Final Flashcards
Oral contraception if you’re teaching a teenager for birth control how are you gonna start that convo with the teenager?
What parts make you nervous?
What are the most reliable methods of contraception?
IUD
side effects for terbutaline?
Tachycardia
Side effects of methergine and hemabate?
Hypertension
Hemabate: diarrhea
The reason why we give Rhogam and what does it do?
Rh negative mother and Rh positive baby
Prevents antibody formation for mom
If a patient is trying to get pregnant, what would you tell them to monitor temp for ovulation when is the best do it?
In the morning before they get out after bed
Same time everyday
You walk in and pt delivers and its been under a day so you palpate the fundus where is it located?
At the level of the umbilicus
ou walk and she is grand malted, and you palpate fundus and it is shifted to the right, what do you do?
Urinate they have a full bladder
A patient is coming in for a trial labor after a c section what are some things to be careful of? And what can cause it ?
- Uterine rupture
- Pitocin can cause uterine rupture from contraction over 2 minutes long
- Tachysystole
Name some of the things you’re doing for a baby with myelomeningocele?
- Prone position
- Cover with sterile, non adhering and moist saline gauze
- Prevents rupturing and breaking of sac
- Check head circumference for hydrocephalus
you’re walking in and get report and there’s a whole bunch of pts in labor what are we gonna be mindful for with a pt with preeclampsia?
Facial edema
vision changes
headache
epigastric pain
NGN the pt is crowning and getting ready to deliver what movements are we gonna do to help maneuver the baby?
- Flexing legs and bring back (mcRoberts)
- Suprapubic pressure
- Check clavicle and upper extremities
We are doing NST, we want a nst to be what and what does that mean
- Reactive: 2 accels within 20 mins and have 15x15
- Semi fowler position or on their side
- Measures movement
What are the vaccines you can get during pregnancy?
Flu
TDap
NGN: What are some reports for preeclampsia that we are assessing?
- visual disturbances
- I&O
- check their weight
- edema
- DTR
If your discharging someone with mild preeclampsia what are the big things we are gonna teach them?
- low sodium
- drink water (48-64 oz per day)
NST and period of 20 mins there’s no accelerations and minimal variability what do we
call it
nonreactive
If a mom says to you my baby keeps crossing their eyes
It goes away, it is normal
What type of exercise is good during the whole pregnancy and for how long?
Light exercise for 30 minutes, don’t run
What are some signs of endometriosis?
- pelvic pain
- dysmenorrhea
- pain not responsive to NSAID (ibuprofen)
What are some of the thing your going to teach about condom use?
- prevent STI
- no oil based lubricants
- no multiple use
Fibrocystic of the breast is more active and more evident during when?
before menstruation
If a female is going through early menopause what should they be expecting
- hot flashes
- dysmenorrhea
- mood swings
- vaginal dryness with intercourse
You have a pt who you are assessing for possible infection postpartum what are we going to look for?
Odor, temperature, dark discharge
You are walking in pt discharged gave birth a couple hours ago and have a lot of saturated pads what are we gonna do?
Massage the fundus
contraindication for oral contraception
- hypertension
- DVT
- smoking
NGN: you have a preterm pt coming in and are having cramping how do we distinguish from preterm labor and from UTI
UTI - fever
Vaginal discharge - preterm
pelvic pain - both
Prescription for magnesium sulfate what is the normal loading dose for mag and what is the normal maintenance rate for mag what to monitor for?
- Loading: 4
- Maintenance: 2
Monitor respiratory rate, DTR, blood pressure Q15min, I&O, lay on their side
NGN: they come and and suspected of having genital herpes. What is the drug of
choice? What’s expected and unexpected?
drug of choice: Acyclovir
expected:
- open lesions
unexpected:
- fever
You assess induction of labor and finding no cervical change in over 8 hours and
contractions are spaced out what are we gonna do and what do we monitor for?
- Give pitocin
- Monitor for frequency contractions, FHR, cervical change
NGN BOWTIE: You walk in and theres some hemorrhage and we think theres a possibility of subinvolution of the uterus. What are we going to do and monitor?
subinvolution of uterus
action:
- oxytocin
- methergine
monitor:
- fundus
- bleeding
Pt comes in and you’re taking vitals. They are feeling faint and dizzy. What are we going to do?
Take them off of their back and retake the blood pressure
What is one of the possible complications of an IUD
ectopic pregnancy
What is secondary infertility?
A couple who had first baby, but having hard time with second baby
How can pelvic inflammatory disease affect pt who wants to get pregnant in the future?
Scarring and obstruction in the fallopia which prevent egg from migrating down
What is the best way on a breastfeeding pt to dispatch the baby?
Put finger in corner of mouth