Maternal Health and Pregnancy Care for Nursery Nurses

Human Reproduction and Reproductive Health

  • Introduction to the Nursery Nurse

  • Human Reproduction

  • Sexual Cycle: Ovulation and Menstruation

  • Reproductive Health Maintenance

  • Pelvic Infections

  • Pelvic Pain

  • Menstrual Disorders

  • Pelvic Support Relaxation

  • Genital Tumors

  • Sex Chromosomes

Pregnancy and Maternal Health

  • Physiological Changes During Pregnancy

  • Clinical Manifestations and Diagnosis of Pregnancy

  • Maternal Health Controls During Pregnancy

  • Pregnancy Care

Childbirth and Postpartum Period

  • Elements of Delivery: The Delivery

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Cosmos Unveiled: From Geocentric Views to Panspermia

1. Geocentric Model: The initial belief was that the Earth was the center of the universe, with the sun, moon, and stars revolving around it.

2. Copernicus and Galileo: Unlike the past, today we know the sun is the center of our solar system. Therefore, they would not be considered crazy for proposing a heliocentric model.

3. Determining Earth’s Age: The age of the Earth is determined by studying organic remains in rocks and fossils, which provide clues about its history over millions of years.

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Taxonomic Classification and Evolution of Primates

Taxonomic Classification

Kingdom: Animalia (covered by cells possessing a cytoplasmic membrane, centrioles, and movement).

Phylum: Chordata (chordates, presenting a notochord and pharyngeal gill slits).

Class: Mammalia (milk glands, bodies covered with hair, temperature regulation).

Order: Primates.

Family: Hominidae (larger brains than other species, eyes in a frontal position, flat fingernails allowing better handling).

Genus: Homo.

Species: Sapiens.

Subphylum: Vertebrata (notochord that becomes a backbone)

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Inheritance and Genetics: Key Concepts in Biology

Mendel’s Laws of Inheritance

For his experiments on inheritance, Gregor Mendel chose the common pea plant. His findings laid the foundation for modern genetics.

  • Mendel’s First Law (Law of Segregation): When crossing two varieties of plants or animals that differ in one character, all the first-generation hybrids exhibit the dominant character. The recessive character reappears in the second generation.
  • Mendel’s Second Law (Law of Independent Assortment): When crossing two varieties of plants that differ
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Organ Donation, Transplants, and Stem Cell Therapies

Who Can Be a Donor?

A donor is typically a person in a state of brain death, where brain function has ceased, but the heartbeat is artificially maintained to keep organs viable for transplantation. In some cases, a living person can be a donor, particularly for tissues or renewable organs.

Spanish Legislation Regarding Organ Donation:

  • Establishment of brain death by medical professionals.
  • Respect for the deceased’s wishes regarding organ donation.
  • Diagnosis of death must be made by physicians.
  • Donation
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Reproductive Biology: Mutations, Gametes, and Fertilization

Reproductive Biology: Key Concepts

Mutation: An alteration in the genetic information (genotype) of a living being, causing a change in its pattern. This change occurs suddenly and spontaneously and can be inherited by offspring.

Ovules: These are the female sex cells, large, spherical, and motionless. From puberty, an egg matures in one of the ovaries every 28 days and travels through a fallopian tube.

Sperm: The male sexual reproductive cell or gamete, responsible for fertilizing the egg and providing

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