OB Exam 3 Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass)

OB Exam 3 Practice Questions and Answers (100% Pass) This hormone promotes milk let-down - Answer️️ -Oxytocin This acronym can be used to guide the head-to-toe PP assessment - Answer️️ -Bubble-hee Secretion of milk by the breasts - Answer️️ -Lactation The father or significant other's developing bond with the newborn - Answer️️ -Engrossment These exercises can be used to restore pelvic floor tone and decrease stress urinary incontinence after delivery - Answer️️ -Kegel exercises This shallow bath of room temperature water is used to promote perineal comfort after the first 24 hours PP - Answer️️ -Sitz bath This plastic bottle filled with warm tap water is used to spray the perineal area after each void - Answer️️ -Peribottle Also known as the hormone of pregnancy, the level of this hormone drops with the delivery of the placenta - Answer️️ -Progesterone Relaxation of the uterine muscle which can lead to excessive bleeding or hemorrhage - Answer️️ -Uterine atony ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 26, 2024 6:09 AM 2 How long is the PP period? - Answer️️ -1 year Discharge after birth - Answer️️ -Lochia The process during which the uterus returns to its normal, non pregnant size and condition - Answer️️ -Involution How long should you space your pregnancies out? - Answer️️ -18 months A deep-red mixture of mucus, tissue debris, and blood; has a fleshy odor - Answer️️ -Lochia rubra Pinkish brown; contains leukocytes, tissue, red blood cells, and serous fluid - Answer️️ -Lochia serosa Creamy white or light brown; contains leukocytes, tissue, and reduced fluid content - Answer️️ -Lochia alba If blood collects and forms clots within uterus, fundus rises and becomes boggy - Answer️️ -Uterine atony cut physician makes to enlarge vaginal opening - Answer️️ -Episotomy Tear in vaginal opening during delivery - Answer️️ -Laceration •Level drops with delivery of placenta •Decreased estrogen leads to breast engorgement and postpartum sweating •Non-breastfeeding women: begins to increase by 2 weeks after birth ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 26, 2024 6:09 AM 3 •Breastfeeding women: remains low until frequency decreases - Answer️️ -Estrogen •Level drops with delivery of placenta •Undetectable by 3 days after childbirth •Production reestablished with first period - Answer️️ -Progesterone •Level increases at term •Stimulates milk production •Non-breastfeeding women: level decreases within 2 weeks •Breastfeeding women: infant sucking provides continuous stimulus for release - Answer️️ -Prolactin •Promotes milk let-down •Stimulates the uterus to contract during breastfeeding •Infant sucking provides continuous stimulus for release - Answer️️ - Oxytocin swelling of the breast tissue as a result of an increase in blood and lymph supply as a precursor to lactation - Answer️️ -Engorgement When does engorgement peak? - Answer️️ -3-5 days PP What can cause the uterus to move from midline to the right side of the mother's abdomen? - Answer️️ -Distended bladder ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 26, 2024 6:09 AM 4 For breastfeeding mothers that experience engorgement, you want ____ compressed - Answer️️ -Warm For bottle-feeding mothers that experience engorgement, you want ____ compression - Answer️️ -Cold What is the postpartum period? A. The period from the delivery of the baby to the delivery of the placenta B. The period from the delivery of the baby to discharge from the hospital C. The period from the delivery of the baby to the baby's first birthday D. The period from the delivery of the baby to the return of the reproductive organs to their normal, non-pregnant state - Answer️️ -D Which of the following statements is true about uterine involution? (Select all that apply.) A. Uterine involution is the return of the uterus to a non-pregnant state after childbirth B. Uterine involution takes approximately 5 days C. Uterine involution only happens in mothers who have spontaneous vaginal deliveries D. Uterine involution begins immediately after the delivery