The 4 P's
Refers to the emotional and mental environments/states around the pregnant woman.
What is the psyche?
Turning the patient to the side should hopefully resolve this type of FHR deceleration.
What is a late deceleration?
SIDS
What is the abbreviation for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome?
The vessels of the umbilical cord.
What has two arteries and one vein?
Used to treat chlamydia infections.
What is amoxicillin?
The size and position of this "P" impact the duration of labor and ease of delivery.
What is the passenger? or "pfetus"
Prevents aspiration during scheduled or planned surgery.
What is NPO?
Post-term
What is the term for delivery after 42 weeks completed gestation?
Potential issue if a nurse feels a "gap" in the palate during an infant assessment.
What is a cleft palate?
Used to treat gardnerella.
What are metronidazole or clindamycin?
This "P" refers to the strength of the uterine activity.
What is the Power?
Placing the patient on the left side relieves this condition caused by pressure of the fetus and uterus on the large blood vessels in the woman's body.
What is supine hypotensive syndrome or aortocaval compression syndrome ?
Before 37 weeks completed gestational age.
What gestational age is considered pre-term?
Initiation and maintenence of respirations.
What is a respiratory priority in the newborn's first day of life?
Used to treat the yeasty beasties.
What is clotrimazole or miconazole?
This "P" refers to the boney structures and soft tissue of the maternal birth canal.
What is the Passage?
This contraction pattern requires an interruption in the contraction frequency.
What is tachysystole.
The abbreviation for a condition that presents as unilateral swelling, redness and pain in a leg.
What is a DVT?
A non-viable pregnancy which appears as a grape-like cluster on ultrasound, which can cause extreme complications for the mother if not diagnosed and treated early.
What is a molar pregnancy?
Used to treat gonorrhea
What is doxycycline or ceftriaxone?
What is the psyche?
This type of OB complication usually requires a c-hyst delivery.
What is a placental accreta?
A pregnancy requiring specialized care due to increased risk to mother or fetus
What is the definition of a high-risk pregnancy?
This assessment finding in a newborn can indicate the possibility of spinal bifida and requires further assessments.
What is a sacral dimple?
Used IM to treat syphillis.
What is Benzathine Penicillin?