OB-Maternity Exam Updated questions and answers graded A 2024

Rubella (German Measles) - communicable childhood disease most likely to affect pregnancy and harmful to fetus thyroid gland increases in size - BMR (basal metabolic rate. increases in a prenatal patient because? causes decreased oxygenation to the fetus - why is smoking bad for a pregnant woman Eastern European-Jewish - a condition known as Tay-Sachs disease is common among what heritage ambivalence - What is not unusual for a woman to feel in her 1st trimester Kegel exercises - Exercise that is beneficial in pregnancy to help tighten the pelvic floor muscles growing uterus pushing on the diaphragm - what may cause indigestion in late pregnancy -it retards fetal growth -constricts blood vessels in the mother -decreases placental function -may cause premature labor - What should the nurse stress to a prenatal woman about abuse of tobacco/ smoke -feeling like she has. to have a bowel movement -irritability -a feeling of warmth -nausea and vomiting - what may the woman feel during the transition phase of labor severe epigastric pain - warming sign of an impending convulsion in the mother with eclampsia to determine the status of the clotting factor - a patient diagnosed with abrupt placentae has fibrinogen levels drawn every 15 min for? Quickening - FIRST FETAL MOVEMENTS felt by the woman at 18-20 wks Goodell's sign - softening of the cervix felt at 8 wks any time after cord falls off, 10-14 days - when may a tub bath be given to the baby after birth regular contractions occurring at intervals and unrelieved by walking - what assessment would be of most concern with a 30wk pregnant woman who was involved in an automobile accident and is complaining of dull pain in her lower abdomen NPH and regular insulin - a prenatal diabetic client with hyperglycemia ia admitted to the maternity unit and states she does not always take hr diabetic medication, what may be given ? penicillin - treatment for a prenatal patient diagnosed with. group B strep infection monitor accurate I & O - priority nursing intervention for pt admitted with hyperemesis gravidarum