Birth Process
Nursing Care
Fetal Monitoring
Complications
Terms
100
Presentation when the fetal buttocks enters the pelvis first
What is breech
100
Term used to describe a uterus that is not firm
What is boggy
100
Normal baseline
What is 110-160 bpm
100
Painless, bright red bleeding
What is a placenta previa
100
SROM
What is spontaneous rupture of membranes
200
cervical change, burst of energy, bloody show, mucous discharge
What is signs and symptoms of impending labor
200
The primary goal of the 4th stage of labor
What is prevent postpartum hemorrhage
200
Electronic transducer for internal fetal monitoring
What is fetal scalp electrode
200
Abdominal cramping, pain, contractions and bleeding
What is abruption
200
Incision of the perineum to enlarge the vaginal opening
What is episiotomy
300
Stage of labor from complete dilation to birth of the baby
What is stage two
300
Medication used to reverse the effects of opioid depression
What is narcan
300
Indicate head compression
What is early deceleration
300
Occurs when labor begins after the 20th week but before the end of the 37th week
What is preterm labor
300
When the cervix is tapped, the fetus floats upward in the amniotic fluid
What is ballotable
400
Used to determine presentation and position of the fetus
What is Leopold's maneuvers
400

Postpartum medication that is used to prevent eclampsia 

What is magnesium sulfate

400
Reflects a healthy fetal autonomic nervous system
What is variability
400
Failure of the uterus to contract
What is uterine atony
400
The descent of the fetus toward the pelvic inlet before labor
What is lightening
500
The relation of the fetal body parts to one another
What is attitude
500

Medication given to increase fetal lung maturity

What is betamethasone (steroids) 

500
Frequency of fetal heart rate monitoring for a low risk patient in second stage of labor
What is every 15 minutes
500
Medications given for postpartum hemorrhage
What is oxytocin, methergine, hemabate, and cytotec
500
Position where woman flexes her thighs sharply against her abdomen, which straightens out the pelvic curve. Used to help relieve shoulder dystocia
What is McRoberts maneuver
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