OB Exam 1 Galen College of Nursing With Correct Answers!!

Rebounding of the floating fetus against the examiners finger. - ✔✔ Ballottement Absence of menstration for 3 or more months in a women who have established menstral cycles. - ✔✔Amenorrhea first fetal movement felt by mother, noticed at 18 -20 weeks - ✔✔ Quickening Number of Pregnancy regardless of duration or outcome - ✔✔ Gravida Development of organs - ✔✔ Organogenesis Subjective symptoms suggesting pregnancy - ✔✔ Presumptive si gns Movement of the presenting parts of the fetus into the true pelvis - ✔✔ Lightening Objective information of pregnancy that can be documented by physical exam and are signs that are most often characteristic of pregnancy - ✔✔ Probable signs Intermittant painless contractions of the uterus observed throughout pregnancy - ✔✔ Braxton hicks contraction Pinkish or darkened streak resulting from stretching of the skin during pregnancy that occur on breast and abdomen - ✔✔ Striae Gravidarum Physical finding that can establish a diagnosis of pregnancy - ✔✔ Positive signs Dark lines of pigmentation that extends from the symphysis pubis to the umbilicus - ✔✔ Linea Nigra Established date of confinement or "due date" - ✔✔ EDC Brownish pigment of the face commonly called "mask of pregnancy" - ✔✔ Chloasma Pregnancy that reaches 37 weeks gestation - ✔✔ term pregnancy Pregnancy before 37 weeks gestation - ✔✔ Preterm pregnancy Number of births after 20 weeks' gestationm whether live or stillborn - ✔✔ Para Condi tion of reduced blood flow to the right atrium when the pregnant women lies in a supine position - ✔✔ Supine hypotension Umbilical cord consists of - ✔✔ 2 arteries and 1 vein Naegele's rule - ✔✔ A method used to determine date of birth taking the first day of the last menstrual period (LMP), subtracting 3 months, and adding 7 days Goodell's sign - ✔✔ Softening of the cervix during pregnancy. Chadwick's sign - ✔✔ A purplish -blue color of the cervix and vagina caused by the increased vascularity are both noted at about 8 wks. 1st trimester - ✔✔ Period of gestation when embryo becomes a fetus, 1 to 12 weeks 2nd trimester - ✔✔ 13-27 weeks/ LMP Weig ht Gain = less than 1 pound per week - Growth is rapid! End- fetus is 35 cm long and weighs about 2 lbs.