Potpourri
Newborns should be placed in what position to sleep?
What is on their backs?
Approximate location of uterus at 20 weeks
What is the umbilicus?
1st true labor contraction to complete dilation.
What is stage I of labor?
Happens to a mother's pulse after delivery.
What is bradycardia? (Or lower HR)
The name of the bluish birth mark often seen on a newborn sacrum
What is a mongolian spot?
Contraction of muscle fibers after delivery which causes uterus to go back to normal size
What is involution?
Occurs in some pregnant women when rising from a lying position to standing position quickly.
What is orthostatic hypotension?
First line drug used to control bleeding after delivery.
What is pitocin?
What blood pressure finding would possibly indicate a PPH?
What is decreased BP
The name of the white coating found on a newborns skin
What is vernix?
After rupture of fluids, what is the nursing priority?
What is listen to fetal heart tones?
What stage of labor focuses on the stabilization of the infant
What is the second?
What is the priority intervention for decreased FHR due to cord compression?
What is reposition the patient?
What day would a PP women's uterus be expected to be 2 cm below the umbilicus?
What is day 2?
Newborns should receive this medication to prevent contracting chlamydia and gonorrhea during birth?
What is erythromycin?
The scoring system for newborns immediately after birth is called?
What is APGAR?
S/S of respiratory distress in newborns?
What are nasal flaring, retractions, and grunting?
Variability that increases from baseline 6-25 BPM is called what?
What is moderate?
Name at least 3 danger signs after delivery.
What is fever, foul-smelling lochia, large blood clots, severe h/a, visual changes, high BP, calf pain, etc
What are the priority interventions immediately after birth on a stable newborn?
What are dying and stimulating?
What type of lochia is expected after birth?
What is moderate rubra?
The medication given to newborns to help with absent clotting factors is called?
What is vitamin K?
What are at least 3 interventions for late decelerations.
What is 1) reposition, 2) stop pitocin, 3) O2 at 8-10 L/min via facemask, 4) increase IV fluids
What are least 3 interventions for breast engorgement in breast feeding woman.
What is 1) frequent emptying, 2) warm showers, 3) warm compresses, 4) cold compresses between feedings
What are priority education tips for a patient who will be bottle feeding?
What are pacing, volume, and burping?