NUR 2513 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers
premature separation of the placenta
-decreases oxygen and nutrition for fetus
placental abruption
-could cause heavy bleeding
-can lead to emergency delivery via C-section
MORE:
-community based services
-one parent families
-latchkey kids
Current Trends -family mobility
-regionalized health care centers, -domestic violence
-employed mothers
LESS:
Stable home environments & family support
Naegele's Rule add 7 days to LMP, subtract 3 months, add 1 year
Gravida (got pregnant)
Term (TO 39+ weeks)
GTPAL Preterm (PRIOR to 39wks)
Abortions
Living
, Probable sign
*does not confirm pregnancy absence does not rule
it out*
Hegar's sign (softening of
-Detected manually
uterus)
-thought to be caused by hormonal changes
-usually present between 4-6 & 12 weeks gestation
-may be more difficult to perceive in multi parous
women
measurement of the size of the uterus
-Measured from symphysis pubis to the fundus (top) in
cm
fundal height
-useful between 20 to 36 weeks gestation where
distance in cm roughly equals weeks gestation
-20 weeks fundal height will be at umbilicus
Fetal weight below 10th percentile for gestational age
(fetus not growing appropriately)
-placental insufficiency
-fetal factors:chromosomal abn/heart defects
IUGR (intrauterine growth -maternal factors: diet, smoking drug use, some
restriction) diseases
-other reasons:
multiple gestation/genetically small -often associated
with SGA and oligohydramnios
often first suspected by fundal height measurement
Used to prevent an immune response to Rh+ blood in
people with an Rh- blood type
-Given at 26 to 28 weeks gestation -given after
RhoGAM
delivery
-given after pregnancy loss
*only given to RH- mother*
premature separation of the placenta
-decreases oxygen and nutrition for fetus
placental abruption
-could cause heavy bleeding
-can lead to emergency delivery via C-section
MORE:
-community based services
-one parent families
-latchkey kids
Current Trends -family mobility
-regionalized health care centers, -domestic violence
-employed mothers
LESS:
Stable home environments & family support
Naegele's Rule add 7 days to LMP, subtract 3 months, add 1 year
Gravida (got pregnant)
Term (TO 39+ weeks)
GTPAL Preterm (PRIOR to 39wks)
Abortions
Living
, Probable sign
*does not confirm pregnancy absence does not rule
it out*
Hegar's sign (softening of
-Detected manually
uterus)
-thought to be caused by hormonal changes
-usually present between 4-6 & 12 weeks gestation
-may be more difficult to perceive in multi parous
women
measurement of the size of the uterus
-Measured from symphysis pubis to the fundus (top) in
cm
fundal height
-useful between 20 to 36 weeks gestation where
distance in cm roughly equals weeks gestation
-20 weeks fundal height will be at umbilicus
Fetal weight below 10th percentile for gestational age
(fetus not growing appropriately)
-placental insufficiency
-fetal factors:chromosomal abn/heart defects
IUGR (intrauterine growth -maternal factors: diet, smoking drug use, some
restriction) diseases
-other reasons:
multiple gestation/genetically small -often associated
with SGA and oligohydramnios
often first suspected by fundal height measurement
Used to prevent an immune response to Rh+ blood in
people with an Rh- blood type
-Given at 26 to 28 weeks gestation -given after
RhoGAM
delivery
-given after pregnancy loss
*only given to RH- mother*
