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Signs and Symptoms of Labor
Stages of Labor
Process of Delivery
Pain Management Techniques
Nursing Interventions
100

A woman has a burst of energy commonly referred to as

What is Nesting

100
What does dilation refer to?
What is widening of the cervix to allow for the fetal head to pass through the vaginal canal.
100

Infant birth through incision in abdomen

What is a cesarean section?

100
Name an example of non-pharmacological pain relief methods during labor and delivery.
What is aromatherapy, massage, touch, walking, hydrotherapy, music, childbirth classes, deep breathing, meditation, imagery, heat/cold.
100
What is the name of the test performed to determine if the membranes have ruptured?
What is the Fern test or the Nitrazine Paper Test.
200
What is occurring when a woman says that her "water broke?"
What is the fluid sac around the baby breaks, causing a release of fluid to escape the vaginal opening.
200
What is effacement of the cervix?
What is thinning and shortening of the cervix to allow for easier passage of the fetal head during the first stage of labor.
200
What is the most common position for labor and delivery in a hospital setting?
What is lithotomy position.
200
What has been found to be the most important factor for pain control during labor and delivery, according to research?
What is attendance of mother in childbirth preparation classes.
200
What is the MOST important intervention that a nurse can perform during labor and delivery?
What is support for the laboring woman.
300

Frequently expelled before the start of labor

What is the mucus plug

300
What happens during the third stage of labor?
What is delivery of the placenta.
300

Most preferred and common type of presentation

What is cephalic or vertex?

300

Name 3 factors that influence the pain of labor and birth

What is fear & anxiety, culture, prior birth experience, planned vs unplanned, term vs preterm, and fetal demise.

300
When would a nurse initiate skin-to-skin contact?
What is immediately after birth.
400
What is "lightening?"
What is dropping of the fetal head into the lower pelvis. This prepares the fetus for the first stage of labor.
400
What are the names of the three phases during the 1st stage of labor?
What is active, latent, and transitional phases.
400

Name two of the Cardinal Movements

Engagement, internal rotation, extension, external rotation, delivery of anterior shoulder, delivery of posterior shoulder.

400
What is an epidural?
What is a form of anesthesia that is administered to mothers in labor both for vaginal and cesarean births that helps to numb the pain of labor without affecting the mother's ability to push.
400
Name a complication that could occur during the process of labor and delivery that a nurse must monitor for?
What is bleeding, slow progression of labor, appearance of cord, decrease in fetal heart rate.
500
What are the name of the contractions that occur in the prodromal stage of labor?
What is Braxton-Hicks contractions.
500
What occurs during the 4th stage of labor?
What is recovery, return of normal body processes and functions.
500

The four Essential Components of Labor

What is passageway, passenger, powers, and psyche

500
What sensations are blocked by the epidural and which sensations are felt, according to a survey of laboring women?
What is the pain of the contractions and labor is blocked, but the feeling of pressure and compression of the vaginal canal is present.
500
Name two of the four characteristics of uterine contractions that a nurse would assess and document.
What is frequency, intensity, duration, and resting tone.