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Intro to Maternal Child Flashcards

1
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Does the US lag behind rest of world in maternal/child mortality?

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yes

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what are causes of child mortality?

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low birth weight, education, antiseptic

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how is government involved?

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beginning of state programs for women and children

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Family-Centered Maternity Care

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safe, quality care which began to focus on the whole family

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goal of maternal/child health

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meet the needs of the family unit

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Birth Centers

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need to be a low-risk pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Not only are these free standing facilities but they also provide women’s health care for non-pregnant women by delivering annual checks and family planning counseling

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Preconception counseling - women

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  • lower child mortality - Talk to men/women about conception long before you even think about it - What healthy choices do I need to make before I have a baby?
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Preconception counseling - men

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  • smoking effects sperm - Alcohol causes FAS, used to think that it was only Mom - Congenital defect, can it be changed prior to conception
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Home birth

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  • Facilitate family bonding - Once health of mom and baby are secured work on bonding - Really want Mom/Dad to go skin to skin right away to start bonding process
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home birth cons

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  • Client should have a low risk pregnancy - Certified midwife must have a DR backup - What is the time from home to hospital in the event of an emergency? - less support
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why is there less support for home birth?

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  • no nurses are available to provide maternal or infant care - Midwife is busy with mom
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home birth pros

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  • Keeps families together in their own environment - Facilitates family bonding
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Is it ok to have family in room?

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ok as long as they don’t impede bonding

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what happened when we sent mothers home shortly after giving birth?

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  • Postpartum infection when moms were sent home early - Insurance companies backed off on sending Moms home so early
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How were children viewed in the earlier history of the United States?

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  • Slow to respond to the health care needs of children despite early studies on children. - Late 19th century strives were being made to decrease childhood mortality. - Discovery of vaccine, public health practices, child labor laws, etc
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Current Healthcare Trends

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  • Cost containment-managed care, HMO, PPO - Home care - Health Insurance - Healthcare Assistance Programs
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Healthcare Assistance Programs

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  • WIC - Healthy Start - March of Dimes
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Maternal mortality

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  • 12.1 per 100,000 live births for all women - 30.5 for African American women - 8.7 for white women
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Infant mortality

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6.8 per 1000 live births

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Childhood mortality

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ages 1-19

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Morbidity

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ratio of sick to well person per 1000 people

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Ethical Issues

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  • abortion - Elective abortion - Mandated contraception - Fetal injury - Fetal therapy - Infertility treatment - Child Health Nursing - Cessation of treatment/terminate life support
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Abortion

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  • don’t comment - give facts - take care of people - If someone asks what you think about it - just provide information
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Elective abortion

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  • not our job to punish or criticize - must put views aside and take care of patient - Just provide info
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Mandated contraception

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  • See with mentally ill/handicapped (1950s) - Not our place to judge - Be supportive - Court ordered
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court ordered contraception…

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  • children repeatedly taken away - alcohol/drug abuse
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Fetal injury

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  • mom tries to abort fetus on own - Chemical impairment
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Fetal therapy

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surgical interventions

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Infertility treatment

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If you are infertile is it right to use tissue made in a lab

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Child Health Nursing

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  • Public health/Home health - Try to keep kids with parents
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31
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Cessation of treatment/terminate life support

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mom or baby

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Societal Issues

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  • cycle of poverty - homelessness - access to health care - prenatal care - Medicaid - violence - adoption
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cycle of poverty

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  • can it be broken - poor parenting - can someone rise above
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access to health care

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  • hopefully it gets better
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prenatal care

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  • advocate for everyone
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36
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medicaid

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help someone sign up

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37
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violence

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  • not always men/women - could be parent/kids and kids/parents
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adoption

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  • always a choice - talk openly with parents
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legal issues

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  • Nurse Practice Act - Standard of Care - Accountability - Malpractice - Documentation
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Nurse Practice Act

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  • what does it say - std of care for women/child
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std of care

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what is acceptable and what is not

