Maternity Medications Flashcards
Maternity
Start Contractions - Oxytocin
4 Nclex steps:
1. Stop Pitocin When contractions are____minutes apart.
2 minutes
Maternity
Start Contractions - Oxytocin
4 Nclex steps:
2. Monitor fetal heart rate every___minutes.
15 minutes
Maternity
Start Contractions - Oxytocin
4 Nclex steps:
3. Will_____milk in breast-feeding women.
Release
Maternity
Start Contractions - Oxytocin
4 Nclex steps:
4. This medication is a IV____into mean IV line.
Piggybacked
Maternity
Stop contractions-Terbutaline Sulfate and Ritodrine
2 Nclex tips:
1. Causes ______ in mother and baby.
Tachycardia
Maternity
Stop contractions-Terbutaline Sulfate and Ritodrine
2 Nclex tips:
2. _______ potassium levels.
Decreases
Maternity
Lower BP in preeclampsia- Magnesium Sulfate
4 Nclex tips:
1. This medication___respirations, reflexes, and urine output.
Decreases
Maternity
Lower BP in preeclampsia- Magnesium Sulfate
4 Nclex tips:
1. ______ may be needed to monitor UO.
Foley Catheter
Maternity
Lower BP in preeclampsia- Magnesium Sulfate
4 Nclex tips:
3. Monitor _____ & _____.
Reflexes and respirations
Maternity
Lower BP in preeclampsia- Magnesium Sulfate
4 Nclex tips:
4. Antidote for increased Mag sulfate levels is____.
Calcium gluconate
Maternity
Stops postpartum hemorrhage/bleeding-Ergonovine
2 Nclex tips:
1. Can cause ____tension, ____ cardia, or GI ____.
Hypotension, Bradycardia , G.I. distress
Maternity
Stops postpartum hemorrhage/bleeding-Ergonovine
2 Nclex tips:
2. ________ give with pre eclampsia.
DO NOT GIVE
Maternity
Stops postpartum hemorrhage/bleeding-METHERGINE
3 Nclex tips:
1. _____severe than Ergonovine
Less
Maternity
Stops postpartum hemorrhage/bleeding-METHERGINE
3 Nclex tips:
2. Can cause _____tension! ______ give with pre eclampsia.
Hypertension, DO NOT GIVE
Maternity
Stops postpartum hemorrhage/bleeding-METHERGINE
3 Nclex tips:
3. ________ give before delivery of placenta.
DO NOT
