QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100%
CORRECT!
, APGAR - ANSWER Appearance (all pink, pink and blue, blue (pale)
Pulse (>100, <100, absent)
Grimace (cough, grimace, no response)
Activity (flexed, flaccid, limp)
Respirations (strong cry, weak cry, absent)
Woman in labor (un-reassuring FHR) - ANSWER (late decels, decreased variability,
fetal bradycardia, etc) Turn pt on Left side, give O2, stop pitocin, Increase IV fluids!
Infant with Spina Bifida - ANSWER Prone so that sac does not rupture
Prolapsed cord - ANSWER Knee to chest or Trendelenburg
oxygen 8 to 10 L
Cleft Lip - ANSWER position on back or in infant seat to prevent trauma to the suture
line. while feeding hold in upright position.
FHR patterns for OB - ANSWER Think VEAL CHOP!
V-variable decels; C- cord compression caused
E-early decels; H- head compression caused
A-accels; O-okay, no problem
L- late decels; P- placental insufficiency, can't fill
what to check with pregnancy - ANSWER Never check the monitor or machine as a first
action. Always assess the patient first. Ex.. listen to fetal heart tones with stethoscope.
Position of the baby by fetal heart sounds - ANSWER Posterior --heard at sides
Anterior---midline by unbilicus and side
Breech- high up in the fundus near umbilicus
Vertex- by the symphysis pubis.
Heroin withdrawal neonate - ANSWER irritable, poor sucking
lead poisoning - ANSWER test at 12 months of age
pt with leukemia may have - ANSWER epistaxis due to low platelets
when a pt comes in and is in active labor - ANSWER first action of nurse is to listen to
fetal heart tones/rate