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accountability

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  • highest place of malpractice (especially OB) - family practice shies away from delivering babies now because they always got sued
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malpractice

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Informed consent, competence, full disclosure, information, consent, refusal of care

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44
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documentation

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most important part of nurse’s job

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45
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Role of nurse

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  • care provider - teacher - collaborator - researcher - advocate - manager
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care provider

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direct care to patient

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teacher

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  • education to promote health, prenatal care, and newborn care - extremely important, enormous amount of information to get to mom in a short time - have a plan to get information out
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Collaborator

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Lab, Doctor, OR staff, court

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Researcher

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apply research to practice

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Advocate

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  • humanize and personalize care - Baby taken by court
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Manager

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delegate tasks and coordinate care

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Advanced Practice Nurses

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  • Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM) - Nurse Practitioner-primary care - Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)-not primary care
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Certified Nurse-Midwives (CNM)

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  • provide complete care in uncomplicated pregnancies, during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum - prescribes meds
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Nurse Practitioner-primary care

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  • No deliveries - Yearly visit - Prescribes meds
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Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)-not primary care

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  • Masters - Find specialty they want to work in (wound, ostomy) - Can prescribe wound methods but not meds
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Family Issues

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  • Types of families - High risk families - Cultural influences - Religious influences - Parenting styles
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Types of families

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  • traditional, nontraditional, single-parent, blended, adoptive, multigenerational, same-sex, and communal - whatever the patient says it is
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High risk families

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Social and physical

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Cultural influences

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  • be open - why is it there? - is it hurting anyone? - leave if there is no harm
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Religious influences

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  • female circumcision - virginal in arranged marriages - African tribes and mediterranean
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parenting styles

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  • this is what the parent would like to happen - distinct wants
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Mother’s ovum

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X chromosome

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Father’s sperm

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X or Y chromosome

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XX

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female

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65
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XY

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male

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66
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when is genetic sex determined?

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conception

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67
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Sexually undifferentiated

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even though sex is determined at conception, the reproductive systems of males/females is similar for the first 6 weeks

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Sexually differentiation at 12 weeks

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  • 7th week internal organs begin differentiating - 9th week external organs begin differentiating - 12th week sexually differentiation is about complete
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69
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are sex glands active during infancy and childhood?

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no

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70
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when do sex organs become functional?

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puberty

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71
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average age of menstruating

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9 yrs old

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72
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what cause girls to menstruate early?

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hormones that they ingest

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puberty

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period of life when the body experiences a growth spurt, the reproductive organs develop to adult size and function

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74
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when does sexual development begin?

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conception

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75
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is sexual development active during childhood?

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no

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76
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what does the hypothalamus produce to begin puberty?

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gonadotropin-releasing hormone

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77
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when do sex organs become fully functional?

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during the phase of puberty

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78
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are girls born with all the eggs they will ever have?

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yes

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79
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menarche

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1st menstrual period

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80
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menses

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normal flow of blood and tissue during menstruation

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Menopause

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normal cessation of menstrual function that usually occurs in the 5th or 6th decade of life; the final menstrual period

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do you need to use birth control during pre-menopause?

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yes

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83
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do men make sperm every day?

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yes

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84
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when does sperm count begin to decrease?

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when they are in their 60s

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female changes in puberty

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  • breast - pelvis - body hair - growth spurt - external genitalia and reproductive organs - early menstrual cycles irregular
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female changes in puberty - breast

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first visible signs of change, nipples and areola protrude from enlargement, glandular and ductal tissue develops and fat deposits begin

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female changes in puberty - pelvis

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widens, hips become rounder/contoured from fat deposits, and becomes favorable for childbirth

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female changes in puberty - body hair

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pubic and axillary develop; becomes thicker with maturation, and varies among ethnic groups

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female changes in puberty - growth spurt

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Growth and changes begins and ends earlier than in males

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female changes in puberty - external genitalia and reproductive organs

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grow larger, vaginal mucosa changes, menstrual cycle begins

