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MCN(??) Flashcards

1
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Cranial bones of fetal head are:

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2 frontal
2 parietal
2 temporal
1 occipital

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It is a measurement of the diameter of a baby’s developing skull, from one parietal bone to the other.

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Biparietal diameter

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3
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Thin spaces between bones, which aid in molding fetal skull

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Fontanelles

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4
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When hips are flexed; legs and knees extended on the chest.

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Frank breech

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5
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When caring for a newborn several hours after birth, you assess his respiratory rate. In a normal newborn, this would be

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30-60 breaths/min.

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6
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Most ideal type of pelvis for vaginal birth

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Gynecoid Pelvis

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7
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When the intensity of the fundus is hard, firm and rigid almost impossible to indent with fingertips board like fundus. Feels like touching finger to forehead.

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Strong

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__________ involves development involving the ways that the enduring characteristics that differentiate one person from another change over the lifespan.

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Personality Development

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9
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An incision sometimes made to increase the size of the opening of the vagina to allow the baby to pass.

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Episiotomy

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A client has just been transferred to the postpartum unit from labor and delivery. Which of the following nursing care goals is of highest priority?

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The client will have a moderate lochial flow.

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11
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The nurse observes a healthy woman of African descent expressing breast milk into her baby’s eyes. Which of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate at this time?

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Ask the woman about other cultural traditions.

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12
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A woman who is relaxed, aware of and participating in the birth process usually has a shorter less intense labor.

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TRUE

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13
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The approach that suggests that the keys to understanding development are observable behavior and outside stimuli in the environment.

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Behavior Perspective

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14
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A 1-day postpartum woman states, “I think I have a urinary tract infection. have to go to the bathroom all the time? Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

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Obtain an order of urine catheter.

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15
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What are the components of the APGAR score?

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Skin Color

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16
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Which of the following full-term babies requires immediate Intervention?

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Baby with a seesaw breathing

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17
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A mother, who gave birth 5 minutes ago, states that she would like to breastfeed. The baby’s Apgar score is 9/9 Which of the following actions should the nurse perform first?

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Administer the ophthalmic prophylaxis

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18
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The first stage of labor in which regular and increasingly frequent uterine contractions widen the cervix. Contractions occur every 8-10 minutes and last about 30 seconds. Contractions force the head of the fetus against the

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Dilatation and Effacement

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19
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Consists of the pelvic inlet, pelvic cavity, and pelvic outlet, bony canal thru which the infant pass; measurements of true pelvis influence the conduct and progress of labor and delivery.

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True pelvis

20
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Sight overlapping of the cranial bones due to the force of uterine contractions pressing the head against the cervix skull becomes elongated, the shape permits passage to the maternal pelvis.

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Sutures

21
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When the head is still movable above the pelvic inlet on palpitation

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Floating

22
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involves development in which individuals reactions with others and their social relationships grow, change, and remain stable over the course of life

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Social Development

23
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are tightening of the uterine muscles during labor exhibits a wavelike pattern.

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Contraction

24
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A nurse is providing discharge teaching to the parents of a newborn which of the following should be included when teaching the parents how to care for the baby’s umbilical cord?

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Call the doctor if greenish drainage appears.

25
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To check for the presence of Epstein’s pearls, the nurse should assess which part of the neonate’s body?

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Mouth

26
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The distance between the anterior surface of sacral prominence & the anterior surface of the inferior margin of symphysis pubis.

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Diagonal conjugate

27
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True or False: Nurse Elle tried to assess her G6 P4 client, and notes that effacement comes before dilatation

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TRUE

28
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A client is preparing to breastfeed her newborn son in the cross-cradle position. Which of the following actions should the woman make?

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Move the breast towards the mouth of the baby.

29
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Most important landmark of the pelvis. Measures the degree of descent.

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Ischial spine

30
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A mother questions why the ophthalmic medication is given to the baby Which of the following responses by the nurse would be appropriate to make at this time?

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The medicine helps to prevent eye infection

31
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The relationship of the fetal parts to each other

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Fetal Attitude

32
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A neonate has an elevated bilirubin and is slightly jaundiced on day 3 of life. What is the probable reason for these changes?

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Physiological destruction of fetal red blood cells during the extrauterine period.

33
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During a postpartum assessment, the nurse performs a Homan’s sign. Which of the following actions does the nurse perform?

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Dorsiflexes the feet

34
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A nurse must give vitamin K 0.5 mg IM to a newly born baby. Which of the following needles could the nurse safely choose for the injection?

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5/8 inch, 25 gauge

35
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Heat loss in the newborn occurs in four different ways. Which way is an example of radiation heat loss?

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Heat ass from the newborn body indirectly to a cooler surface.

36
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The process in which people understand a new experience in terms of their current stage of cognitive development and existing ways of thinking.

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Assimilation

37
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Routine use of ice packs is not recommended intervention during immediate postpartum

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FALSE

38
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The nursing diagnosis-risk for suffocation-is included in a standard care plan in the neonatal nursery. Which of the following outcome goals should be included in relation to this diagnosis?

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Baby is placed supine for sleep

39
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Refers to traits abilities and capacities that are inherited from one’s parents

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Nature

40
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During a home visit, the nurse assesses a client 2 weeks after delivery, which of the following signs/symptoms should the nurse expect to see?

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Lochia alba

41
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A nurse is performing a postpartum assessment on a newly delivered client. Which of the following actions will the nurse perform? Select all that apply

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Inspect the perineum

42
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Refers to the environmental influences that shape behavior.

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Nurture

43
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You watch a child arranging sugar packets from his meal trays in order of their weight. This activity of conservation is most typical of what age child?

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School-age

44
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Imaginary line that separates the upper or false pelvis from the lower or true pelvis

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Linea terminals

45
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The nurse is teaching the parents of a female baby how to change the baby’s diapers, which of the following should be included in the teaching?

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Always wipe the perineum from front to the back.

46
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The Brazelton Neonatal Behavioural Assessment Scale is the most commonly used tool to determine a newborn’s gestational age

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FALSE

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