Final Ob Flashcards
What is the acronym for post partum assessment?
MABUBBLLEEHHHEAD
M - Mental assessment
How long after birth do they keep you?
Vaginal delivery 2 - 3 days
C section 3 - 4 days
How much blood loss is acceptable with birth? Vaginal and C-section
Vaginal 500 ml
C section 1000 ml
What are the heights of fundus acceptable for day 2, 3, and 4?
Day 1 - umbellicus
Day 2 - 1 cm
Day 3 - 2 cm
Day 4 - 3 cm
How long for the fundus to go back down into the pelvis?
9 - 10 days
A normal uterus will always be what normally?
Midline at the umbilicus and firmly contracted
If the fundus is deviated to left or right it is because what?
The bladder is distended
Anytime uterus is soft or boggy you have to what?
Massage the fundus
What happens if the bladder is distended?
It will displace the uterus and predispose to bleeding
How long does lochia discharge last?
28 days
What are the three different types of lochia discharges?
- Rubra 1 - 3 days
- Serosa 4 - 10 days
- Alba 10 - 28 days
What is lochia?
The vaginal discharge after birth
What are the management for laceration and episotomy for the first 24 hours, then to 48 hours?
- Ice first 24 hours
- Tucks pad and witch hazel
What is the management of hemorrhoids?
Tucks pad and witch hazel
What are the three stages of Rubin adaptation?
- Taking in
- Taking hold
- Letting go
When do we do the APGAR score?
1 minute after birth
What is a normal APGAR score?
8 - 10 but still monitor
What score APGAR can baby go home with mother?
3 consecutive 8 - 10
If baby has APGAR score 4 - 7 what do you do?
Give oxygen and stimulation and go to nursery
If baby has APGAR score 0 - 3 what do you do?
CPR and intubation, baby goes to NICU
What does APGAR stand for? Need to type all 5 words.
- Appearance
- Pulse
- Grimace
- Activity
- Respiration
What is a normal RR for baby?
30 - 60
What is acrocyanosis, is it normal?
It is normal, it is the blue hint of the hands and feet up to one week after birth
What is puerperium? When does it occur?
The fourth trimester of labor, last 6 weeks after birth
After birth how long after can you not have sex?
6 weeks
Is it normal for the WBC to raise after birth?
Yes
What are the postpartum moods?
- Blues
- Depression
- Psychosis
When is the first period of reactivity after birth?
0 - 30 minutes
When is the third phase of reactivity after birth?
2 to 8 hours
What are the four methods that the baby will lose heat from?
- Evaporation
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
What is a normal Blood glucose for a baby?
40 - 60
How many wet diapers per day is normal for an infant?
6 - 8 wet diapers a day
Postpartum mother needs for breast feeding?
500 calories
8 - 10 glasses of fluids per day
How many months minimum should you breastfeed a child?
6 months minimum
Never prop a bottle, true or false?
True
List 5 postpartum complications.
- Hemorrhage
- Infection
- Thromboembolism
- Lacerations
- Emotional complications
The child should be rear facing in car seat until he is blank.
2 years or 20 pounds
Bleeding with trickle means what?
There is laceration
What rate does the uterus descend per day after birth?
1 cm per day
What is the difference between Caput vs cephalohematoma?
- Caput is swelling
- Cephalohematoma is blood collection
How much sleep should the newborn get?
15 to 20 hours a day
What is normal temp in infant?
97.1 to 99.8 F
What is a pulse in infant normal?
110 - 160
What is normal RR in infant?
30 - 60
What is average weight of baby?
6 - 9 pounds
How much weight does infant lose in the first 3 to 4 days after birth?
5 to 10% of its birth weight
After circumcision the baby has to what before discharge?
Use the bathroom, go pee
What are the two types of jaundice?
- Pathological
- Physiological
What causes physiological jaundice? When does it appear?
Dehydration 3 - 4 days
What causes pathological jaundice? When does it happen?
ABO incompatibility, it happens 0 - 24 hours
What is the normal infant bilirubin levels?
0 - 12.9
What are the two treatments of jaundice in infants?
- Phototherapy
- Exchange transfusion
What to remember when you do phototherapy?
Cover eyes and genitalia
Feed
Temp
Bond with mother
What do high levels of oxygen cause in baby?
Blindness
When do lungs start to develop? When are they fully developed?
- Start at 24 weeks
- Fully at 34 weeks
What causes NEC ( necrotizing enterocolitis)
Unclean utensils
Unclean feeding
Apgar checks at what times?
1 min after birth
5 min after birth for 10 min
Fibrobectin test determines
Preterm labor
4 tacolytics
Indomethacin
Nifenadine
Magnesium sulfate
Debutante
Latent phase
0-3 cm
Active phase
4-7 cm
Transition phase
5-10 cm
4 stages of labor
Stage 1. Dilation and effacement
Stage 2. Delivery of baby
Stage 3. Delivery of placenta
Stage 4. Postpartum care
Nursing care for bleeding
6-8 pads in 24 hrs
Change pad every 4 hrs
Large clots
Pad saturated in less than 24 hrs
Rubin adaption
Taking in
Taking hold
Letting go
Pregnancy hormones
Estrogen
Progesterone
Hcg
Hpl
Labor hormones and what they do?
Prostaglandins- softens cervix
Prolactin- milk
Oxytocin- contractions
For laceration or episiotomy?
24 hrs of ice pack
Sits bath
Nitrazie test
Test measures ruptured membranes