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amenorrhea

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absence of menstruation or first period has not begun

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male puberty changes

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  • testes - penis - nocturnal emissions - body hair - increased muscle mass - skeletal growth - voice changes
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male puberty changes - testes

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Growth of testes (first) between 10 – 17 years of age

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male puberty changes - penis

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Penis lengthening and growth begins about 1 year after testicular growth begins

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male puberty changes - nocturnal emissions

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“wet dreams” common in adolescence, often during dreams of sexual content

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male puberty changes - body hair

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○ pubic hair begins at base of penis, axillary hair growth begins in about 2 years, facial changes from fine downy texture to the male beard, increased growth of chest and back hair. Amounts of hair growth varies in ethnic groups.

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male puberty changes - increased muscle mass

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cause by testosterone (50% more than female at maturity)

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male puberty changes - skeletal growth

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longer growth spurts than girls resulting in great height

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male puberty changes - voice changes

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caused by enlargement of the larynx and hypertrophy of the laryngeal mucosa

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spermatogenesis

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formation of male gametes (sperm) in the testes

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climacteric

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woman’s ability to reproduce decreases over a period of years; physical/emotional changes that occur at the end of the reproductive period

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perimenopause

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the time from onset of symptoms associated with climacteric until at least 1 year after the last menstrual period

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female reproductive anatomy

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  • mons pubis - Labia majora and minora - clitoris - vestibule - external vulva - hymen - perineum
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mons pubis

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  • Protection, soft cushion over pubic, protect fetus
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clitoris

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Sexual pleasure

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106
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Vestibule

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  • structures enclosed by labia minora - urinary meatus - vaginal introitus - ducts of skene - bartholin glands
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External “vulva”

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  • mons pubis - labia majora - labia minora - clitoris - vestibule
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hymen

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  • thin fold of mucosa partially separating the vagina from the vestibule - should be there until 4, 5 or 6 years old - might be asked if hymen is intact if sexual abuse is suspected
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Perineum

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  • fibrous and muscular tissue supporting the pelvic structures - distal portion of vulva to the superior part of rectum - below vaginal opening to opening of rectum
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female reproductive anatomy - internal

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  • vagina
  • uterus
  • fallopian tubes
  • ovaris
  • cervix
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uterus

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  • Should not have a septum
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112
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Bicornate uterus

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  • septum down middle of uterus
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113
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fallopian tubes

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might have more than two

pathway between ovary and uterus

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oviduct

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fallopian tube

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cilia

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hairlike process that beat rhythmically toward the uterus to propel ovum through the tube

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fallopian tubes - division

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  • interstial
  • isthmus
  • ampulla
  • infundibulum
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fallopian tube - interstitial

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runs into the uterine cavity and lies within the uterine wall

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fallopian tube - isthmus

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narrow part of the tube adjacent to the uterus

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fallopian tube - ampulla

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wider area of the tube lateral to the isthmus, where fertilization occurs

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fallopian tube - infundibulum

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-shaped terminal end of the wide funnel-shaped

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ovaries

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  • Produce estrogen and progesterone
  • Produce an ovum with each cycle
  • FSH is released (develops ovum) and LH continues process, egg released by ovary, into fallopian tube and brought into uterus
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dysfunctional cycle

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ovum is not release

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cervix

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  • External os
  • Cervical canal
  • Internal os
124
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external os

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  • opening of cervix
  • papsmear should not be done here
125
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where should papsmear be done?

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cervical canal

126
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Endometrial biopsy

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  • catheter has to go through internal os and be in uterus
  • this procedure may hurt
127
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internal os

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  • sterile
  • tight opening
  • will feel more resistance here when inserting cath
  • opening to uterus
128
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where is iud placed?

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  • uterus
  • string should protrude from external os
  • can wander but that is not common
129
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Round and broad ligament

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  • no problems in non-pregnant
  • pregnant get intense pains in abdomen when sit/stand, usually towards end of pregnancy
  • may come in thinking they are in labor but if everything is ok it is probably the round/broad ligament
130
Q

does the uterus lay on the bladder?

