NUR 221 Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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How often should breast fed babies be fed? 2 to 3 hours
baby should also breast feed through the night
Two vaccines given during pregnancy Tdap and Flu
How do you contract Hep A Fecal
S/S: Influenza- like symptoms with malaise, fatigue, anorexia, nausea, pruritus fever and upper
right quadrant pain.
HPV Most common viral STI. HPV will NOT affect the fetus.
S/S: Genital warts, cancer, Postcoital bleeding, vaginal discharge
Treatment: Removal of warts and relief of symptoms.
Vaccines available: Cervarix and Gardasil
,Group B strep A normal vaginal flora present in 25% of healthy pregnant women.
Vertical transmission to the newborn during labor and birth is associated with poor pregnancy
outcomes.
You should be screened between 35 to 37 weeks
Treatment: penicillin G right before labor
It is one of the most common causes of Neonatal Sepsis and can cause major respiratory
complications in baby.
HIV HIV positive expectant mothers should take a triple- drug antiviral therapy or a high
active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). This should be starts ASAP.
Hepatitis B inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is
transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluids
s/s: arthritis, lassitude, anorexia, vomitting, headache, fever and mild abdominal pain.
Treatment: HBIG and begin hepatitis B vaccine series.
, pyelonephritis Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney; caused by a bacterial
infection.
chorioamnionitis inflammation of the chorion and amnion
Fetal risk: Pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis, respiratory distress syndrome, periventricular
leukomalacia and cerebral palsy.
Treatment: broad-spectrum antibiotics.
s/s: maternal fever, maternal fetal tachycardia, uterine tenderness, and purulent amniotic fluid
(foul smelling)
PROM (preterm rupture of membranes) membrane rupture before 37 weeks gestation.
caused by weakening of amniotic membranes caused by inflammation, stress from uterine
contractions or other factors, infection of the urogenital tract. GuSH of fluid or slow leak of fluid
from the vagina.
pyelonephritis Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney; caused by bacterial infection.
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How often should breast fed babies be fed? 2 to 3 hours
baby should also breast feed through the night
Two vaccines given during pregnancy Tdap and Flu
How do you contract Hep A Fecal
S/S: Influenza- like symptoms with malaise, fatigue, anorexia, nausea, pruritus fever and upper
right quadrant pain.
HPV Most common viral STI. HPV will NOT affect the fetus.
S/S: Genital warts, cancer, Postcoital bleeding, vaginal discharge
Treatment: Removal of warts and relief of symptoms.
Vaccines available: Cervarix and Gardasil
,Group B strep A normal vaginal flora present in 25% of healthy pregnant women.
Vertical transmission to the newborn during labor and birth is associated with poor pregnancy
outcomes.
You should be screened between 35 to 37 weeks
Treatment: penicillin G right before labor
It is one of the most common causes of Neonatal Sepsis and can cause major respiratory
complications in baby.
HIV HIV positive expectant mothers should take a triple- drug antiviral therapy or a high
active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). This should be starts ASAP.
Hepatitis B inflammation of the liver caused by the hepatitis B virus (HBV), which is
transmitted sexually or by exposure to contaminated blood or body fluids
s/s: arthritis, lassitude, anorexia, vomitting, headache, fever and mild abdominal pain.
Treatment: HBIG and begin hepatitis B vaccine series.
, pyelonephritis Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney; caused by a bacterial
infection.
chorioamnionitis inflammation of the chorion and amnion
Fetal risk: Pneumonia, bacteremia, and meningitis, respiratory distress syndrome, periventricular
leukomalacia and cerebral palsy.
Treatment: broad-spectrum antibiotics.
s/s: maternal fever, maternal fetal tachycardia, uterine tenderness, and purulent amniotic fluid
(foul smelling)
PROM (preterm rupture of membranes) membrane rupture before 37 weeks gestation.
caused by weakening of amniotic membranes caused by inflammation, stress from uterine
contractions or other factors, infection of the urogenital tract. GuSH of fluid or slow leak of fluid
from the vagina.
pyelonephritis Inflammation of the renal pelvis and kidney; caused by bacterial infection.
