Unknown Terms

Question 1

what is gravida?

Answer 1

a person who is pregnant

Question 2

what is Gravidity?

Answer 2

pregnancy (number of times a woman has been pregnant)

Question 3

what is Nulligravida?

Answer 3

a person who has never been pregnant and is not currently pregnant

Question 4

what is Multigravida?

Answer 4

a person who has had two or more pregnancies

Question 4

what is Primigravida?

Answer 4

a person who is pregnant for the first time

Question 5

what is Parity?

Answer 5

the number of pregnancies in which the fetus or fetuses have reached 20 weeks of gestation, not the number of fetuses born. Is not affected by whether the fetus is born alive or is stillborn

Question 6

what is Nullipara?

Answer 6

a person who has not completed a pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses beyond 20 weeks of gestation

Question 7

what is Primipara?

Answer 7

a person who has completed one pregnancy with a fetus or fetuses who have reached 20 weeks of gestation

Question 8

what is Multipara?

Answer 8

a person who has completed two or more pregnancies to 20 weeks of gestation or more

Question 9

what is Viability?

Answer 9

capacity to live outside the uterus

Question 10

what is Preterm?

Answer 10

pregnancy between 20 weeks and 36 weeks 6 days of gestation

Question 11

what is Late preterm?

Answer 11

a pregnancy that has reached between 34 weeks 0 days and 36 weeks 6 days of gestation

Question 12

what is term?

Answer 12

a pregnancy from the beginning of week 7 of gestation to the end of week 40
plus 6 days of gestation

Question 13

what is early term?

Answer 13

a pregnancy between 37 weeks and 38 weeks 6 days

Question 14

what is full term?

Answer 14

a pregnancy between 39 weeks and 40 weeks 6 days

Question 15

what is late term?

Answer 15

a pregnancy in the 41st week

Question 16

what is post term?

Answer 16

a pregnancy after 42 weeks

Question 17

what does the Leopold maneuver help identify?

Answer 17

-number of fetuses
-presenting part
-fetal lie
-fetal attitude
-how much fetus has descended into pelvis
-expected location of point of maximal intensity (PMI) of the FHR (fetal heart rate) on the patients abdomen

Question 18

what is supine hypotension?

Answer 18

decrease in BP when supine, due to the weight of uterus pressing on vena cava and aorta.

Question 19

symptoms of supine hypotension?

Answer 19

pallor, dizziness, faintness, breathlessness, tachycardia, nausea, clammy skin, and sweating

Question 20

what infection is the most threatening to the fetus and newborn?

Answer 20

hep B virus (sti)

Question 21

What is GBS -ve?

Answer 21

part of normal flora in non pregnant patients. GBS infection is associated with severe, early-onset newborn infection resulting from vertical transmission from the birth canal of the infected mother to the newborn during birth.

Question 22

what is effacement?

Answer 22

Effacement means the shortening and thinning of the cervix during the first stage of labour

Question 23

what is cord compression?

Answer 23

interrupts oxygen transfer to the fetus, associated with cesarean births

Question 24

what is cord prolapse?

Answer 24

cord lies below presenting part of the fetus; can be occult (i.e., hidden, invisible) at any time during labor regardless if membranes are ruptured or not. Long cords have the potential to prolapse and amniotomy ( water breaking

Question 25

what is dilation?

Answer 25

Dilation of the cervix is the enlargement or widening of the cervical opening and the cervical canal that occurs once labor has begun

Question 26

what is Occiput posterior position?

Answer 26

position of fetus in pregnancy that can lead to back pain

Question 27

what measures can u suggest to pt to help manage pain or correct fetal positioning?

Answer 27

lateral abdominal stroking, hands and knees position, pelvic rocking, stair climbing, lunges, lateral position