131
Q

why do women get urinary infection?

A
  • Short distance between meatus and anus is why women get urinary tract infection
  • Bacteria in GI tract
132
Q

do you see urinary tract infection in men?

A
  • not usually in men under 50 yrs
  • more common in men over 50 yrs but is a sign of concern
133
Q

what does a urinary tract infection in a man signify?

A
  • usually something more serious
  • have add’l tests
  • could be a sign of bladder or prostrate cancer
134
Q

support structures of female reproductive organs

A
  • pelvis
  • muscles
  • ligaments
  • blood supply
  • nerve supply
135
Q

female breast

A
  • nipple
  • areola
  • montgomery tubercle
  • alveoli
136
Q

nipple

A

small raised area at center of breast

137
Q

Areola

A

circular area around nipple

138
Q

Montgomery tubercle

A
  • small raised areas in areola
  • Keeps nipple soft
  • Secrete in women if they are going to nurse
139
Q

Alveoli

A

secreting cells/produce milk

140
Q

what is the most common length of the female reproductive cycle?

141
Q

what two things happen at the same time during the reproductive cycle?

A

ovarian and endometrial cycles

142
Q

what directly influences the endometrial cycle to happen?

A

ovarian cycle

143
Q

will the endometrial cycle have a dysfunction if the ovarian cycle does?

144
Q

Corpus luteum

A

is the place on ovary where that particular ovum is growing; job to secrete high amount of progesterone, if conceived need high levels of progesterone to make pregnancy successful; if conception doesn’t occur the corpus luteum decreases secretion of progesterone

145
Q

what are the phases of the ovarian cycle?

A
  • Follicular phase
  • Ovulatory phase
  • Luteal phase
146
Q

Follicular phase

A
  • Days 1 - 14
  • Decrease in estrogen and progesterone just before menstruation stimulates FSH and LH
  • One follicle matures first
147
Q

ovulatory phase

A
  • 2 days before ovulation
  • FSH and LH rise, slight decrease in estrogen, progesterone increase
  • Ovulation occurs could be anywhere between 12 – 15 days; usually day 13 & 14
  • Release of mature ovum
148
Q

why is there a change in cervical mucus during ovulatory phase?

A

helps sperm get to where it needs to be

149
Q

Luteal phase

A
  • from ovulation to end of cycle
  • single most important phase
  • corpus luteum
  • need it to last 13/14 days
150
Q

corpus luteum

A
  • is the place on ovary where that particular ovum grew and was release
  • the left over/collapsed follicle remains and secretes high amount of progesterone
  • if conception occurs need high levels of progesterone to make pregnancy successful
  • if conception doesn’t occur the corpus luteum decreases secretion of progesterone
151
Q

what happens if luteal phase is only 9 days long?

A

ovum gets to uterus too early

152
Q

what happens is luteal phase lasts 17/18 days?

A

endometrial phase has started to slough

153
Q

why may progesterone shots be given during ovarian cycle - luteal phase?

A

to support possible pregnancy

154
Q

why would you give cholmid?

A

shorten luteal phase

155
Q

what are the phases of the endometrial cycle?

A
  • Proliferative phase
  • Secretory phase
  • Menstrual phase
156
Q

Proliferative phase

A
  • Days 1-14
  • Ovum is now matured and secretes estrogen
  • Rebuild, becomes thicker, prepare for conception
157
Q
  1. Secretory phase
A
  • Near the end of ovulation phase; second half of ovarian cycle
  • Increase of estrogen and progesterone from corpus luteum
  • Progesterone stimulates enrichment of endometrium, very thick and nourished
  • Strong enough to hold product of conception
158
Q

Menstrual phase

A
  • No conception leads to menstrual phase
  • Necrotic areas of endometrium begin to separate from basal layers resulting in menstruation
  • Blends into early start of next phase
159
Q

how long does menstruation last?

