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Antenatal Clinic (WTK)

How to get there

The Antenatal Clinic at Waitākere Hospital is held in one of two locations:

  • Inside the main hospital building, just behind the Maternity Reception, or

  • At Aratika, which you can reach by:

    • Exiting through the Maternity Entrance

    • Crossing at the pedestrian crossing

    • Continuing past the electric fleet carpark to the next building

Photo of Maternity Reception

Before you arrive

  1. Look up the patients before you arrive using Clinical Portal and Badgernet.

    1. Write down the following information. Maternal Age, GxPx, Gestation, Background including previous mode of deliveries, BMI, Medical conditions, Reason for Referral, Last USS (date/gestation/placental location/presentation/EFW+/-dopplers, liquor volume), Recent blood results (Hb, Ferritin, Blood Group, GTT/HbA1c, etc)

    2. Write a Problem List and any Investigations or management possibilities

  1. Watch ‘How to examine a pregnant abdomen’ video on CANVAS

  2. Make sure you arrive early, before the clinic starts

  3. Ensure you have a paper measuring tape (they are in each clinic room)

When you arrive

  1. Introduce yourself to the reception staff, say you are here to sit in with the doctor. Ask where you should wait.

  2. When the doctor arrives, introduce yourself. Say that you have looked up the cases.

What you might be able to do from the logbook

  1. Conduct an antenatal history and exam

  2. Examination of a pregnant abdomen

  3. Assessment of clinical conditions eg SGA, Pregnancy with a pre-existing medical condition (See Page 6-7)

Other opportunities to look out for

  • Take BP

  • Read the urine dipstick

  • Order an USS

  • Discuss postpartum contraception options

  • Sit in with the Vaccination Nurse

  • Perform an USS for fetal presentation

  • Review a CTG