Common Conditions
Postpartum hemorrhage is defined as blood loss over ______ mL after vaginal birth.
What is 500 mL?
The REEDA scale is used to assess what?
What is incision or perineal healing?
What should be checked for when assessing the breasts postpartum?
What are size, symmetry, and signs of infection or latch issues?
What should you always ask about when completing postpartum vitals?
What is pain?
Why is it important to ask about cultural postpartum practices?
What is to provide culturally safe and respectful care?
Name the two types of postpartum hemorrhage (PPH)
What are primary (within 24 hours) and secondary (after 24 hours up to 6–12 weeks)?
Which postpartum assessment focuses on swelling, discharge, and sutures?
What is perineum/episiotomy assessment?
Name two signs of mastitis.
What are localized pain/redness and flu-like symptoms?
The three stages of vaginal discharge after birth are called ______.
What are lochia rubra, lochia serosa, and lochia alba?
How can nurses act as connectors in supporting postpartum clients?
What is linking to services, peer groups, and community supports?
What are three key signs of postpartum infection?
What are fever, foul-smelling lochia, and abnormally heavy bleeding?
What is a key education point for patients with hemorrhoids postpartum?
What is to manage with hygiene, diet, soaking in the bath, cream and report worsening pain or swelling?
What technique encourages bonding and regulates baby’s temperature?
What is skin-to-skin contact?
When assessing the fundus, what two key characteristics should be noted?
What are firmness and position (midline or deviated)?
Who often holds an important role in decision-making in some cultures?
What are elders or family members?
Mastitis is an infection of what tissue?
What is the breast tissue?
What kind of infections are treated with antibiotics and wound care?
What are postpartum infections like endometritis or wound infection?
What is attachment
What is the close emotional attachment between the infant and caregiver, often strengthened through skin to skin, eye contact and responsive care
What does “P BBB FLIP HEAT” help remind nurses to assess during the postpartum period?
What are pain, breasts, bladder, bowels, fundus, lochia, incision, perineum, hemorrhoids, edema, attachment, and teaching?
What might be done with the placenta in certain cultural rituals?
What is burial, preservation, or ceremonial use?