Post Partum Assessments
should be midline, near the umbilicus after birth
What is the fundus?
Lay in lateral sims postion with upper knee bent
What is how you assess an episiotomy?
Lower extremity is swollen, red and tender.
What is a possible DVT
A part of a newborn's anatomy where you cannot take a temp
What is a rectal temp?
When a newborn has a heart rate greater than 100, robust cry, active motion, cries when stimulated, color is appropriate for ethnicity.
What is an Apgar score of 10?
A fundus that is not firm or is "boggy"
What is atony?
While performing this activity monitor the lochia
What is fundal massage?
Changing a "saturated" pad more than one an hour
What is notify the provider
The part of a newborn's anatomy they are committed to breathing through.
What is the nose?
What happens during this assessment if the sole of the foot is stroked from heel to toe and the toes fan out.
What is a Babinski reflex?
An activity that naturally increases oxytocin production
What is breastfeeding?
The color of the first flow of blood after birth. Usually lasts 3 or 4 days.
What is Lochia Rubra
Severe headache
Notify provider, possible spinal fluid leak
The bluish discoloration of hands and feet
What is acrocyanosis?
120-160 Beats per minute
What is a normal heart rate for a newborn.
A separation of the rectus abdominis muscles.
What is diastasis recti?
The pink or brown discharge that starts generally 4 days after birth.
What is Lochia serosa
What is possible UTI? Notify provider
The light distribution of downy, fine hair across a newborn's shoulder, back, ears and forehead.
What is Lanugo.
Hands clenched, flexion, adduction of extremities.
What is normal posture for a newborn.
A gentle drawing in of the belly muscles
What is transverse abodominis activation
The discharge color of a post-partum patient that starts after day 10.
What is Lochia alba
Foul odor from post-partum patient's discharge
Notify provider. Probably infection
An area of fibrous tissue over the juncture of the cranial bones. Also called a "soft spot".
What are fontanelles?
Two arteries and one vein
What are the vessels in an umbilical cord?