Exam 3 Flashcards
1
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1.-4. What are the 4 goals of the CDC’d preconception care for women?
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- Improve knowledge/attitude/behavior related to preconception health
- Assure all childbearing women receive preconception health
- Reduce risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes through interconception interventions
- Reduce disparities in adverse pregnancy outcomes
2
Q
- What are 2 actions that show pregnancy from the healthy/natural perspective?
- What are actions that show pregnancy from an illness perspective:
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- ◦ Active participant in social circle/career
◦ Choose provider with similar view - ◦ Withdraw from work/social obligations
◦ Make unhealthy pregnancy choices, deny pregnancy
3
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- What might affect a pregnant woman’s pre-pregnancy nutrition?
- When is the best moment to educate on nutritional needs in pregnancy?
- What is the rough percentage of anemia in pregnancy?
- Name 5 dietary recommendations for pregnancy:
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- Her financial status and culture.
- before pregnancy
- 50% globally
- well-balanced diet, 8-10 glasses of water daily, Increase protein (70g), Increase vitamins and minerals (Iron 30mg, folic acid 400mcg), adjust fats/carbs for energy
4
Q
- What is recommended weight gain for underweight BMI?
- What is recommended weight gain for normal BMI?
- Overweight?
- Obese?
- How many extra calories should be consumed in 2nd and 3rd trimesters?
- Basal metabolic rate (BMR) increases ..% to ..% by end of pregnancy
- Mother uses …….. for fuel, and fetus uses ……… .
- What happens if there is inadequate weight gain?
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- 28-40lbs
- 25-35 lbs.
- 15-25lbs
- 11-20lbs
- 340/day, and 452/day
- 15% - 20%
- fat, glucose
- low birth weight, and baby small for gestational age
5
Q
- How does fetus eliminate wastes? What are these wastes?
- Name a few common discomforts of pregnancy.
- What do UTI’s possibly indicate?
- What is anticipatory guidance?
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- through placenta. CO2 water and urea
- Urinary frequency, constipation, hemorrhoids, and UTI’s
- UTIs associated with preterm labor
- preventing complications and coping with changes
6
Q
- Early pregnancy: spontaneous fetal movements are ………… .
- The quickening happens when? What can be done after this point to monitor fetal activity?
- How much activity do pregnant women need? Ex:
- What are two benefits of exercise on pregnant women?
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- reflexive
- 16 weeks. kick counts
- 30 min/day of swimming/walking
- uterine tone and lower diabetes risk
7
Q
- Which senses are functioning in the fetus? Which is first, and when?
- What types of emotional changes do pregnant women experience?
- Give an example of the mother ensuring safe passage:
- Give an example of the mother ensuring acceptance of the child:
- The complex process of integrating fetus as part of self but also as separate being (fantasies/nesting) is an example of ………..
- When a mother
examines the meaning of giving, gifts for herself/baby she is ………… .
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- vision, hearing, taste, smell, touch, proprioception, vestibular. Vestibular is first at 25 weeks.
- Progesterone affects mood → focus on child, Increased sensitivity and analysis of experiences, mood swings, Transitioning process to motherhood
- Decides prenatal care options; more protective of self/fetus
- Feeling the receptivity of partner, others
- Binding with her unknown child
- Learning to give of herself
8
Q
- The self-perception and self-concept pattern address which 2 things?
- In which 2 ways can nurses intervene in these issues?
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- accepting of pregnant body image (can be ambivalent, accepting, or yearning for pre-pregnant state).
- Influences in assumming the maternal role. Includes internal (self & maturity level) and external (family & society) influences
- By addressing thinking/self-image issues, and encouraging discussion between woman and partner
9
Q
- How does pregnancy affect the following people: Partner, children, extended family/Grandparents:
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- Partner: Possible resentment, financial stress, potential for abuse, concerns about role
Children: Less attention from parents,
Changed relationship with mother
Extended Family: Reminded of own aging, Feeling of resentment vs new closeness
10
Q
- What are 2 sexual concerns of pregnant women?
- In what 2 ways can nurses help this?
- At which stage(s) of pregnancy do women have the greatest anxiety, and how might this be of danger to the fetus?
- How might a pregnant woman demonstrate her anxiety?
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- Concerns about effect of intercourse on pregnancy, and Potential for sexual dissatisfaction
- Provide accurate information to facilitate intimacy needs during pregnancy, Provide support
- 1st and 3rd trimester. Decreased blood flow to uterus/fetus.
- ◦ Psychosomatic complaints/behaviors, Dreams/fantasies, Smoking/substance abuse
11
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- In what 4 aspects of life do values/beliefs change when pregnant?
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- fulfillment vs losing oneself, shifting in friendships, shifting values between woman and partner, and changes in spiritual values
12
Q
- What does Zika cause?
- Which drugs are unsafe in pregnancy?
- What type of vaccines are not safe for pregnancy?
- Name a few biological risks to pregnancy in the following categories: infections, diseases, and substances:
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- microencephaly.
- environmental agents that cause spontaneous abortions or congenital defects, ex thalidomide
- Unsafe (live viruses): measles, mumps, rubella, polio
- Infections from toxoplasmosis, rubella, herpes, zika, hep b, strep.
Diseases: HIV, substance abuse, RH incompatibility, seizures
Substances: alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine
13
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- Name a few mechanical forces for fetal risk:
- Molds fetus is higher risk for ……………. ……….. . What does it cause?
- What should be taken in to account for safe/welcoming workplace environment for pregnant women?
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- abdominal trauma, car accidents, incorrect seat belt use, molds fetus, birthing process, radiation effect on fetus
- Multiple pregnancies. Congenital hip dislocation.
- family-friendly policies, avoid hazardous substances.
14
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- What are the 3 levels of culture that impact health care delivery?
- What do economics influence?
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- primary - rules known and obeyed by all
- secondary - rules not relayed to outsiders (taboos, rituals)
- visible to outsider (dress, foods, religion)
- prenatal care, employment choices, nutrition, financial stress
15
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- What is the Family Medical Leave Act?
- What types of experiences and perceptions influence the type of care (OBGYN or midwife etc) that women seek?
- T or F, pregnant women are at a higher risk for abuse?
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- provides new parents time off work during the early months of parenthood
- cultural, financial, and geographical
- T