New Zealand Gazette – 2002 – No. 40

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✨ Maternity Care Plan



1140 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 40

APPENDIX III

ITEMS TO BE COVERED IN CARE PLAN

The Care Plan means the process by which the Lead Maternity Carer and the woman develop a plan of care for the woman and her baby and the documentation of this plan in the clinical notes. The Lead Maternity Carer will commence and document a Care Plan covering, as a minimum, the following items:

(a) schedule and location of visits for pregnancy care;

(b) how continuity of care will be achieved;

(c) how to access the Lead Maternity Carer in urgent situations;

(d) cultural safety requirements;

(e) education plan during pregnancy and following birth;

(f) referral to other midwifery, medical, social and diagnostic services;

(g) smoking cessation options;

(h) screening for infectious diseases;

(i) assessment of risk of family violence;

(j) location of birth and other services including booking in to facility or arrangements for home birth;

(k) presence of others at birth;

(l) birth environment and position for birthing;

(m) options and preference for monitoring, intervention, and treatments;

(n) handling of placenta;

(o) breastfeeding or other feeding requirements;

(p) likely stay in the Maternity Facility and planning for going home;

(q) requirements for postnatal care;

(r) risk of postnatal depression and support options;

(s) advice regarding contraception and sexuality; and

(t) referral to Well Child Provider and the timing for this.



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