Test 3 Flashcards
Leading cause of maternal morbidity/mortality
Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH)
Blood loss during hemorrhage is usually….
Underestimated
Risk factors for postpartum hemorrhage include…
- Induction
- C/S
- Multiple births
- Over-distension of the uterus
Postpartum hemorrhage in a client who just delivered vaginally is considered blood loss greater than…
500 mL
Postpartum hemorrhage in a client who just delivered by C/S is considered blood loss greater than…
1000 mL
Patients who lose 1 L of blood or more are at risk for developing…
Shock
The three major causes of early PPH are
- Uterine atony
- Lacerations/trauma
- Hematoma
Uterine atony risk factors… (4)
- Overdistention of the uterus
- Dysfunctional or prolonged labor
- Induction/augmentation
- Analgesics/anesthesia
First thing you do with a postpartum hemorrhage…
Fundal massage!
Pitocin, Methergine, and Prostaglandins (carboprost/hemabate) are medications used to treat…
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Why should the nurse avoid giving hemobate to patients with asthma?
Can cause bronchospasms
Biggest difference between laceration bleeding and hemorrhage is…
Fundal firmness! (Fundus will be firm and contracted if laceration bleeding)
A patient complaining of persistent perineal/rectal pain after delivering may be experiencing…
Hematoma (s/s are subtle, be aware of any small complaint)
Nursing interventions for a postpartum hematoma…
Cold compress (decreases swelling and discomfort)
Major cause of late PPH
Retained placental fragments
Normally, it should take no longer than…. to deliver the placenta
30 minutes
An abnormal placental adherence that does NOT involve the muscle is known as…
Accreta
An abnormal placental adherence that DOES involve the muscle (usually bladder wall) is known as…
Percreta
A patient presents postpartum with a fever of 101 that started 24 hours after her delivery and has lasted for 2 days. She is exhibiting signs of…
Puerperal Infection
Signs/symptoms of a localized (wound) puerperal infection include…
- Redness of skin edges
- Edema
- Firmness of wound
- Tenderness
- May have purulent drainage
Signs/symptoms of a generalized puerperal infection may include…
- Fever, Chills
- Malaise, Lethargy
- Foul or purluent lochia
- Uterine tenderness
- Cramping, abdominal pain
- Subinvolution
- Increased WBC count
An extended infection that includes the connective tissue of the broad ligament is known as…
Parametritis (Pelvic cellulitis) - If left untreated can turn into peritonitis
An inflammatory infection of the breast
Mastitis
A major risk factor for mastitis is…
Sore, cracked nipples (portal of entry for bacteria)
Signs/symptoms of mastitis include…
- Sudden onset of flulike symtpoms (fever, chills, body ache, HA, malaise)
- Localized pain/tenderness
- Hot, reddened area
A women experiencing mastitis should continue breast feeding. True or False?
True (want to promote frequent emptying)
Treatment for mastitis includes…
- Antibiotics and analgesics
- Warm compresses before feeding
- Frequent nursing and good breast support
- Rest
- Fluids and nutrition**
Major defining characteristic that distinguishes baby blues for postpartum depression
Baby blues resolves by day 10
Signs/symptoms of postpartum depression get… overtime
Worse (onset and progression may be gradual)
The onset of postpartum psychosis is usually within…
3 months (1st 3-6 weeks)
Major predisposing factors to postpartum depression are…
- Prenatal depression and/or anxiety
2. A history of depression
Important education to women and their partners after delivery…
Difference between baby blues and postpartum depression (and when to seek professional help)
Any loss or neonatal death up to 1 month of age
Perinatal loss
A preterm infant is defined as…
Any infant born prior to 38 weeks that is physically and neurologically appropriate for the assessed gestational age
Physical signs/symptoms of a preterm infant include…
- Decreased muscle tone
- Thin skin and low fat
- Absent plantar creases (before 32 weeks)
- Flat nipples
- Vernix and lanugo
- Flat and pliable pinna of ear
- Easily exhausted with a weak cry
- Increased respiratory efforts (due to decreased levels of surfactant)
- Increased risk for hypothermia
Most accurate way of determining gestational age
Physical assessment
Signs/symptoms of pain in a newborn
- Changes in HR
- Increased respiration
- Decreased O2 saturation
- Grimace and rigidity
Failure of the newborn to establish continuous respiratory effort
Perinatal asphxia
Nursing management: Resuscitation
Mild degree of respiratory distress
Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN)
Nursing management: Supportive
Inhalation of meconium stool from amniotic fluid that occurs inutero and may be a possible cause of intrauterine distress
Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
Nursing managment: Intensive care situation
Insufficient production of surfactant that can be caused by a stressful intrauterine environment
Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)
At risk infants for the development of RDS are..
- Pre-term
- Asphyxia
- Diabetic babies (insulin disrupts pulmonary maturation)
The signs/symptoms of RDS…
Present within 1 hour, worsen over 48-72 hours, and can result in the reopening of the ductus (return to fetal circulation)
Management of RDS includes…
- Use of exogenous surfactant
- Oxygen and ventilation
- Correcting the metabolic and respiratory acidosis
- Suctioning
- Thermoregulation
Difference between respiratory distress syndrome and respiratory distress
Syndrome lasts longer
Visual impairment of preterm infants that results from hemorrhage to fragile vessels leading to scarring/retinal detachment
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
ROP can be caused by…
- HIGH*/low O2
- Acidosis
- Prolonged ventilation
- Sepsis and shock
Serious intestinal infection in preterm infants that can be caused by sepsis, polycythemia, maternal cocaine use, hypoxia, or shock
Necrotizing Entercolitis (NEC)
Signs/Symptoms of NEC include…
- Lethargy
- Poor feeding, decreased BS
- Abdominal distention
- Bloody stools
- Apnea, bradycardia
- X-ray verification of free air in the abdomen
Management of an infant with NEC includes…
- Bowel rest (TPN)
- Antibiotics
- Respiratory monitoring
- Gastric decompression
Number 1 nursing intervention for parents of a preterm infant…
Encourage parental attachment
An infant that is small for gestational age (SGA) will weigh less than…
2500g (5lb8oz)
Complications for a SGA infant include…
- Asphyxia
- Hypoglycemia
- Inadequate thermoregulation
- Polycythemia
- Altered nutrition
An infant that is large for gestational age (LGA) will weigh more than…
4000g (8lb13oz)
Complication for a LGA infant include…
- Hypoglycemia
- Birth trauma/injuries (shoulder dystocia, fractures of clavicle or skull, brachial plexus, facial nerve injury)
- Seizures
- Bruising
Why do postterm infants have an increased rate of mortality?
Decreased placental functioning
Development of polycythemia in a newborn is due to..
Poor intrauterine oxygenation (fetus produces more erythrocytes to compensate)
Distinguishing feature between pathological and physiological jaundice is…
Time of onset (pathological jaundice appears in the 1st 24 hours)
Bilirubin levels in a newborn are monitored related to…
Age
Bilirubin encephalopathy
Kernicterus
Testing of maternal blood during pregnancy for antibodies against fetal blood
Indirect Coombs
Cord blood testing
Direct Coombs
Rh negative mothers are given RhoGAM within 72 hours of delivering a Rh positive baby because…
it will halt antibody formation for future pregnancies
Neonatal infection (Sepsis Neonatorum) is more commonly caused by…
GBS and E.Coli