Antipartum
This hormone is responsible for maintaining early pregnancy and is what pregnancy tests detect.
What is hCG?
This stage of labor begins with complete cervical dilation and ends with delivery of the baby.
What is the second stage of labor?
The expected location of the fundus 1 hour after delivery.
What is midline at the umbilicus?
A normal newborn respiratory rate range.
What is 30–60 breaths per minute?
This medication is given to Rh-negative mothers at 28 weeks and postpartum if indicated.
What is Rho(D) immune globulin (RhoGAM)?
A fundal height of 28 cm correlates approximately with this gestational age.
What is 28 weeks gestation?
Variable decelerations are most commonly caused by this.
What is umbilical cord compression?
A boggy uterus indicates this complication.
What is uterine atony?
The most important intervention immediately after birth.
What is dry and stimulate the newborn?
The medication used to prevent seizures in preeclampsia.
What is magnesium sulfate?
A pregnant client at 32 weeks reports painless bright red vaginal bleeding. This condition is suspected.
What is placenta previa?
A reassuring fetal heart rate baseline range is this.
What is 110–160 bpm?
A client saturating a pad in 15 minutes is experiencing this.
What is postpartum hemorrhage?
A bilirubin level that requires phototherapy in a 48-hour old newborn is generally above this approximate level.
What is ~15 mg/dL (varies by age and risk factors)?
The antidote for magnesium toxicity.
What is calcium gluconate?
A client at 34 weeks with severe RUQ pain, headache, and visual disturbances likely has this condition.
What is severe preeclampsia?
After artificial rupture of membranes, the priority assessment is this.
What is assess fetal heart rate?
Sudden shortness of breath and chest pain postpartum may indicate this life-threatening complication.
What is pulmonary embolism?
The first vaccine given to the newborn before discharge.
What is Hepatitis B vaccine?
The expected therapeutic magnesium level range for seizure prophylaxis.
What is 4–7 mEq/L?
The first intervention for a client experiencing a tonic-clonic seizure from eclampsia.
What is turn the client to her side and maintain airway safety?
The antidote for excessive uterine tachysystole from oxytocin infusion.
What is stop oxytocin and administer terbutaline if ordered?
Postpartum blues typically begin and resolve within this timeframe.
What is within the first week and resolves by 2 weeks?
The priority nursing action for a newborn with nasal flaring, grunting, and retractions.
What is initiate oxygen support and notify provider (suspected respiratory distress)?
The medication used to contract the uterus in postpartum hemorrhage that is contraindicated in hypertension.
What is methylergonovine (Methergine)?