OB Nursing Exam 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions

OB Nursing Exam 1 Study Guide with Complete Solutions Self-Care - Answer️️ -assuming responsibility for one's own health; may require assertiveness and active role in seeking information Nurse's role in self-care - Answer️️ -provide information readily and acknowledge a client's right to ask quesitons Culture - Answer️️ -beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that are accepted by a population, a community, or an individual; learned Ethnicity - Answer️️ -social identity that is associated with shared behaviors and patterns Enculturation - Answer️️ -when culture is passed on from generation to generation Acculturation - Answer️️ -process by which people adapt to a new cultural norm Assimilation - Answer️️ -when a group completely changes their cultural identity to become part of the majority culture Mucous Plug - Answer️️ -thick, tenacious mucous, which accumulates and thickens to form and seal the endocervical canal and prevent the ascent ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 26, 2024 6:09 AM 2 of bacteria and other substances into the uterus; expelled when cervical dilation begins Goodell's Sign - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -probable sign of pregnancy in which the cervix and vulva appear blue-purple as a result of increased vascularization Striae - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -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 - Answer️️ -the apparent anemia that occurs during pregnancy due to rapid expansion of blood volume; false anemia; lowered ©SOPHIABENNETT@ Monday, August 26, 2024 6:09 AM 3 hematocrit (between 33-46%) as a result of the increase in plasma during pregnancy Linea Negra - Answer️️ -line of darker pigmentation extending from the umbilicus to the pubis noted in some women during the later months of pregnancy; caused by increase in estrogen, progesterone, and α-melanocyte stimulating hormone levels Chloasma - Answer️️ -"mask of pregnancy"; an irregular darkening of the cheeks, forehead, and nose; changes are often more obvious in women with darker hair and skin and may be worsened by sun exposure; g