Definitions
Medical Terminology
Numbers
What am I assessing?
True or False
100
Mood changes related to rapid alteration in hormone levels after birth.
What is adjustment reaction with depressed mood (or postpartum blues, maternal blues, or baby blues)?
100
A boggy uterus
What is uterine atony?
100
Infant's respiratory rate
What is 30-60 breaths per minute?
100
This blood test is completed 24 hours after birth, if possible, to look for 17 treatable conditions
What is newborn metabolic screening (NMS)?
100
If your patient tells you her breasts feel full you should reply by telling her to alternate between breasts within feeds
What is false
200
A rapid reduction in size and return of uterus to non-pregnant state
What is involution?
200
Breast milk that is high in protein, fat-soluble vitamins, minerals, lactoferrin, and IgA antibodies.
What is colostrum?
200
Axillary temperature of infant
What is 37.4- 37.2 degrees Celsius?
200
I have ten questions and questions are answered on a Likert scale from 0-3.
What is Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale?
200
Sertraline (Zoloft) is safe for breastfeeding mothers
What is true
300
Malformation of the heart or its coronary arteries.
What is a congenital heart defect?
300
Ear infection or inflammation of the middle ear.
What is otitis media?
300
Daily vitamin D requirement
What is 400 IU?
300
Some medical findings that occur neglect, vomiting, fatigue, seizures.
What is shaken baby syndrome?
300
SIDS most often occurs between 6-8 months.
What is false.
400
Placing the baby on the side of the breast used and tucking the baby's body under the arm.
What is the football hold?
400
Ductus that is supposed to close off and become a ligament and force blood to be pumped through the lungs of the baby.
What is a patent ductus arterosis?
400
Time allotted to sending in Registration of Birth after a hospital birth.
What is 10 days?
400
I must stay in this until I am 30kg or 65lbs.
What is a forward-facing car seat?
400
During pregnancy estrogen promotes development of lobules and the alveoli, which are necessary for lactation.
What is false.
500
Occluded posterior nares.
What is choanal atresia?
500
Intestines that pass from abdominal cavity through diaphragm into the thoracic cavity.
What is a diaphragmatic hernia?
500
"on-demand" feeding
What is 8-12 feedings per day?
500
This discharge occurs from day 3 to day 10 after birth.
What is lochia serosa?
500
Mothers with PKU who don't stick to their diet can have infants born with heart defects or microcephaly (small head).
What is true.