Clinical Quiz 1

Question 1

Cesarean Section

Answer 1

Surgical delivery

Question 2

Quantitative blood loss

Answer 2

used to record blood loss post birth

Question 3

Hemorrhage

Answer 3

Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is an obstetric emergency and the leading cause of maternal mortality. Bleeding is normal but too much is deadly

Question 4

Fundus assessment

Answer 4

Measured from the top of the uterus to bottom; boggy or firm, centered or deviated

Question 5

Lochia

Answer 5

Vaginal discharge after birth (rubra: 1st, red. serosa: 2nd, pinkish brown. alba: yellowish white)

Question 6

Laceration

Answer 6

occur frequently in childbirth and can involve the perineum, labia, vagina and cervix (1-4 degree tears)

Question 7

Episiotomy

Answer 7

a surgical cut made at the opening of the vagina during childbirth, to aid a difficult delivery and prevent rupture of tissues.

Question 8

Urinary retention

Answer 8

Common postpartum

Question 9

Kegel exercise

Answer 9

helps prevents incontinence

Question 10

Sitz bath

Answer 10

Helps w/ perineal pain

Question 11

REEDA scale

Answer 11

tool that assesses the inflammatory process and tissue healing in the perineal trauma. Made up of Redness, edema, eccymosis, drainage, approximation

Question 12

Hand expression

Answer 12

Can relieve engorgement (by releasing some milk to soften your breasts) and help your baby to latch on more easily

Question 13

LMP

Answer 13

last menstral period

Question 14

EDC

Answer 14

expected day of conception

Question 15

antepartum

Answer 15

time b4 labor

Question 16

intrapartum

Answer 16

time during labor

Question 17

gravida

Answer 17

how many total pregnancies

Question 18

para

Answer 18

how many bbs delivered

Question 19

term

Answer 19

pregnancies carried to term

Question 20

Abortion

Answer 20

medically enduced or miscarries

Question 21

effacement

Answer 21

thinning of uterus

Question 22

labor: stage 1

Answer 22

cervical changes to 10 cm

Question 23

labor: stage 2

Answer 23

full dilation to birth baby

Question 24

labor: stage three

Answer 24

birth of baby and placenta

Question 25

heat loss: convection

Answer 25

heat from body surface to cooler ambient air

Question 26

heat loss: radiation

Answer 26

heat from body surface to a cooler, solid surface not indirect contact but in relative proximity

Question 27

heat loss: evaporation

Answer 27

heat loss occurs when a liquid is converted to vapor; heat loss occurs when moisture from the skin is evaporated/vaporized

Question 28

heat loss: conduction

Answer 28

heat loss from body to colder surface directly in contact