OB Nursing Exam 1 questions with correct answers 2023

OB Nursing Exam 1 questions with correct answers 2023Self-Care assuming responsibility for one's own health; may require assertiveness and active role in seeking information Nurse's role in self-care provide information readily and acknowledge a client's right to ask quesitons Culture beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that are accepted by a population, a community, or an individual; learned Ethnicity social identity that is associated with shared behaviors and patterns Enculturation when culture is passed on from generation to generation Acculturation process by which people adapt to a new cultural norm Assimilation when a group completely changes their cultural identity to become part of the majority culture Mucous Plug thick, tenacious mucous, which accumulates and thickens to form and seal the endocervical canal and prevent the ascent of bacteria and other substances into the uterus; expelled when cervical dilation begins Goodell's Sign a probable indication of pregnancy in which the cervix and vagina soften; caused by increased vascularization as a result of hypertrophy and engorgement of the vessels below the growing uterus Chadwick's Sign probable sign of pregnancy in which the cervix and vulva appear blue-purple as a result of increased vascularization Striae stretch marks; a form of scarring of the skin due to sudden weight gain during pregnancy (striae gravidarum); may appear on the abdomen, breasts and thighs Colostrum clear, yellowish, high-protein, antibody-rich liquid secreted by the breasts beginning in the fourth month of pregnancy and continuing until several days after birth Supine Hypotensive Syndrome dizziness and a drop in blood pressure caused when the mother is in a supine position and the weight of the uterus, infant, placenta, and amniotic fluid compress the inferior vena cava, reducing return of blood to the heart and cardiac output Pseudoanemia the apparent anemia that occurs during pregnancy due to rapid expansion of blood volume; false anemia; lowered hematocrit (between 33-46%) as a result of the increase in plasma during pregnancy