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Postpartum Adaptations
Newborn Adaptations
Newborn Care & Feeding
Labor & Delivery
Mixed
100
Two finger-breadths above umbilicus
What assessment finding 12 hours after birth would require further assessment?
100
Lungs and liver
What are the organs that are nonfunctional during fetal life?
100
The yellow crust should not be removed.
What is important teaching regarding the yellow crust has that forms over a circumcision site?
100
Maternal circulating blood volume increases temporarily during contractions
What is the best rationale for assessing maternal vital signs between contractions?
100
A paid, trained labor support person
What is a doula?
200
Postpartum hemorrhage and urinary tract infection
What complication can Postpartal overdistention of the bladder and urinary retention can lead to?
200
Conduction
What method of heat loss can occur if a newborn infant is placed on a cold scale or touched with cold hands?
200
Vastus lateralis muscle
What is the appropriate site for the prophylactic injection of vitamin K ?
200
Respiratory alkalosis.
What can uncontrolled maternal hyperventilation during labor result in?
200
Leboyer
What is the method of childbirth education that includes dimmed lights and reduced noise? (Birth without violence..)
300
A distended bladder.
What should nurse suspect if the fundus is palpated on the right side of the abdomen above the expected level?
300
Chemical, thermal, and mechanical factors.
What factors initiate respirations at birth?
300
Human immunodeficiency virus
What is a maternal condition in which breast-feeding contraindicated?
300
Engagement
What mechanism of labor occurs when the largest diameter of the fetal presenting part passes the pelvic inlet?
300
Effleurage
What is a type of cutaneous stimulation involves massage of the abdomen?
400
Mother Rh-negative, baby Rh-positive
What situation will require Rh0 immune globulin to be ordered postpartum?
400
Not initially synthesized due to a sterile bowel at birth.
What is the reason for administering vitamin K to the infant shortly after birth?
400
Prolactin
What is the hormone necessary for milk production?
400
Increased blood volume.
What is the reason pregnant women can usually tolerate the normal blood loss associated with childbirth?
400
25 to 35 pounds
What is the rexommended weight gain for a normal weight woman during pregnancy?
500
An explanation of the risks of becoming pregnant within 28 days following injection.
What instructions need to be included if rubella vaccine is indicated for a postpartum client?
500
Conjugation of bilirubin.
What is the process in which bilirubin is changed from a fat-soluble product to a water-soluble product?
500
Position the infant so the nipple is far back in the mouth.
What teaching is important in regard to placement in order to prevent trauma to nipple of breast feeding Mom?
500
Cervical dilation and effacement
What event is the best indicator of true labor?
500
Assess the fetal heart rate
What is a priority nursing intervention following an amniotomy?