Hypertensive Disorders
This symptom in preeclampsia indicates liver involvement and worsening disease.
What is epigastric pain?
What is calcium gluconate?
Late decelerations indicate this problem.
What is placental insufficiency?
The priority intervention when a patient is experiencing a postpartum hemorrhage.
What is fundal massage?
What is check blood glucose?
BP of 168/110, P/C Ratio of 0.45 and headache indicates this condition.
What is preeclampsia with severe features?
The priority nursing intervention for recurrent decelerations.
What is reposition patient?
The four Ts of postpartum hemorrhage.
Tone, trauma, tissue, thrombin
Grunting, nasal flaring, and retractions indicate this complication.
What is respiratory distress?
The purpose of magnesium sulfate in preeclampsia is to prevent this complication.
What is seizures?
The nurse's priority intervention when magnesium toxicity is suspected.
This type of variability is reassuring of fetal well-being.
What is moderate variability?
This medication should not be given to a patient with asthma.
What is hemabate?
The nurse's priority action when a sacral dimple is noted.
What is identify the base of the dimple?
A patient is admitted with preeclampsia to be induced. The nurse should implement these seizure precautions.
What are padded side rails, oxygen and suction?
Urinary output less than this amount is concerning for magnesium toxicity.
What is <30cc/hour?
An amnioinfusion can be used to intervene for this type of deceleration.
What are variable decelerations?
This QBL meets postpartum hemorrhage criteria for a vaginal delivery.
What is 1000cc?
These are the five components of an Apgar score.
What are heartrate, respiratory effort, color, tone, reflexes?
The nurse monitors these lab values in preeclampsia because they can indicate HELLP syndrome.
What are liver enzymes and platelets?
Patient education about the purpose magnesium sulfate for preeclampsia.
What is it is a CNS depressant that will help prevent seizures?
A reactive NST must meet these criteria.
What are 15x15 accelerations?
Three interventions to perform during a postpartum hemorrhage.
What are start 2 large bore IVs, fluid bolus, weigh pads, oxygen, give blood, draw labs, give meds
These are potential complications of worsening jaundice that is not treated.
Brain damage, seizures, death