True vs. False Labor
Pain Relief
Management of Care
Fetal Assessment
Miscellaneous
Stages of Labor
100

Contractions stop with comfort measures

What is false labor?

100

Applying ________ relieves muscle ischemia and increases blood flow to the area of discomfort.

What is heat?

100

RN should perform this if a laboring patient reports a sudden need to have a bowel movement.

What is a vaginal exam/cervix check?

100

This is a visually apparent, abrupt onset increase in fetal heart rate and is a sign of fetal well-being.

What is an acceleration?

100

This drug should be kept nearby to treat anesthesia related respiratory distress.

What is naloxone?

100

This stage of labor begins with delivery of the placenta and lasts through the first two hours of recovery.

What is stage four?

200

Contractions are more intense with walking

What is true labor?

200

Used in epidurals, this drug is a potent, short-acting synthetic opioid that has less neonatal and maternal side effects.

What is Fentanyl?

200

This vaccine is standardly given around 27 weeks gestation.

What is Tdap?

200

Visually apparent decrease in fetal heart rate that begins after a contraction.

What is late deceleration?

200

This alternative pain medicine is patient-controlled and delivered via facemask.

What is nitrous oxide?

200

This stage of labor includes laboring down and the active pushing phase.

What is the second stage of labor?

300

Contractions are felt in the back or the abdomen above the umbilicus

What is false labor?

300

This drug should be avoided with opioid dependent patients.

What is nalbuphine?

This one is an agonist-antagonist analgesic and can cause withdrawal symptoms in those with opioid addiction.

300

The nurse knows to assess this with epidural patients before getting them up.

What is bilateral leg movement?

300

Visually apparent change in fetal heart rate that mirrors contractions.

What is/are early decelerations?

300

This stage begins with regular contractions and ends with complete dilation and effacement.

What is the first stage of labor?

400

Contractions start in the back and radiate to the front lower abdomen

What is true labor?

400

This is the fastest, most reliable treatment for a spinal headache.

What is a blood patch?

400

This position uses gravity to help with fetal descent.

What is upright?

400

This is a fetal heart rate baseline that is less than 110 bpm for at least 10 minutes.

What is bradycardia?

400

This stage of labor lasts from the time the baby is born until the delivery of the placenta.

What is the third stage of labor?

500

This is the only true indicator of labor.

What is cervical change?

500

This is a rapid infusion given in preparation for epidural placement.

What is bolus?

A bolus should be given to counteract hypotension caused by epidural placement

500

This is a fetal heart rate baseline greater than 160 bpm for at least 10 minutes.

What is tachycardia?