CNUR 303 - Lecture 1 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: Passageway - soft tissues
Answer:
Cervix-effaces (thins) & dilates (opens)
Pelvic floor-muscles assist
Vagina becomes more stretchy, estrogen causes increase mucous, walls increase in
vascularity
to become thickened and it lengthens
Introitus
perineal tissues softens and becomes stretchy
Q: Cervical effacement and dilation
Answer:
Effacement is noted as a percentage and this is very
subjective
100% effaced means the cervix is very short (image C)
,CNUR 303 - Lecture 1 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: Powers
Answer:
Primary powers-Uterine muscles (contracting) which are responsible for:
Effacement
Dilation
Ferguson reflex stimulates receptors on the pelvic floor to release oxytocin which
helps make
strong contractions
Q: Secondary powers-"Pushing"
Answer:
Bearing-down efforts
,CNUR 303 - Lecture 1 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: Position-maternal
Answer:
Affects woman's anatomical and physiological adaptations to labour
Gravity-improve descent
Upright-increase Cardiac Output
Movement
Q: Impacted by maternal or fetal position, culture
Answer:
Q: Psyche (psychological response) Adverse effects: maternal fear and tension
Anxiety-increase pain perception What must the HCP consider?
Answer:
who is their support system, what were her past experiences,
, CNUR 303 - Lecture 1 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: Process of labour
Answer:
Movement of fetus, placenta, and membranes out of the uterus and
through the birth canal
we talk about it in terms of mechanisms and stages
Q: Signs preceding labour
Answer:
Lightening or dropping of baby. When the presenting part moves
into the true pelvis and the fetus puts more pressure on the moms bladder causing her
to have
to pee all the time
Bloody show. Mucous that is brown or tinged. The cervix has shortened and thinned
and
started to dilate, some of the tiny capillaries stretch and bleed a bit.
Latest 2026 Update
Q: Passageway - soft tissues
Answer:
Cervix-effaces (thins) & dilates (opens)
Pelvic floor-muscles assist
Vagina becomes more stretchy, estrogen causes increase mucous, walls increase in
vascularity
to become thickened and it lengthens
Introitus
perineal tissues softens and becomes stretchy
Q: Cervical effacement and dilation
Answer:
Effacement is noted as a percentage and this is very
subjective
100% effaced means the cervix is very short (image C)
,CNUR 303 - Lecture 1 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: Powers
Answer:
Primary powers-Uterine muscles (contracting) which are responsible for:
Effacement
Dilation
Ferguson reflex stimulates receptors on the pelvic floor to release oxytocin which
helps make
strong contractions
Q: Secondary powers-"Pushing"
Answer:
Bearing-down efforts
,CNUR 303 - Lecture 1 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: Position-maternal
Answer:
Affects woman's anatomical and physiological adaptations to labour
Gravity-improve descent
Upright-increase Cardiac Output
Movement
Q: Impacted by maternal or fetal position, culture
Answer:
Q: Psyche (psychological response) Adverse effects: maternal fear and tension
Anxiety-increase pain perception What must the HCP consider?
Answer:
who is their support system, what were her past experiences,
, CNUR 303 - Lecture 1 Questions and Answers with Verified Solutions |
Latest 2026 Update
Q: Process of labour
Answer:
Movement of fetus, placenta, and membranes out of the uterus and
through the birth canal
we talk about it in terms of mechanisms and stages
Q: Signs preceding labour
Answer:
Lightening or dropping of baby. When the presenting part moves
into the true pelvis and the fetus puts more pressure on the moms bladder causing her
to have
to pee all the time
Bloody show. Mucous that is brown or tinged. The cervix has shortened and thinned
and
started to dilate, some of the tiny capillaries stretch and bleed a bit.
