Labor 101
The stage of labor that starts after delivery of the baby and ends with delivery of the placenta.
What is the third stage of labor.
Non-pharmacological pain interventions include:
What are:
* Effleurage
* Diversion and distraction
* Breathing techniques
* Water immersion/hydrotherapy
Methods of cervical ripening.
What are:
* Use of prostglandins such as misoprostol
* stripping membranes
* use of mechanical dilators such as a cervical ripening balloon
The normal range for fetal heart rate baseline.
What is 110-160
The bluish color of the hands and feet of a newborn when they are otherwise centrally pink.
What is acrocyanosis.
What is amniotomy or artificial rupture of membranes (AROM).
A narcotic that can be given in labor that has a rapid onset and short duration.
What is fentanyl
An intervention often used to reduce the depth of recurrent variable decelerations after rupture of membranes.
What is amnioinfusion (instillation of LR/NS around the baby to cushion the umbilical cord)
The type of monitor needed to measure strength of contractions.
What is an intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC).
Three medications given to the newborn soon after birth.
What are vitamin K, erythromycin, and Hepatitis B Vaccination.
An intense part of labor where the patient may seem more irritable, restless, voicing an inability to continue, and often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and shaking.
What is transition (7-10 cm).
An important nursing intervention following epidural administration.
What is blood pressure measurement.
A medication given to the patient in preterm labor that is meant to help speed up fetal lung maturity.
What is a glucocorticoid (betamethasone or dexamethasone).
The #1 nursing intervention when there is a prolonged, variable, or late decelerations on the monitor.
What is reposition the patient (left or right lateral).
The frequency of vital signs, fundal assessment, and lochia assessment during recovery.
What is every 15 minutes for the 1st hour and every 30 minutes for the 2nd hour.
Contractions that are irregular in nature and do not cause cervical dilation.
What are braxton hicks contractions or false labor.
A type of local anesthetic used to block the nerves that innervate the maternal pelvis.
What is a pudendal block.
What is a hypotonic labor dysfunction.
A benign deceleration that indicates fetal head compression.
What is an early deceleration.
Signs that the bladder is full in the recovery stage of labor.
What is a fundus that is deviated to the right and boggy.
The fetal head in relation to the maternal ischial spines is referred to as.
What is the fetal station.
Often used for cesarean births, this type of block is a one-shot block that quickly numbs the patient from the waist down.
What is a spinal anesthetic (type of regional anesthetic)
The type of uterine incision that would require future pregnancies to be delivered by cesarean section due to an increased risk of uterine rupture.
What is a classical or vertical incision on the uterus.
The measurement from the start of one contraction to the start of the next contraction
What is contraction frequency (often given as a range).
A scoring system used to determine a baby's response to extrauterine life and the need for resuscitation.
What is the APGAR score.