Labor & Delivery
Common side effect of epidural anesthesia
What is maternal hypotension?
Fine, downy hair that develops after 16 weeks gestation, decreases as fetus ages
What is lanugo?
What is Postpartum Hemorrhage?
Fertilized egg implanting anywhere except the endometrial lining of the uterus?
What is Ectopic pregnancy?
Recommended IM injection site for infants.
What is the vastus lateralis?
Sterile exam reveals patient is 5cm/80% effaced/0 station, she is in which phase
What is the active phase?
Blue hands and/or feet, typically within the first 24 hours of life
What is Acrocyanosis?
Nursing intervention for a uterus that is not contracted, boggy, and with increased bleeding
What is a Fundal massage?
Treatment for a mechanical defect in the cervix using a type of purse string suture.
What is a Cerclage?
Drug given within the first hour of birth to prevent infections.
The four essential components of labor
What is Passageway, Passenger, Powers and Psyche
A localized soft tissue edema of the scalp that can cross suture lines
What is Caput Succedaneum?
Name one nursing intervention for postpartum hypotension before walking the patient
What is have patient sit on the side of the bed before standing?
Type of twinning that shares placenta and amniotic sac
What are Monozygotic twins?
What is Vitamin K or AquaMephyton?
The phase of labor that begins with true contractions and lasts until the cervix is 4 cm dilated.
What is the latent phase of labor?
Name four reflexes in the newborn assessment
What is the rooting, palmar, Moro, and Babinski reflexes?
Nursing intervention for uterus placement on the right side
Risk factors include: nulliparity, diabetes, obesity, multiple gestation, preexisting hypertension or renal disease
What is Preeclampsia or Eclampsia?
The best form to give oral medications to young children.
What is solutions?
Amniotic fluid enters maternal vascular system which leads to cardiac/respiratory collapse and DIC
What is Amniotic fluid embolism?
The substance found in the alveoli of mature fetuses decreasing the surface tension and keeping the alveoli from collapsing.
What is surfactant?
Most common cause of of hemorrhage during 3rd stage of labor
What is Retained Placental Tissue?
Blood clotting factors such as fibrinogen and other increase during pregnancy, making pregnancy a what state?
What is hypercoagulable?
Two muscles not recommended for infants for IM administration.
What is the deltoid and dorsagluteal?