A

typically 5 days

160
Q

is it possible to conceive during menstruation?

A

yes; this shows that conception not the problem but the length of the cycles are

161
Q

external male reproductive organs

A
  • penis
  • testes
162
Q

penis

A
  • delivers sperm to sperm to vagina
  • carries urine from bladder to exterior during urination
    *
163
Q

Scrotum

A

holds testicles

164
Q

will heat applied to scrotum kill sperm?

165
Q

internal male reproductive organs

A
  • testes
  • Epididymis/Vas deferens
  • 3 glands - Seminal vesicles, prostate, bulbourethral
166
Q

testes

A
  • produces sperm
  • billions of sperm are made each day
167
Q

epididymis

A
  • Sperm travel from the seminiferous tubules to the epididymis via the rete testis
  • storage and final maturation of sperm
  • Contains smooth muscle
  • Empties into vas deferens then into pelvis to penis
168
Q

vas deferens

A
  • epididymus empties int vans deferens
  • lareger # of sperm are stored here then the epididymis
  • lead to pelvis where it joins the ejactulatory duct
169
Q

3 glands of male reproductive organs

A
  • Seminal vesicles, prostate, bulbourethral glands
  • Active in mfg of sperm
  • Add something to semen to make sperm conducive for conception
170
Q

Prostrate gland

A
  • Starts to get bigger as you age
  • Hard to urinate
  • Urinary tract infections start to occur
171
Q

STD - men

A
  • start infection in urethra
  • urethritis
  • infection may continue to extend along urethra
172
Q

do you use heat to treat std?

A

no; heat on scrotum can cause infertility

173
Q

circumsision

A
  • Remove foreskin of penis
  • Personal choice made by parents
  • Don’t advocate one way over the other
174
Q

parts of penis

A

Root, shaft, and glans penis

175
Q

Prepuce

A

foreskin that covers the glans penis

176
Q

what is the function of seminal vesicles, prostrate, and bulbourethral glands?

A
  • nourish sperm
  • transport sperm
  • protect sperm
  • enhance sperm motility
177
Q

health promotion tests for females

A
  • Breast Self-Exam (BSE)
  • Clinical Breast Exam (CBE)
  • Mammography
  • Vulvular Self-Exam
  • Pelvic Exam
  • Pap Test
178
Q

Breast Self-Exam (BSE)

A
  • Most lumps are found by partner
  • Recommendations differ between agencies
  • Should be done monthly
179
Q

Clinical Breast Exam (CBE)

A
  • Depends on your history
  • Frequencey varies
180
Q

Mammography

A
  • Baseline at 40 yr
  • Every few years after that
  • 45 to 50 - eavery year
181
Q

Vulvular Self-Exam

A
  • Look for lesions or sores
  • Vulvular cancer is rare but requires radical surgery
182
Q

Pap Test

A
  • depends on history
  • 2 to every 3 years
183
Q

Health Promotion Tests for Males

A
  • Breast Self-Exam (BSE)
  • Clinical Breast Exam (CBE)
  • Testicular Self-Exam (TSE)
  • Clinical Testicular Exam
  • Prostate Exam
  • PSA blood test
184
Q

Breast Self-Exam (BSE) - men

A
  • 10% of breast cancers are in men
  • Should be done monthly
185
Q

Clinical Breast Exam (CBE) - male

A

Yearly to every three years

186
Q

Testicular Self-Exam (TSE)

A
  • Should be done monthly
  • 15 to 30 years old - highest incidence of testicular cancer
  • Feeling should be smooth, same shape; round, slide between fingers without feeling anything that is rough tender or firm
187
Q

Clinical Testicular Exam

A

once per year

188
Q

Prostate Exam

A
  • Base at 40 years
  • Yearly at age 50
189
Q

PSA blood test

A
  • Screening for prostrate cancer
  • Becomes elevated when there is cancer
  • PSA is normal no reason to do biopsy
  • PSA is elevated reason to do biopsy
  • Self test is good for man who will follow up on positive results
190
Q

Family Planning

A

choosing the time to have children

191
Q

Fertility

A
  • capable of bearing offspring
  • 90% of women who do not use contraceptive should conceive within one year
192
Q

Infertility

A
  • not able to get pregnant for one year
  • will look at infertility in couples that are older sooner
193
Q

Primary infertility

A

has never conceived together

194
Q

Secondary infertility

A

conceived at least one time before

195
Q

What is the nurses role in family planning or contraceptive care?

