Babies, Babies, Babies
The APGAR score is an assessment of neonatal transition into extrauterine life. What are the 5 areas assessed to create the score?
Appearance (color)
Pulse (heart rate)
Grimace (reflex)
Activity (muscle tone)
Respiration
This stage of labor is the longest.
First stage
This type of family includes relatives beyond the nuclear unit, such as grandparents.
Extended
This essential nutrient is essential for tissue growth, insulation, energy, energy storage, and hormone production.
Fats
Primary
The cause of jaundice in the newborn, which typically occurs around 2-3 days after birth.
Hyperbilirubinemia. Results from the breakdown of RBCs and the inability to keep up with excretion.
BONUS: How is bilirubin excreted in the newborn?
This is the most effective method of pain control during childbirth, but can slow labor down if administered too early and often causes hypotension.
Epidural
This function of a family includes meeting financial and material needs of its members
Economic
What are the four fat-soluble vitamins?
Vitamins A, D, E, K
BONUS: What is a specific concern for fat-soluble vitamins?
Mammograms are an example of this level of prevention.
Secondary
This simple action (often a nursing intervention) can assist with bonding, thermoregulation, blood sugar stabilization, and promote breastfeeding.
Skin to skin
This medication is administered immediately following the birth of the newborn or the delivery of the placenta.
Pitocin (oxytocin)
When do maladaptive behaviors become mental illness?
When they disrupt the person's ability to live, such as their ADLs, ability to keep a job, maintain relationships, etc.
This vitamin is vital for pregnant patients to supplement during pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects in their neonates.
Folic acid
When screening for skin cancer (a secondary level of prevention), what are the criteria for concerning moles?
Asymmetry
Border irregularity
Color (change/unevenness)
Diameter (increase in size)
Evolving (changed over weeks/months)
This is a cheese-like substance that covers the newborn's skin and protects it in utero from prolonged exposure to amniotic fluid. It also assists with thermoregulation.
Vernix caseosa
This type of deceleration indicates that the placenta is not getting enough blood flow.
Late deceleration
This term refers to a dysfunctional, one-sided relationship pattern where one person sacrifices their own needs, emotions, and identity to care for, control, or rescue another person.
Codependency
This vitamin is often deficient in people suffering from alcohol use disorder.
Vitamin B
Connecting a patient with a new cancer diagnosis to a support group is an example of this level of prevention.
Tertiary.
This refers to edema of the scalp that occurs due to pressure exerted on the head during delivery, which may cross suture lines.
Caput succedaneum
This non-invasive assessment is the simplest method to monitor fetal well-being for a patient prior to admission for labor.
Fetal kick counts or fetal movement
Non-stress test (NST) also acceptable (in MD office).
This term describes decreased interest or pleasure in almost all activities
Anhedonia
This term refers to limited or uncertain access to nutritious foods because of social determinants of health, and is associated with poor health outcomes.
Food insecurity
This substance has been identified as the leading cause of preventable disease in the United States. Education to prevent its use is a primary level of prevention.
Tobacco