Fatigue, Amenorrhea, Quickening, Nausea & Vomiting, Breast Tenderness and/or Breast Enlargement
What are presumptive signs of pregnancy?
100
This stage of labor begins when the cervix is dilated to 10 cm and continues until the delivery of your baby.
What is the 2nd stage
100
These two parts of the maternal assessment are the priority in the first 24 hours after delivery.
What are lochea and fundal height/ firmness
100
Infants are classified based on their weight and measurements. The newborn is classified as one of these three and interventions like glucose testing are based on these.
What are LGA (Large for Gestational Age)
AGA (Appropriate for Gestational Age) and
SGA (Small for Gestational Age)
100
Improper latch and/or newborn positioning for feedings can lead to this
What are sore nipples
200
Intermittent and uncomfortable sharp sensation felt at the bottom of the abdomen on either side and worse in multigravida pregnancies?
What is Round Ligament Pain
200
Techniques which, when utilized in labor, may help moms to cope with pain without medication or epidural. (Name three)
What are hydrotherapy, ambulation, counterpressure, breathing techniques, distraction, use of birthing ball, etc.
200
The expected description for normal lochia in the first 24 hours after delivery.
What are rubra and scant to moderate
200
This assessment,performed at 1 and 5 minutes of life helps guide resuscitation
What is the Apgar score
200
In 1991, the World Health Organization
(WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) established the Baby-Friendly Hospital
Initiative (BFHI), which supports and recognizes
hospitals and birthing centers that offer an optimal
level of care for infant feeding by following the
BFHI’s Ten Steps to Successful Breastfeeding. According to these guidelines healthy infants should initiate breastfeeding within this period of time after birth.
What is one hour
300
Name for consumption and craving for things that are not food. Can occur during pregnancy and may include cravings for ice, chalk, clay etc.
What is PICA
300
This term, usually assigned a negative or positive number, describes the level of fetal head in relation to the maternal ischial spines.
What is Station
300
Your patient is 5 hours postpartum and when you examine her fundus it is +3 and deviated to the right of the midline. Her bleeding is heavy. This is your priority nursing action.
What is empty her bladder
300
Score given to a newborn to assess gestational age
What is the Ballard
300
Frequency for feeding a formula fed baby
What is every three to four hours
400
This type of pelvis is optimal for childbearing. It's name means, like a woman, womanly or female.
What is gynecoid
400
Common side effect of regional anesthesia, it is caused by the resultant vasodilation.
What is hypotension
400
To prevent many post-operative complications including illeus and DVT you should encourage your patient to do this as soon as it is ordered
What is get out of bed and ambulate
400
This sometimes bluish discoloration of hands and feet is normal in newborns in the first 24 hours of life
What is acrocyanosis
400
Breastfed who lose this percentage of their birth weight, may require intervention like supplementation
What is 10%
500
A Method for calculating estimated due date.The rule estimates the expected date of delivery (EDD) by adding one year, subtracting three months, and adding seven days to the first day of a woman's last menstrual period (LMP). The result is approximately 280 days (40 weeks) from the LMP
What is Naegele's rule
500
When rupture of membranes occurs, your priority assessment is this assessment should be your first priority.
Ascultation of FHTs
500
Two primary ways the body eliminates excess fluid after birth
What are diuresis and diaphoresis
500
These six newborn reflexes should be present in normal newborns. (Name five
What are Suck, Grasp, Babinski, Moro, Suck and Root
500
This is a good way to explain how many wet diapers a new baby should have
What is one wet diaper for each day of life (1 on day one, 2 on day two...).
Note:Once mom's milk comes in, expect 5-6+ wet diapers every 24 hours.