A
  • Teacher, educator, advocate, listener
  • No right to give advice
196
Q

Informed consent

197
Q

What do you need to think about when choosing a contraceptive method?

A
  • Safety
  • Sexually Transmissible Diseases
  • Effectiveness
  • Acceptability
  • Convenience
  • Education needed
  • Side effects
  • Benefits
  • Spontaneity
  • Availability
  • Expense
  • Preference
  • Religion/Personal Belief
  • Culture
198
Q

contraceptive method - safety

A

based on current medical condition and family history

199
Q

contraceptive method - STDs

A

abstinence, condom; iud increases std

200
Q

contraceptive method - effectiveness

A

is it ok to get pregnant

201
Q

contraceptive method - acceptability

A

religion, cultural, their feelings

202
Q

contraceptive method - education needed

A

difference in talking with age levels

203
Q

contraceptive method - Convenience

A
  • if it is percceivedto be difficult to use there is less compliance
  • desired to avoid menstruation
204
Q

contraceptive methods - side effects

A

what can they tolerate

205
Q

how many high school students report being sexually active?

206
Q

adolescent preganancy often occurs from…

A
  • Knowledge/Misinformation
  • Risk-Taking Behavior
207
Q

how would you counsel adolescents about sexuality?

A

be nonjudgemental

208
Q

are perimenopausal women able to get pregnant?

209
Q

perimenopause

A

one year prior to menopause

210
Q

menopause

A

after 12 consectutive months of not having a period

211
Q

can ovulation continue through perimenopause and menopause?

212
Q

perimenopausal women are less likely to conceive but more likely to…

A

experience an unintended pregnancy

213
Q

Said to be safe from pregnancy if no menses for…

A

at least two years in the menopausal woman

214
Q

Methods of Contraception

A
  • Sterilization
  • Hormonal Contraceptives
  • Intrauterine devices
  • Barrier methods
  • Natural Family Planning Methods
215
Q

sterilization

A
  • 99% effective
  • Female=Tubal ligation
  • Male=Vasectomy
216
Q

Male=Vasectomy

A
  • semen sample – need to be zero sperm (6wks/18 ejaculations)
  • use back up until no sperm in semen
217
Q

Female=Tubal ligation

A

use contraceptive for one month

218
Q

Hormonal Contraceptives

A
  • effective as user
  • 97-99% effective
  • Don’t like weight gain, nausea, trial and error with dosing
  • Not made for women over 35 and those who smoke
219
Q

types of hormonal contraceptives

A
  • Hormone implant - norplant
  • Hormone injections - Depo provera
  • Oral contraceptives
  • Transdermal Patch
  • Vaginal Ring
  • Postcoital emergency contraceptives
220
Q

Intrauterine devices

A
  • not the best choice for someone who has never been pregnant
  • in a non-pregnant cervix, trouble putting them in, may puncture cervical canal
  • post-partum mom must be 6 wk, no problem with nursing
221
Q

types of barrier methods

A

chemical and mechanical

222
Q

is the barrier method good for women over 35 years?

223
Q

Chemical barriers - barrier method

A
  • foam, gels, creams
  • effectiveness 80-85%
  • effectiveness with use of condom 99%
224
Q

Mechanical barriers - barrier method

A
  • condom
  • diaphragm
  • cervical cap
225
Q

Diaphragm - mechanical barrier

A
  • sized to fit, used with spermicide
  • If female gain/lose weight need to be refitted
  • check for holes, new one every year
  • in place 6 to 8 hours
226
Q

Cervical cap - mechanical barrier

A
  • smaller than diaphragm
  • in place 6 to 8 hours
227
Q

Natural Family Planning Methods

A
  • Calendar
  • Basal Body Temperature
  • Cervical Mucus/Ovulation
  • Symptothermal Method
228
Q

why would someone use natural family planning?

