MEDICATIONS
Tocolytic used to manage Preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome.
What is Magnesium sulfate?
The nurse notes that the client began her last menses on March 7, 2008. Using Nagele's rule, the nurse estimates the due date to be this.
What is December 14, 2008
Irregular contractions that are felt in the front of the abdomen are often relieved with walking, drinking water, or changing positions.
What is false labor?
The first 2 hours after birth.
What is the 4th stage of labor?
A tool used to evaluate a newborn's physical condition at 1 and 5 minutes after birth.
What is an APGAR score?
Immunoglobulin given to an Rh- mother at 28 wks gestation and again within 72 hours of delivery.
What is Rhogam?
Vitamin nutrient needed in pregnancy to prevent neural tube defects in the developing fetus.
What is folic acid or folate?
The opening of the cervix from 0cm to 10cm is referred to as this.
What is dilation of the cervix?
Exercises that can assist the woman in regaining muscle tone after birth.
What are Kegal exercises?
This typically falls off 10-14 days after delivery.
What is the umbilical cord or stump?
Medication used for the ripening of the cervix and induction of labor.
What is cervidil?
With this condition, hormonal changes lead to decreased tolerance to glucose and increased insulin resistance during pregnancy.
What is gestational diabetes or diabetes in pregnancy?
Priority nursing action for the nurse caring for a patient in active labor showing variable decelerations of the fetal heart rate on the EFM.
What is reposition the patient on their side?
Distention and swelling of the breast tissue that occurs in the first few days after delivery. Is often relieved by heat or cold applications, cabbage leaf compresses, and breast massage.
What is engorgement?
The inability of the liver to conjugate this biproduct of the breakdown of red blood cells leads to this condition.
What is jaundice?
Administered to newborns intramuscularly within 6 hrs of birth to assist with clotting.
What is Vitamin K ?
A pregnancy in which the gestational sac is implanted outside of the uterine cavity.
What is an ectopic pregnancy?
A gradual decrease in the fetal heartrate in which the nadir (lowest point) occurs at the peak of the contraction. Most often seen during the active stage of labor and during pushing.
What is an early deceleration?
The nurse caring for a postpartum patient notes a boggy fundus that is misplaced to the right and the saturation of 2 peri pads in the past hour. The nurse is concerned about what condition.
What is postpartum hemorrhage (PPH)?
This is the position an infant should be put to sleep in.
What is supine?
Medication that can be administered to induce labor but also to prevent postpartum hemorrhage.
What is oxytocin (Pitocin)?
Transfers oxygen, nutrients, and metabolites to the fetus.
What is the function of the placenta?
Indicative of nonreassuring fetal status.
What is a Catagory III FHR pattern?
Symptoms include pain and tenderness in lower extremities, warmth, and pedal edema.
What is a DVT?
An acute inflammatory disease of the GI mucosa, commonly complicated by perforation. More often seen in preterm infants.
What is Necrotizing Entercolitis (NEC)?