Maternity Medication Flashcards
_____ ____ is a tasteless & odorless gas that I mixed with O2 through a mask.
Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous Oxide helps to reduce _____ and causes a feeling of _____ - ______.
anxiety / well-being
Demerol, Butorphanol, Morphine, and Nalbuphine are ______ given in labor.
Narcotics
______ ______ are often used if an incision needs to be made to make the vaginal opening bigger.
Local Anasthetics
Local anesthetics will not relive the pain of ______.
contractions
An ______ is a regional Anesthesia.
epidural
With an epidural a mother is ____ and ____. They should still be able to feel _____/_____ and know when to push.
awake & alert
pressure / contractions
An epidural can ____ the BP rapidly.
drop
Regional Anesthesia or Spinal Block is typically used to control pain during a _____ _____.
C - section
General Anesthesia has a risk of _____ ____ & _____ _____.
respiratory distress / Fetal lethargy
The fetal _____ is how far down the baby is in the birth canal.
station
______ slow contractions.
Tocolytics
_____ & ____ _ _____ are tocolytics.
terbutaline * Mg sulfate (they slow contractions)
_____ stimulate contractions.
Oxytotics
Terbutaline is used for ______ labor.
preterm labor
_____ is a oxytotics.
Oxytocin
Terbutaline also works on ____ ____ receptors.
beta 2 receptors
Name 3 side effects of terbutaline.
- shakiness
- jitteriness
- drowsiness
Mag sulfate is administered ____ ____.
IV slowly
When giving mag - sulfate you should monitor the client for ______.
hypermagnesemia
Some signs of hypermagnesemia are _____, ______ ,& _______ _____.
confusion, dizziness, & decreased reflexes.
When giving oxytocin you need to monitor ______, and the ______.
monitor contractions and the fetus
Oxytocin makes contractions ____ ____.
more painful
Prostaglandins _____ the cervix.
ripen the cervix
Misprostol & Dinoprostone are ______.
Prostoglandins (ripen the cervix)
When giving ______ caution with women who had a prior uterine surgery. It can increase the risk of ____ ____.
Misoprostol / increase the risk of uterine rupture.
Misoprostol doesn’t just induce pregnancy it also is an elective _____ ___.
pregnancy termination
_______ can very slightly increase the risk for amniotic fluid embolism.
dinoprostone