A
  • not invasive
  • learn to ready your body
229
Q

Calendar - natutal family planning

A
  • plot out dates
  • avoid intercourse on days your think ovulation occurs
  • sperm lives for 72 hours
230
Q

Basal Body Temperature - natural family planning

A
  • take temp everyday
  • first part of phase temp is about the same each day; close to ovulation see a significant drop and then a rise (at least one degree) at ovulation/not a safe time for intercourse; and then the temp stays the same
231
Q

Cervical Mucus/Ovulation - natural family planning

A

stretchy and thin ovulation is close/occurring

232
Q

Symptothermal Method - natural family planning

A

combine Calendar, Basal Body Temperature and Cervical Mucus/Ovulation

233
Q

what are other methods of contraception?

A
  • Abstinence
  • Breastfeeding
  • Coitus Interruptus
234
Q

Breastfeeding - contraceptive method

A
  • most don’t ovulate but never know when you will ovulate
  • do not use as protection
235
Q

Coitus Interruptus - contraceptive method

A
  • Withdrawal
  • 80% effective
236
Q

infertility factors in men

A
  • Sperm abnormalities
  • Abnormal erections
  • Abnormal ejaculation
  • Abnormal seminal fluid
237
Q

Sperm abnormalities - infertility factor

A
  • Abnormal sperm might be a sign of a genetic disorders
  • Double heads/tails
  • Disfigured
  • Slow activity, low #
238
Q

where would you refer a male with low # of sperm but everything else was fine?

239
Q

where would you refer a male with low # and slow activity of sperm?

240
Q

Abnormal erections - infertility factor

A
  • Impotence
  • Peryronie’s
  • Vericocele
  • Spermatocele
241
Q

Peryronie’s

A

scar tissue along length of penis, painful

242
Q

Vericocele

A

varicose veins in scrotum, changes temp and destroys sperm

243
Q

Spermatocele

A

cyst near at the head of epididymis

244
Q

Abnormal ejaculation - infertility factor in men

A
  • Hypospadius
  • Epispadius
  • May have normal sperm count but it doesn’t get where it needs to
245
Q

Hypospadius

A

opening under side of penis

246
Q

Epispadius

A

opening on top of penis

247
Q

Abnormal seminal fluid - infertility factor in men

A
  • Cloudy, clumps, made consistency different
  • WBC - infection - treat to see if it can be cleared up; can take up to a few mos to treat
248
Q

where might you refer someone who has cloudy, clumpy, or abnormal consistency of seminal fluid?

249
Q

infertility factors - women

A
  • Ovulation disorders
  • Abnormalities of fallopian tubes
  • Cervical abnormalities
  • Repeated pregnancy loss
  • Infections
250
Q

Ovulation disorders - infertility factor in women

A
  • Has partial or no female organs - confirm with ultra sound
  • Majority are just poor ovulation patterns
251
Q

how long would you take basal body temp for to help diagnose ovulation disorders?

252
Q

ovulation disorders - treatment

A
  • Clomid
  • Pergenol
  • Depo provera or progesterone (oral or IM
253
Q

Clomid

A

force to ovulate; make cycle more regular, DR needs to look at cycle, force to ovulate, side effect - possibility of multiple birth - typically twins; warm, acne

254
Q

Pergenol

A

higher incidence of mult. Births - triplets, quads, quints etc….; if you use these meds are you ok with mult. births

255
Q

Depo provera or progesterone (oral or IM)

A

may use to induce period in order to give clomid on a certain day

256
Q

Abnormalities of fallopian tubes - infertily factor in women

A
  • Ovulates ok, partner ok
  • Are they there, are they open
  • Blocked tubes, evaluate to see if it is possible to open them
257
Q

Hysterosalpinogram

A
  • air or dye through to see if tubes are open
  • sometimes this opens tubes
258
Q

what is a possible treatment for abnormal fallopian tubes?

