Pregnancy Stuff Flashcards
When is RhoGram given?
28 weeks of gestation and within 72hrs after delivery ( given twice )
Do u give RhoGram if the client has a miscarriage ?
Yes, if the pregnancy is >13 weeks
Do u give RhoGram to the infant ?
NO, never or to the father
RHOGam is given to pregnant clients who are RH ___. But who’s babies RH____?
Negative , positive
What are tocolytics?
Drugs given to stop preterm labor
What is the Mnemonic used to remember the four drugs that can be used for preterm labor?
It’s not my time
What drugs do the letters stand for?
Indimethacin (NSAIDs)
Nifedipine (C.C.B)
Magnesium sulfate
Terbutaline
When giving these medications what must you monitor continuously?
Fetal heart rate/maternal vital signs
Magnesium sulfate will decrease____ , _______and ____
Urinary output, deep tendon reflexes , and respirations
if a client is given terbutaline , watch for ____
Tachycardia
What to drugs do you never give to a pregnant client?? Think two QTs say no to OB’s
Quinolones, Tetracylines
The umbilical cord in A newborn has____arteties and ____ vein??
2 arteries, 1 vein
Variable deceleration=
Cord compression
Early deceleration=
Head compression
Accelerations=
Oxygenation is OK
Late decelerations =
Placental insufficiency (bad sign)
To describe fetal heart rate, remember_____
VEAL CHOP
