The final presentation must be 20-25 slides, including the title slide and the references slide(s). You must use at least 5 scholarly sources within the last 5 years for your presentation beyond the course textbook. Scholarly journal articles found in the Virtual Library will be key sources in researching your topic. All sources used, including the textbook and images, must be referenced and/or paraphrased; any quoted material must be placed in quotes, and must have accompanying APA style in-text citations.
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20-25 slides
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References slide(s)
attached is my outline:
I. Thesis
Statement
Pregnancy and the teenage years are a big challenge for
teenagers and the health system; this work requires specialized nursing care
and professional support.
II.Introduction
to Teen Pregnancy
A.
Prevalence and Trends
1. Analyzing who is at risk for teen pregnancy, it becomes
evident that statistic in various age groups and socio-economic categories
fluctuates. The lack of sex education and poverty are the contributing factors
to this phenomenon in teenage life.
2. Community components, which could be abstinence and sex
education, and the socio-economic divide have a large role in the rate of teen
pregnancies.
B. Health
problems and Complications
1. Teenage pregnancy is related to an increased risk of
preterm delivery and low infant birth weight, one of the reasons being that
pregnant teens need more consulting with doctors who can lower these risks.
2. Primarily, prenatal care during the early stages enables
us to deal with pregnancy complications that are related to teen pregnancy, as
well as fostering good outcomes for both the mother and the baby.
III. Role
played by Nurses during adolescent pregnancies.
A.
Prenatal-care and-education
1. Teenage pregnancy and prenatal care, along with
education, should be provided to reduce the number of adverse pregnancy
outcomes and, at the same time, ensure the optimum health of the baby.
2. Nurses are of vital importance in assisting pregnant teen
mothers with the provision of the needed prenatal care through which they will
get to monitor the fetus’s development, and in the process, they will educate
the teen mothers on nutrition and a healthy lifestyle.
B.
Psychosocial Support
1. Pregnant teens need social and psychological support
since teenagers go through many changes physically and emotionally and need
help in dealing with the stress that accompanies their prevailing situation.
2. Nurses can achieve the mental health and resilience of
their pregnant teens by making peer support groups available, as well as giving
them opportunities to get mental health services.
IV.
Preventing Teen Pregnancy and Educating Teens.
A.
Comprehensive Sex Education
1. Sexual education programs cover the bases by giving
teenagers a general understanding of conception and healthy connections among
people.
2. Nurses are vital in sex education as they participate in
school programs, community initiatives and one-on-one counselling sessions with
teenagers.
B. Access to
Contraception
1. Teenagers should be able to have access to contraception
facilities in order to minimize teenage pregnancy rates and also encourage them
to go for confidential and affordable contraceptive services.
2. Nursing interventions will persuade appropriate policies
to be formulated that see an improvement in the accessibility of contraceptive
services for teenagers by increasing availability and removal of barriers to
contraception.
V.
Conclusion
A. Epidemiology enabled nurses to create prevention
strategies.
1. From this perspective, teenage pregnancy has huge needs,
and nurses are significant as they are endowed to provide diverse and critical
care to the concerned adolescents.
2. Experienced nurses, particularly those who have in-depth
knowledge of teenage pregnancy, are effective facilitators of positive
pregnancy outcomes among female teens and their children .
B. Call to
Action
1. Advocate for communication about teenage pregnancy as a
problem and the development of funds for teen pregnancy prevention programs and
health care services.
2. Explain the avenues of future studies to enhance nursing
care for teenage moms, involving the assessment of the quality and
effectiveness of nurse-led interventions in the reduction of teen pregnancy.
References
Chacole, S., Akre, D. S., Sharma, D.
K., Wasnic, P., & Wanjari, M. B. (2023). Uwanted Teenage Pregnancy and Its
Complications: A Narrative Review. Cureus,
14(12).
https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32662
Chandra-Mouli, V., & Akwara, E.
(2020). Improving access to and use of contraception by adolescents: Best Practice & Research Clinical
Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 66(1).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2020.04.003
Govender, D., Naidoo, S., &
Taylor, M. (2020). Understanding pregnancy, motherhood and the Future
Aspirations of adolescent Mothers in KwaZulu-Natal South, Africa. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20(1).
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-03319-7
Macedo, T. C. C., Montagna, E., Trevisan, C.
M., Zaia, V., de Oliveira, R., Barbosa, C. P., Laganà, A. S., & Bianco, B.
(2020). Prevalence of preeclampsia and eclampsia in adolescent pregnancy European Journal of Obstetrics &
Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, 248,
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Paton, D., Bullivant, S., &
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