Antepartum
During a prenatal visit, a person is laying on their back on the examination table. They suddenly complain of dizziness and feeling faint. What is the most appropriate response of the nurse?
What is turn the patient to their left side?
The time between the beginning of one contraction and the beginning of the next.
What is the frequency of contractions?
This connection between mother and fetus has two arteries that carry blood away from the fetus and one vein that carries blood to the fetus, which is covered by Wharton's Jelly.
What is the Umbilical Cord
Tachycardia is the first sign of what type of shock?
What is hypovolemic shock?
Two hours after a vaginal delivery with an epidural, the nurse determines that the mother's bladder is full. what is the most appropriate nursing action?
What is helps her to the bathroom if movement and sensation have returned?
Identical twins result when?
What are the two fetuses that develop from a single fertilized ovum?
What phase allows the fetus to receive adequate oxygen between contractions?
What is the relaxation phase?
What complication is more likely for a newborn of a diabetic mother within the first few hours after birth?
What is low blood glucose levels?
A newborn is assessed by the nurse and notices sternal and chest retractions, who should the nurse notify?
Who is the pediatrician?
What is the most appropriate way to prevent deep vein thrombosis in a postpartum patient?
What encourages her to walk several times a day?
A frustrated patient in labor has been affected by decreased uterine muscle tone and reports, "My doctor won't induce my labor because of some silly score. He said my score was a 4." What is the lowest Bishop score the patient should have before induction?
What is 6?
What is the term that describes the infant not in cephalic position but where the feet are positioned to come out first?
What is footling presentation?
Convection, radiation, conduction, and evaporation are terms relating to what?
What is thermoregulation?
A newborn is being observed for withdrawal symptoms because the mother admitted to using opioids during her pregnancy. The newborn is excessively sneezing and appears to have body tremors. How should the nurse interpret these signs and symptoms?
What are the manifestations of neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) or Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)
The nurse assesses a boggy uterus that is deviated to the side. What should the nurse's next assessment be?
What is the fullness of the bladder?
A pregnant patient is complaining of vaginal bleeding and back pain. What are these symptoms indicative of?
What is abruptio placenta?
What stage of labor is the birth of the infant?
What is the second stage of labor?
Pressure on the right side of the heart falls, and the lungs become fully inflated, leaving little resistance to blood flow. When this occurs, what closes?
What is the foramen ovale?
Excess levels of bilirubin in the blood is called?
What is hyperbilirubinemia?
Parents are worried about dark areas that look like bruising over the sacrum of the newborn. What does the nurse explain this skin discoloration is called?
What is Mongolian Spots?
What information does this tell the nurse?
G3 T1 P1 A1 L2
What is 3 pregnancies, 1 term, 1 preterm, 1 abortion, 2 living?
What are the 4 major factors that interact during normal childbirth?
What are the 4 P's, Powers, Passageway, Passenger, and Psyche
What does each letter in the APGAR score represent?
What is Appearance (skin color), Pulse (heart rate), Grimace (reflexes), Activity (muscle tone), Respiration (breathing)
The shunt that allows blood to bypass the liver and flow directly into the inferior vena cava is called what?
What is the ductus venosus?
Although the nurse has massaged the uterus every 15 minutes, it remains flaccid, and the patient continues to pass large clots. What does the nurse recognize these signs indicate?
What is uterine atony?