Definitions Flashcards
Pregnant woman
Gravida
Woman who has produced a viable or non-viable infant of > 20 weeks gestation
Para
Condition of having carried pregnancy to > 20 weeks gestation
Parity
> 5 deliveries
Grand Multipara
First delivery
Primipara
Length of pregnancy; calculated from a woman’s LMP assuming it was a normal cycle ; this gives us EDC
40 weeks or 280 days
Estimated Date of Confinement ; “due date” ; AKA EDD - Estimated Due Date or Estimated Delivery Date
EDC
First trimester
0-12 weeks
Second trimester
13-27 weeks
Third trimester
28-40 weeks
“Fourth trimester”
first 6 weeks postpartum
Preterm
delivery between 20 and 37 completed weeks of pregnancy
Term
delivery between 38-42 weeks
Post-term
delivery after 42 weeks
Abortion
pregnancy ended before 20 weeks
- Antepartal Period
- Intrapartal Period
- Postpartal Period
- Pregnancy
- L&D
- first 6 weeks
Neonatal Period
up to 28 days of life
1 pound
454 grams
1 ounce
28 grams
1 inch
2.54 centimeters
LBW = low birth weight
< 2500 grams
LGA = large for gestational age
4000 grams and > ( > 90th percentile)
Babies need … calories
108 calories/kg/day
Formula has …. calories
20 calories/ounce
How many ml of fluid baby needs ?
150 ml/kg/day
NICU
neonatal intensive care unit
Care for mothers/neonates without illness or complications
Level I
Intermediate facilities, care for woman with some complex OB problems and neonates with some short term problems
Level II
Care for high risk patients
Level III
RN may not delegate …
- Assessment
- Diagnosis
- Planing
- Evaluation
Brings on or strengthens labor contractions during childbirth. Also used to control bleeding after childbirth, or to induce an abortion.
Oxytocin (Pitocin)
Infant mortality
deaths in infants (<1 year) / 1000 live births (given population)
Maternal mortality
deaths during pregnancy cycle / 100,000 live births
Seizures (convulsions) in a pregnant woman that are not related to a preexisting brain condition.
Eclampsia
Drugs used routinely and safely during pregnancy - acetaminophen, prenatal vitamins
Category B
Drugs that have not been shown to be harmful to fetuses ; there are some reasons to be more concerned
Category C
Drugs that have some significant risks ; used only when alternatives are worse
Category D
Drugs that should not be used during pregnancy
Category X
