What happens to urinary frequency preceding labor?
What is increase in need and frequency of urination.
100
What does dilation refer to?
What is widening of the cervix to allow for the fetal head to pass through the vaginal canal.
100
True or False: A baby's head is built to pass through the vaginal opening from a front-facing position.
What is False. The head must internally rotate before passage can occur through the vaginal opening.
100
Name an example of non-pharmacological pain relief methods during labor and delivery.
What is aromatherapy, massage, touch, walking, hydrotherapy, music, childbirth classes, deep breathing, meditation, imagery, heat/cold.
100
What is the name of the test performed to determine if the membranes have ruptured?
What is the Fern test or the Nitrazine Paper Test.
200
What is occurring when a woman says that her "water broke?"
What is the fluid sac around the baby breaks, causing a release of fluid to escape the vaginal opening.
200
What is effacement of the cervix?
What is thinning and shortening of the cervix to allow for easier passage of the fetal head during the first stage of labor.
200
What is the most common position for labor and delivery in a hospital setting?
What is lithotomy position.
200
What has been found to be the most important factor for pain control during labor and delivery, according to research?
What is attendance of mother in childbirth preparation classes.
200
What is the MOST important intervention that a nurse can perform during labor and delivery?
What is support for the laboring woman.
300
What composes the "bloody show?"
What is cervical mucus release or dropping of mucus plug.
300
What happens during the third stage of labor?
What is delivery of the placenta.
300
Name an indication for having a cesarean section over a vaginal birth.
What is cord prolapse, difficult labor or past delivery, early separation of placenta, improper placement of the placenta, ecclampsia.
300
Why can you not receive medications at any time during labor or delivery?
What is some medications can slow or even stop labor, and some medications can even impact the fetus if administered too close to the birth.
300
When would a nurse initiate skin-to-skin contact?
What is immediately after birth.
400
What is "lightening?"
What is dropping of the fetal head into the lower pelvis. This prepares the fetus for the first stage of labor.
400
What are the names of the three phases during the 1st stage of labor?
What is active, latent, and transitional phases.
400
What is name of the desired cut upon either the abdomen or uterus for a cesarean section?
What is a "bikini cut" for the abdomen and a transverse incision for the uterus.
400
What is an epidural?
What is a form of anesthesia that is administered to mothers in labor both for vaginal and cesarean births that helps to numb the pain of labor without affecting the mother's ability to push.
400
Name a complication that could occur during the process of labor and delivery that a nurse must monitor for?
What is bleeding, slow progression of labor, appearance of cord, decrease in fetal heart rate.
500
What are the name of the contractions that occur in the prodromal stage of labor?
What is Braxton-Hicks contractions.
500
What occurs during the 4th stage of labor?
What is recovery, return of normal body processes and functions.
500
What is restitution?
What is return of the baby's head to the front-facing position once the head has passed the mother's vaginal opening during birth.
500
What sensations are blocked by the epidural and which sensations are felt, according to a survey of laboring women?
What is the pain of the contractions and labor is blocked, but the feeling of pressure and compression of the vaginal canal is present.
500
Name two of the four characteristics of uterine contractions that a nurse would assess and document.
What is frequency, intensity, duration, and resting tone.