Labor and Delivery
This complication of pregnancy often presents with painful vaginal bleeding and a rigid abdomen.
What is placental abruption?
Parents should continue this type of bathing until the umbilical cord falls off.
What is a sponge bath?
By 12 months of age, an infant should typically reach this growth/weight milestone.
What is tripling their birth weight?
Meconium ileus in a newborn is commonly associated with this disorder.
What is cystic fibrosis?
When administering otic drops to a child older than 3 years, pull the ear in this direction.
What is up and back?
Before performing an artificial rupture of membranes (AROM), the nurse should verify this has occurred to reduce the risk of cord prolapse.
What is fetal head engagement?
This newborn finding may indicate increased intracranial pressure.
What is a bulging fontanel?
This fine motor skill involving the thumb and forefinger typically develops around 8-10 months of age.
What is the pincer grasp?
This disease results from aganglionic bowel segments causing severe constipation and failure to pass meconium within the first 24-48 hours of life.
What is Hirschsprung’s disease?
Children with atonic seizures are at risk for these sudden events.
What are drop attacks?
These fetal heart rate changes are considered benign and are caused by fetal head compression during contractions.
What are early decelerations?
These two conditions are contraindications to circumcision.
What are hypospadias and epispadias
Children playing side-by-side without interacting are demonstrating this type of play.
What is parallel play?
Drooling with absence of cough in a child with respiratory distress suggests this emergency condition.
What is bacterial epiglottitis?
A nurse should hold digoxin in an infant if the heart rate is below this number.
What is 90 beats per minute?
These fetal heart rate changes begin after the contraction starts and may indicate uteroplacental insufficiency.
What are late decelerations?
This operative vaginal delivery method carries an increased risk for facial nerve palsy of the newborn and cord compression.
What is a forceps delivery.
This parenting style is characterized by strict rules and little warmth.
What is authoritarian parenting?
This congenital heart defect consists of four structural abnormalities.
What is Tetralogy of Fallot?
After a tonsillectomy, frequent swallowing may indicate this complication.
What is hemorrhage?
A client attempting a VBAC is at increased risk for this life-threatening complication.
What is uterine rupture?
This type of newborn heat loss occurs when cool air flows over the infant, such as from a fan or air conditioner.
What is convection?
According to Erik Erikson, peer relationships during adolescence are essential because they help the teen successfully achieve this developmental stage.
What is identity vs. role confusion?
This medication is commonly used to close a patent ductus arteriosus.
What is indomethacin?
This test is commonly used to diagnose pinworms.
What is the tape test?