Nursing Care of Teenage Mother : A Case Study

Abstract

In this case study, the goal of teenage mother nursing is to prevent premature birth and continue pregnancy until the delivery phase. To prevent and reduce physical and mental complications of adolescent mother and children, teenage mother can take care of their own health as have skills to raise child and live a happy family life when they return home. Receive an effective contraceptive planning service to prevent recurrence of pregnancy. This case study with nursing concepts and principles to King's nursing theory (King, I.M., 1981) In order to achieve the goals of total nursing, five maternity and postpartum were used for the study. It was found that adolescent mother had no complications during five antenatal care, labour care and postpartum care data. Teenage mother had better self-care skills and were able to behave properly during pregnancy stage to labour stage. With increased confidence in child rearing, the pregnancy can be continued until the delivery phase is safely reached and the implant contraception is provided to prevent recurrence of the pregnancy.