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NUR1025C Exam 2 – Lori Overstreet FSCJ | Complete Pregnancy, Labor & Postpartum Q&A with Verified Answers

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This document is a comprehensive, fully answered guide for NUR1025C Exam 2 under instructor Lori Overstreet at FSCJ. It includes high-yield clinical knowledge on pregnancy signs, hypertensive disorders (e.g., preeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP), gestational diabetes, cervical insufficiency, labor progression, fetal assessments (e.g., FHR patterns, kick counts), birth complications (e.g., placenta previa, abruptio placentae, shoulder dystocia), and postpartum care. Also covered are pharmacologic interventions, fetal positioning, nutritional guidelines, and nursing priorities for both mother and fetus—perfect for test preparation and clinical application.

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NUR1025C Exam 2 Lori Overstreet FSCJ questions with
verified answers
Ans✓✓✓ Even when mom is deficient in iron, it continues to be
absorbed in sufficient amounts for the fetus to have a normal HGB
level.


- Assist individuals and their families to make informed, safe decisions
about childbirth
- Assist to sort out reliable information from online sources
- Assist to comprehend the long-lasting effects an empowering birth
experience can have
- Ideally this begins in the preconception period Ans✓✓✓ Perinatal
education goals


- Early fetal growth and development
- Physiologic and emotional changes of pregnancy are more understood
- Human sexuality
- Nutritional needs of the mother and fetus
- Environmental and workplace hazards Ans✓✓✓ Components of early
pregnancy classes


- Hospital
•Labor, delivery, recovery, after birth (birthing) rooms
- Birth centers

,- Home birth
•Ensure informed choice
•CNM attendance improved safety Ans✓✓✓ Birth setting options


- Management of discomfort in labor
- Relaxation
- Breathing techniques
- Imagery and visualization
- Biofeedback
-Pharmacologic interventions
•I.V. medications
•Epidurals Ans✓✓✓ Components of late pregnancy classes


• Abdominal pain
• Delayed menses (hormones dont know that anything is wrong)
• Abnormal vaginal bleeding (depends on where it impanted) Ans✓✓✓
Ectopic pregnancy S/S


• Abnormal fetal growth
• Oligohydramnios
• Decreased SubQ fat
• Lacks vernix(cheesy covering on baby) & lanugo (fine hairs all over
body)

,• Dry, cracked, peeling skin
• Long nails Ans✓✓✓ Fetal effects of postterm pregnancy


• Abnormal FHR tracing
• Loss of fetal station
• Abdominal pain
• Shock
• Tachysystole (one contraction after another) Ans✓✓✓ Rupture of
the uterus S/S


• Acute onset of hypotension
• Hypoxia
• Cardiovascular collapse
• Coagulopathy Ans✓✓✓ Amniotic fluid embolism S/S


• Amenorrhea
• Fatigue
• Breast changes Ans✓✓✓ Presumptive sign of pregnancy examples


• Blood loss or anemia
• Hypoxemia
• Hypoxia

, • Anoxia
• Preterm birth Ans✓✓✓ Hemorrhagic disorders increase fetal risk for:


• Change position
• Increase IV fluid
• Provide oxygen via facemask. Ans✓✓✓ Fetal monitor on mom,
rhythm is concerning, you needed to do intrauterine resuscitation.
What interventions used to effect babies heart rhythm?


• Chemical agents (prostaglandins)
-Misoprostol, Cervidil
• Mechanical and physical methods
-Balloon catheters
-Lamanaria (made from seaweed)
• Alternative methods
-Blue cohosh & castor oil
-Black cohosh & evening primrose
-Acupuncture Ans✓✓✓ Cervical ripening methods


• Chronic Hypertension
• Superimposed Preeclampsia Ans✓✓✓ Chronic Hypertensive
Disorders include:

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