: 1 page, APA format 6th edition. Must be 3 references within 3 years and in US ONLY.