Chapter 1. Introduction
a) Overview of pregnancy
b) Overview of acute and chronic pain
c) Why do nurses need to know, role.
d) Review guidelines from Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), APRN on OB/GYN
Chapter 2.Background
a) Incidence
b) Epidemiology
c) Common pain problems
d) Drugs in pregnancy
e) OUD/SUD in pregnancy (general population)
f) Challenges
Chapter 3. In preparation for pregnancy
a) Nutrition/microbiome
b) Exercise/ fitness
c) Optimize chronic pain therapies
d) Conditions (painful) that may improve during pregnancy
e) Pregnancy registries
Chapter 4. Musculoskeletal Pain during pregnancy
a) Occurrence/incidence
b) Diagnosis
c) Treatments
a. Pharmaceutical
b. Non-pharmaceutical
c. Injection therapies (?)
d. Behavioural management therapies
e. Physical therapy
f. Resources
g. Nursing considerations (?)
h. Cases studies v/s clinical pearls/thought provoking questions
Chapter 5. Headache/migraine during pregnancy
a) Occurrence/incidence
b) Diagnosis
c) Pharmaceutical
d) Non-pharmaceutical
e) Injection therapies
f) Behavioural management therapies
g) Physical therapy
h) Resources
i) Nursing considerations (?)
j) Cases studies v/s clinical pearls/thought provoking questions
Chapter 6. Fibromyalgia/generalized body pain during pregnancy
a) Occurrence/incidence
b) Diagnosis
c) Pharmaceutical
d) Non-pharmaceutical
e) Injection therapies
f) Behavioural management therapies
g) Physical therapy
h) Resources
i) Nursing considerations (?)
j) Cases studies v/s clinical pearls/thought provoking questions
Chapter 7. Nutraceuticals in pregnancy
Chapter 8. Opioids in pregnancy (outside OUD)
Chapter 9. Use of nerve blocks in pregnancy
a) Safety
a.Stages of pregnancy
b) Utility
c) Pros/cons
d) Who to refer to?
Chapter 10. Complementary treatments in pregnancy
a) acupuncture
b) acupressure
c) aroma therapy
Chapter 11. Behavioural management in pregnancy
a) Impact/incidence of anxiety/depression in pregnancy
b) Overview of mental health on pain management
c) Therapies:
a. CBT
b. ACT
d) Relaxation, breathing, distraction
e) Techniques that nurses can learn to help their patients
f) There’s an APP for that
g) Other resources
h) Nursing considerations (?)
i) Possible case-study
Chapter 12. Additional Case-studies
