Discomforts
The nurse should advise a pregnant woman to completely avoid these two relaxation amenities because they can cause fetal tachycardia and increase the mother's core temperature.
What are hot tubs and saunas?
The routine, non-invasive imaging method used to visually assess the fetal heartbeat and any malformations.
What is ultrasonography?
The specific permanent sterilization method for females that has a clinical failure rate of 0.5%.
What is a tubal ligation?
This specific daily nutritional supplement is heavily promoted during preconception care to minimize fetal neural tube defects.
What is Folic Acid?
The total number of sequential steps or palpations a nurse performs when executing this full abdominal assessment technique.
What is 4?
To promote optimal circulatory perfusion and prevent severe maternal hypotension, a pregnant woman experiencing minor complaints like back pain, leg cramps, or swollen ankles should be taught to avoid this specific sleeping position.
What is lying flat on her back (supine position)?
This laboratory screening tool requires collecting a urine or blood sample between 24 and 28 weeks of gestation to assess maternal metabolic control.
What is lab testing / screening for gestational diabetes?
The specific long-acting reversible contraceptive method that boasts a highly effective clinical failure rate range of 0.1% to 0.8%
What is an intrauterine implant (IUD/Nexplanon)?
This physical measurement parameter is expected to increase predictably by 1 centimeter per week during routine mid-to-late pregnancy visits
What is the fundal height?
This initial step involves palpating the maternal fundus to determine whether the fetal head or buttocks occupies the upper uterus.
What is the first maneuver?
The maternal hygiene practice a nurse must explicitly instruct a first-trimester patient never to perform.
What is douching?
This specific screening assessment evaluates fetal well-being and the ability of the fetus to handle the physiological stress of labor contractions.
What is a nonstress test?
The standard typical-use failure rate percentage shared equally by oral pills, the transdermal patch, and the vaginal ring.
What is 7%?
This critical universal screening procedure is performed on the pregnant woman between 35 and 37 weeks of gestation to prevent neonatal sepsis during birth.
What is Group B Streptococcus (GBS) screening?
During the second maneuver, the nurse firmly palpates the sides of the abdomen to locate this smooth, hard fetal structure, which helps identify presentation.
What is the fetal back?
This physical symptom involves a tightening or pulling sensation at the top of the uterus during pregnancy, often mistaken for true labor.
What are Braxton Hicks contractions?
The invasive procedure used to directly detect metabolic defects in the fetus.
What is an amniocentesis?
The specific behavioral family planning method that relies solely on the male partner and has an established typical failure rate of 22%.
What is withdrawal (pulling out)?
This essential laboratory test is drawn during the first prenatal visit to determine the mother's blood type and identify if she requires prophylactic Rho(D) immune globulin.
What is an Rh factor (or blood typing) test?
This optimal fetal position, which Leopold maneuvers help identify, features the baby's head down, facing the mother's back, with the fetal back positioned on the mother's left side.
What is Left Occiput Anterior (LOA)?
The nursing intervention for a third trimester patient experiencing sudden, painful lower extremity spasms while resting.
What is dorsiflexing the foot?
This specific continuous screening assessment is used during labor to evaluate the baseline, variability, and patterns of the fetal heart.
What is Electronic Fetal Monitoring (EFM)?
The highly effective, temporary behavioral method that carries a clinical failure rate range of 0.45% to 7.5%.
What is the Lactational Amenorrhea Method (LAM)?
These three non-negotiable proactive lifestyle interventions a nurse must discuss with a patient during preconception care to reduce adverse pregnancy risks.
What are establishing a healthy weight, exercising, and stopping drinking/smoking?
When performing the fourth Leopold maneuver, the nurse slides their hands downward toward the symphysis pubis. If the nurse's hands move together easily without meeting resistance, this specific clinical finding indicates which status of the fetal head?
What is not descended (or not engaged) into the pelvic inlet?