Shaelyn Kormos Assignment 2

IDENTIFY COMPENTENCY NUMBER,

LETTER AND SUBCATEGORY

DESCRIBE ONE SIGNIFICANT

LEARNING EXPERIENCE IN THIS
COURSE RELATED TO THE CLPNA
COMPETENCY. PROVIDE AN
EXAMPLE.

DESCRIBE WHAT YOU LEARNED AND

HOW IT RELATES TO THE
COMPETENCY. EXPLAIN WHY IT WAS
MEANINGFUL.

USES THE PROFICIENCY

CATEGORIES TO RATE THEIR
PROFICIENCY IN THE CHOOSEN
CLPNA COMPETENCY. EXPLAIN
WHAT WAS DONE TO ACHIEVE THE
COMPETENCY.

I choose to do CLPNA competency category

K-3-1.
K is Maternal / Newborn Care. The
subcategory 3 is knowledge and assessment of
labor. The number 1 is demonstrate knowledge
of stages of labor and delivery:
stage 1 labor onset to full cervix dilation,
stage 2 full cervix dilation to delivery of
baby, stage 3 delivery of baby to expulsion
of placenta, stage 4 expulsion of
placenta to afterbirth recovery
One significant learning experience Ive had in
this course related to the CLPNA competency
is the PowerPoint and examples we have
received in class. Going to class and receiving
real life examples from the instructor have
helped me to completely understand the stages
a woman will go through during the labor and
delivery process. Also watching the video that
was played in class helped put the theory we
learned into a real life situation.
I learned the specifics of what happens
during each stage of a womans labor. The
first stage occurs from the onset of strong,
regular contractions until the cervix is
completely open. The second stage is from
full dilation of the cervix until the baby is
born. The third stage is from the delivery of
the baby until the placenta is delivered. And
the fourth and final stage is for 24 hours
after the birth. Each stage is all very
important to ensure that both the baby and
mom are healthy throughout the process.
I would only rate myself as fair in this
competency category at this moment. I have
not yet been able to apply it within my own
nursing practice, but I do understand the
theory behind it. I believe that once I get an
opportunity to work with children, my rating
in this competency could go up to a good
and eventually reach the excellent level.

DESCRIBE HOW YOU WILL APPLY

THIS LEARNING IN YOUR CURRENT
AND FUTURE NURSING PRACTICE

It will be important to be able to apply this

knowledge whether I end up working on a
maternity unit or not. Knowing the stages of
labor and delivery will be important as
pregnant women can be on a variety of units in
the hospital at different stages of their
pregnancy. For example, working on an
orthopedic unit, you may get a third trimester
pregnant women with a broken leg. It would
be important to know the stages, especially the
first, just in case she went into pre term labor.