Labor
Regular contractions that become stronger and closer together; cervical dilation and effacement progression
What is true labor?
Cervix thins out
What is effacement?
This puts a client at risk for complications after a cesarean delivery
What is a vaginal delivery? or VBAC?
Most significant assessment data that increases risk of uterine rupture
What is a previous cesarean delivery?
Result of precipitate labor
What is cervical tears/uterine rupture?
Fetal assessment using lateral palpation to determine fetal lie
What is Leopold's maneuver 2?
A way to achieve more accurate data of the fetal heart rate
What is internal fetal heart rate monitor?
First nursing interventions for variable decelerations
What is reposition client?
Early decelerations of the fetal heart rate during transition caused by this
What is compression of the fetal head?
Dystocia during labor is most often related to this
What is macrosomia?
Clear fluid with small white particles
What is amniotic fluid?
Baby's head is 2cm above ischial spine
What is minus 2 station?
Monitor of this in the newborn after delivery of a mom who took narcotic pain meds
What is respiratory efforts?
Give Betamethasone, nifedipine, antibiotics, and fluids
What is pre-term labor meds?
Priority intervention for shoulder dystocia
What is McRoberts Maneuver?
Position of mother to promote fetal rotation into occiput anterior position
What is hands and knees?
Given prophylactically to a client who tested positive for Group B Streptococcus
What is prophylactic antibiotics?
Latent, active, pushing, delivery, placental delivery
What the progression of labor?
This position does not help a client in the first stage of labor.
What is lithotomy?
Nursing interventions with a uterus that is boggy with heavy bleeding
What is massage the uterus?
Documentation of frequency, intensity and duration
What is contractions?
Spontaneous rupture of membranes with variable decelerations caused by this
What is umbilical cord compression?
Footing/incomplete
What is a type of breech presentation?
Type of local anesthesia for relief in vaginal area during delivery
What is a pudendal nerve block?
Elevated BP, decreased urine output, visual spots, headache, edema
What is preeclampsia?