NSG 3500 - Maternal Exam 2 Galen College of Nursing-Louisville |
UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Question:
Indications for Induction
Answer:
1. Post term pregnancy
2. Gestational HTN
3. Fetal demise
4. PROM
5. Preeclampsia/Eclampsia
6. IUGR
Question:
T or F: Oxytocin is a Cervical Ripening Agent
Answer:
False, cervical ripening agents are used when oxytocin is not
favorable; however, oxytocin may be used after cervical
ripening has occurred to induce labor
Question:
What are the 2 most common cervical ripening agents?
Answer:
1. Prostaglandin E1 (Misoprostol/Cytotek)
2. Prostaglandin E2 (Dinoprostone/Cervidil/Prepidil)
Question:
What are the mechanical methods of cervical ripening?
Answer:
1. Balloon catheter
2. Hydroscopic dilators
3. Amniotomy
, Question:
What is Cervidil?
Answer:
Small plastic insert containing prostaglandin with long string
is placed into the posterior fornix of the vagina
Question:
How long does cervidil remain in the vagina?
Answer:
12 Hours
Question:
What precautions must a patient receiving cervidil follow?
Answer:
1. Stay in bed for first 2 hours (supine or side lying)
2. May get up only for bathroom
3. Stay on monitor
Question:
What do you do if tachysystole/hypersystole occurs in a
patient receiving cervidil?
Answer:
Remove the insert by wrapping fingers in saline soaked gauze
and pull then administer terbutaline
Question:
How can you use a foley to cause mechanical cervical
ripening?
Answer:
Insert the catheter into the intracervical canal to increase
pressure on lower uterine segment
UPDATED Questions with 100% Verified Answers
Question:
Indications for Induction
Answer:
1. Post term pregnancy
2. Gestational HTN
3. Fetal demise
4. PROM
5. Preeclampsia/Eclampsia
6. IUGR
Question:
T or F: Oxytocin is a Cervical Ripening Agent
Answer:
False, cervical ripening agents are used when oxytocin is not
favorable; however, oxytocin may be used after cervical
ripening has occurred to induce labor
Question:
What are the 2 most common cervical ripening agents?
Answer:
1. Prostaglandin E1 (Misoprostol/Cytotek)
2. Prostaglandin E2 (Dinoprostone/Cervidil/Prepidil)
Question:
What are the mechanical methods of cervical ripening?
Answer:
1. Balloon catheter
2. Hydroscopic dilators
3. Amniotomy
, Question:
What is Cervidil?
Answer:
Small plastic insert containing prostaglandin with long string
is placed into the posterior fornix of the vagina
Question:
How long does cervidil remain in the vagina?
Answer:
12 Hours
Question:
What precautions must a patient receiving cervidil follow?
Answer:
1. Stay in bed for first 2 hours (supine or side lying)
2. May get up only for bathroom
3. Stay on monitor
Question:
What do you do if tachysystole/hypersystole occurs in a
patient receiving cervidil?
Answer:
Remove the insert by wrapping fingers in saline soaked gauze
and pull then administer terbutaline
Question:
How can you use a foley to cause mechanical cervical
ripening?
Answer:
Insert the catheter into the intracervical canal to increase
pressure on lower uterine segment
