New born at risk
A baby’s blood type is B negative. The baby is at risk for hemolytic jaundice if the mother has which of the following blood types?
O NEG
While observing the full term newborn's breathing pattern, the pattern should be?
Abdominal with Synchronous chest movements
Which symptom would the nurse expect to observe in a postpartum client with a vaginal hematoma?
pain
When does late postpartum occur ?
Anywhere from 24 hours to 6 weeks after
When does Mastitis, (inflammation of the mammary glands) occur?
Within the first two days to two weeks postpartum
A baby with jaundice needs to go under phototherapy. What important intervention must be done to assure babies safety?
Use protective eye wear while exposed to phototherapy light.
While assessing the newborn, the nurse knows that during the first few minutes after birth, the newborn's heart rate is?
110-160 bpm
A rubella nonimmune, breastfeeding client has just received the rubella vaccine. Which of the following side effects should the nurse warn the client about?
The mother’s joints may become painful and stiff.
What is early postpartum hemorrhage due to?
Uterine Atony
What are the major causes of a thrombus formation?
Venous stasis and hypercoagulation
While in the neonatal nursery, you notice one of the babies begin to grunt. What should be the nurses first assessment?
Assess baby’s respiratory rate
The nurse assessing a newborn understands that the most critical physiologic change that happens in the newborn transitional period is?
Initiation of respirations
The nurse is performing a postpartum assessment on a client who delivered 4 hours ago. The nurse notes a firm uterus at the umbilicus with heavy lochial flow. What would the nurse do?
notify the obstetrician
Name the 5 Ts of hemorrhage causes:
Tone, Tissue, Trauma, Thrombin, Traction
Mention three postpartum emotional disorders
Baby blues, Postpartum depression, Postpartum psychosis
A pregnant mother with gestational diabetes is at risk of having a baby of what size?
Macrosomia
Cardiovascular changes that cause the foramen oval to close at birth are a direct result of?
Increased pressure in the left atrium
The nurse administered RhoGAM to a postpartum patient. Which of the following is the goal of the medication?
Inhibits the mother’s active immune response
What medication should be given if Methylergonovie (Methergine) is not working?
Carboprost (hemabate)
What is Von Willebrand Disease
A congenital bleeding disorder.
A newborn in the (NICU) is showing signs of neonatal abstinence syndrome from a mother who took pharmaceutical opioids throughout her pregnancy. What medication would be given to the newborn to alleviate withdrawals.
Morphine
What may the physician order for a patient in preterm labor that may accelerate the fetal lung maturity?
Corticosteroids
A nurse massages the uterine atony of a woman who delivered 1 hour earlier. The nurse identifies the nursing diagnosis: risk for injury related to uterine atony. Which of the following outcomes indicates that the patients condition has improved?
Moderate lochia flow
What are contraindications for Carboprost(Hemabate) ?
If patient is sensitive to drug or is asthmatic
Thrombi can dislodge and migrate to the lungs causing a what?
Pulmonary Embolism (PE).