NURS 1230 OB EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | NURS 1230 OB
EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Cold stress leads to - ANS ✔✔Metabolic acidosis= death of infant
Bilirubin is - ANS ✔✔Dead RBCs
Difference between physiologic jaundice and pathological jaundice - ANS ✔✔Physiologic is over 3 days
Pathological is w/in 24 hours
Pathetical jaundice - ANS ✔✔Combs protein on RBCs, Coombs + means they are more likely to develop
patho jaundice
DVT labs drawn - ANS ✔✔PT, PTT, INR
Predisposing factors for DVT - ANS ✔✔C-section, diabetes, obesity, smoking, varicose veins
Which postpartum factors cause more after pain - ANS ✔✔Multipara (G5,G6,7), any huge baby
(macrosoma)
Mastitis signs and symptoms - ANS ✔✔Wedge hardness, warm to touch, pain, fever, chills
Normal blood loss during vaginal delivery - ANS ✔✔500 mL
When do you test for REEDA - ANS ✔✔After episiotomy or c section
What is REEDA - ANS ✔✔redness, edema, ecchymosis, drainage, approximation
Which hormone controls lactation - ANS ✔✔Oxytocin = let down reflex
What does prolactin do - ANS ✔✔suppresses ovulation
3rd degree laceration - ANS ✔✔Extends through skin, muscle, perineum to sphincter muscle
Pitocin after delivery is used for - ANS ✔✔Preventing hemorrhage, it contracts the uterus down
What does BUBBLE HE stand for? - ANS ✔✔B-Breast U-Uterus, B-Bowel, B-Bladder, L-Lochia, E-
Episiotomy, H-Homan's Sign & hemorrhoids, E-Emotion
What should you look for when examining the U (BUBBLE-HE) - ANS ✔✔Uterus- relationship of fundus
to umbilicus, firm not boggy, midline, if it's off to the right it is bc of a full bladder= can lead to
hemorrhage
How long should you use ice on perineum for - ANS ✔✔24 hours bc swelling after that means
somethings wrong
EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE & PRACTICE TEST 2026/2027
Cold stress leads to - ANS ✔✔Metabolic acidosis= death of infant
Bilirubin is - ANS ✔✔Dead RBCs
Difference between physiologic jaundice and pathological jaundice - ANS ✔✔Physiologic is over 3 days
Pathological is w/in 24 hours
Pathetical jaundice - ANS ✔✔Combs protein on RBCs, Coombs + means they are more likely to develop
patho jaundice
DVT labs drawn - ANS ✔✔PT, PTT, INR
Predisposing factors for DVT - ANS ✔✔C-section, diabetes, obesity, smoking, varicose veins
Which postpartum factors cause more after pain - ANS ✔✔Multipara (G5,G6,7), any huge baby
(macrosoma)
Mastitis signs and symptoms - ANS ✔✔Wedge hardness, warm to touch, pain, fever, chills
Normal blood loss during vaginal delivery - ANS ✔✔500 mL
When do you test for REEDA - ANS ✔✔After episiotomy or c section
What is REEDA - ANS ✔✔redness, edema, ecchymosis, drainage, approximation
Which hormone controls lactation - ANS ✔✔Oxytocin = let down reflex
What does prolactin do - ANS ✔✔suppresses ovulation
3rd degree laceration - ANS ✔✔Extends through skin, muscle, perineum to sphincter muscle
Pitocin after delivery is used for - ANS ✔✔Preventing hemorrhage, it contracts the uterus down
What does BUBBLE HE stand for? - ANS ✔✔B-Breast U-Uterus, B-Bowel, B-Bladder, L-Lochia, E-
Episiotomy, H-Homan's Sign & hemorrhoids, E-Emotion
What should you look for when examining the U (BUBBLE-HE) - ANS ✔✔Uterus- relationship of fundus
to umbilicus, firm not boggy, midline, if it's off to the right it is bc of a full bladder= can lead to
hemorrhage
How long should you use ice on perineum for - ANS ✔✔24 hours bc swelling after that means
somethings wrong
