PREPARTUM & PRINCIPLES Flashcards
integral part of nursing education
Clinical experience
prepares student for “doing” & “knowing” clinical principles in
practice.
Clinical experience
occurs during pregnancy and before a mother gives birth.
Prepartum period or prenatal phase
health care that a pregnant woman gets while pregnant.
- Prenatal visits to a health care provider usually include a physical
exam, weight checks, and providing a urine sample.
- Having a healthy pregnancy is one of the best ways to promote a
healthy birth.
- Getting early and regular prenatal care improves the chances of a
healthy pregnancy
prenatal check up
state of having a developing fetus in the woman’s uterus
● starts with fertilization and ends with childbirth
● regular duration is 38-40 weeks
pregnancy
norml duration of pregnancy
38-40 wks
number of pregnancies including the present pregnancy regardless of the outcome and duration.
gravida grvidity
TPAL
(Term, Para, Abortion, Livebirth)
A pregnant woman
gravid
total number of pregnancies that had reached the age of viability (20 weeks, can survive out of womb) whether born dead or alive
parity or para
The earliest age at which a fetus could survive if born at that time
● 20 weeks and above
age of viability
Any pregnancy terminated before the age of viability
● Also termed as “miscarriage”
abortion
woman pregnant for the first time
primigravida
woman completed one pregnancy to age of viability
primipara
woman pregnant 2x or more
multigravida
woman completed 2 or more pregnancies to age of viability
multipara
series of events by which the products of conception are expelled from the woman’s body (37th - 38th week)
labor
four Ps of lbor
Passage - maternal pelvis
Passenger - baby & placenta
Power - of mother to push
Psyche -
uterine ability to contract
power
psychological state of mother during lbor perception
psyche
relationship of the long axis of the fetus to the long axis of the mother
LIE