A
  • Invitro
  • if tubes are block and ovulate is ok and partner is ok
  • just cant get ovum to go down the tube
259
Q

Cervical abnormalities - infertility factor in women

A
  • Multiple cervix, can be common to have up to 3, only one goes somewhere others are “blind”
  • Excessive/lack of mucus - mucus helps sperm get where they need to be, might be allergy related
260
Q

Post coital test

A
  • Plan to have intercourse no later than 2 hours before appt
  • Physician put speculum in, will gather fluid from vaginal vault and look at slide
  • If sperm is dead; it means she has hostile cervix/mucus
  • Antihistamines may help - UCLA research study
261
Q

what are possible ways to treat cervical abnormalities?

A
  • Be supportive and help patients through process
  • Artificial insemination
  • Cervical stenosis
262
Q

why would artifical insemination be a good treatment for an abnormal cervix?

A
  • use partners semen and deliver it to the right place
  • man brings in semen sample
  • take semen and inject it into women
263
Q

Cervical stenosis

A
  • Significant menstrual cramps
  • Very small opening of cervix
  • Dilate cervix to get it large enough to allow sperm through
264
Q

Repeated pregnancy loss - infertility factor in women

A
  • Habitual abortion
  • Incompetent cervix
  • DES
  • Fibroids
  • Endocrine abnormalities
  • Immune
  • Exposure to toxin
265
Q

Habitual abortion

A

3 or more miscarriages

266
Q

why would you save fetal tissue from miscarriage?

A

test for chromosomal abnormalities, genetic counseling

267
Q

incompetent cervix - repeated pregnancy loss

A
  • cervix starts to open at about 12 weeks
  • Look at length of cervix, + pregnancy test
  • go in every week, if cervix gets shorter, dr will perform cerclage (stitch up cervix)
  • depending upon how pregnancy is going will determine when stiches will be taken out
268
Q

cerclage

A

stitch up cervix

269
Q

DES - repeated pregnancy loss

A
  • drug used to treat prostrate cancer
  • gave to women in 1950s - 1960s
  • generation that was born from DES mothers, saw abnormalities in female children
  • now seeing problems in the children’s children both girls/boys
270
Q

Fibroids - repeated pregnancy loss

A
  • benign tumors
  • starts to grow because of pregnancy hormones
  • crowds out baby
271
Q

Endocrine abnormalities - repeated pregnancy loss

A

endocrinology issues

272
Q

Immune - repeated pregnancy loss

A
  • may refer to immunologist
  • may have autoimmune disorder
  • women react to fetus - reject fetus
  • blood disorder - treat with levonex/heparin
273
Q

Exposure to toxin - repeated pregnancy loss

A
  • radiation
  • alcohol
  • Accutane (med for acne)
  • lead
  • mercury
  • toxic substance
274
Q

Infections - infertility issues in women

A
  • Chroic low grade infection
  • Endometritis
275
Q

what is the most common cause of infertility in women?

A

luteal phase of ovarian cycle is too short

276
Q

Evaluation of Infertility

A
  • Counseling
  • History and Physical
  • Diagnostic Tests
  • Therapies
277
Q

therapies - evaluation of infertility

A
  • Meds
  • Ovulation induction
  • Surgical procedures
  • Therapeutic insemination
  • Egg donation
  • Surrogate parenting
  • Advanced techniques
278
Q

in-vitro fertilization (IVF)

A

harvest her eggs and his sperm, re-implant

279
Q

GIFT

A

retrieve ova and sperm in her tubes

280
Q

ZIFT

A

fertilize ova outside body and implant in tube and make down to uterus

281
Q

ICSI

A

fertilize 3 or more ova and implant at least 3

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