Labor & Delivery
This refers to the thinning of the cervix during labor.
What is effacement?
This score is assessed at 1 and 5 minutes after birth.
What is the Apgar score?
This describes a uterus that is soft and poorly contracted.
What is a boggy uterus?
This med relaxes the uterus during tachysystole.
What is terbutaline?
This complication presents with dark red bleeding and a board-like uterus.
What is placental abruption?
This method of abdominal palpation helps determine fetal position.
What are Leopold’s Maneuvers?
This newborn condition is due to heat loss and can lead to hypoglycemia.
What is cold stress?
This postpartum complication involves urinary leakage with activity or sudden urge to urinate.
What is postpartum incontinence?
A newborn receives this IM medication to support clotting.
What is Vitamin K?
This emergency occurs when the cord drops below the presenting part.
What is prolapsed umbilical cord?
A fetal station of 0 indicates the fetal head is where?
What is at the ischial spines?
Treatment for jaundice using blue light is called?
What is phototherapy?
The initial stage of postpartum vaginal bleeding is called?
What is lochia rubra?
This antifibrinolytic medication is used to treat postpartum hemorrhage by promoting blood clotting.
What is Tranexamic Acid?
A newborn with a weak cry, nasal flaring, and retractions may have this.
What is respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)?
A patient receiving oxytocin develops contractions with less than 60 seconds of rest. This is called?
What is tachysystole?
This injury can occur from shoulder dystocia and affects the newborn's arm movement.
What is Erb's Palsy?
How much blood loss defines postpartum hemorrhage after vaginal delivery?
What is >500 mL?
This medication is contraindicated in clients with high blood pressure.
What is Methergine?
A newborn with a weak cry, nasal flaring, and retractions may have this.
What is respiratory distress syndrome (RDS)?
This term describes the five critical factors influencing labor and birth.
What are the 5 P's of labor?
This condition involves excessive crying, tremors, and GI upset in a baby born to a drug-using mother.
What is Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome?
This method of contraception relies on exclusive breastfeeding and no return of menses.
What is the Lactational Amenorrhea Method?
This uterotonic medication is used to induce or augment labor and prevent postpartum hemorrhage.
What is Pitocin (Oxytocin)?
This GI condition involves abdominal organs herniating without a covering sac.
What is gastroschisis?