My name is Pat Novak MSN and I am the residential faculty member here at Gateway teaching Block 3 Obstetrical Nursing. I would like to welcome you to Gateway Community College and thank you for accepting an obstetrical rotation/s with our students.

This module is to provide you with the information you need to assist your students in their successful completion of their OB rotation. Some of the information is mandatory for the students and some of the information is elective and can be assigned by you to meet the needs of your particular rotation, facility, etc.

Under the clinical expectations page you will find my expectations for the students while participating in this rotation and all students receive this information. If you have information that you would like to communicate to the students please let me know.

Included in this module is a sample rotation for your use.

You will also find the preclinical assignments the students must complete before coming to clinical along with the instructions for completing these assignments. All preclinical work is due the first day of clinical. Take what they have done and grade accordingly. This paperwork is the very least I expect for them to have done to be able to care for patients and depending on where they are in the classroom they may not have had any other content to support their clinical day.

Each student must complete one Maternity Care Plan and one Newborn assessment

Please do not hesitate to reach me at 602-286-8539 (O), 480-695-4228 (C), or Patricia.Novak@gatewaycc.edu for questions or concerns.

I look forward to working with you and again thank you for choosing Gateway.

Pat Novak