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Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Maternal mortality rates
have DOUBLED in the past 20 years
-US has highest maternal mortality rate compared to other developed countries
-Infant mortality rate DECREASING but infant morbidity rate INCREASING
Physcian - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔a medical doctor who provides primary care to a
mother
Certified Nurse Midwife - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-APRN, masters or doctorate
-Has to take American Midwifery certification board, licensed by state board of
nursing, has prescriptive authority, care settings include; hospital, clinic, birth
center, home
Licensed Midwife - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-High school or GED
,-Has to take North American Registery of Midwives, licensed by department of
health services, does NOT have prescriptive authority, care settings include birth
center and home
Lay Midwife - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-NO education required
-Not licensed, does NOT have prescriptive authority, care settings include home
Substance use and abuse - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Prescription drug use, marijuana use,
cocaine use, opiates, methamphetamine, alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking,
caffeine
-Review ch 4 for more details
-COCAINE, SMOKING + BLUNT TRAUMA - RF for placental abruption
Endometriosis - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔endometrial tissue outside the uterus
- may be implanted in the ovaries, anterior and posterior cul-de-sac, broad,
uterosacral, and round ligaments, rectovaginal septum, sigmoid colon, appendix,
pelvic peritoneum, cervix, and inguinal area.
- SYMPTOMS: pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia (painful intercourse)
Menopause - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-The time that marks the end of menstrual cycles.
-Diagnosed after someone has gone 12 months without having a cycle
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, -Usually occurs during 40's and 50's with average age being 51
Menopause Symptoms - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Irregular periods, vaginal dryness, hot
flashes, chills, night sweats, sleep problems, mood changes, thinning of hair and
dry skin, weight gain and slowed metabolism, and loss of breast fullness
Contraceptives - Physical Barriers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-External-male condom
-internal - female condom
Contraceptives - Chemical Barriers - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Microbicides/spermicides
(do not protect against certain STI's like cervical gonorrhea and chlamydia, and
does protect against HIV
-Vaginal rings containing dapivirine (some reduction of HIV)
-Tenofovir gel
HIV Care Considerations - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Nurse should assess woman's
knowledge about HIV + assure her that she is being cared for my a medical
practitioner with expertise in caring for people with HIV infections
-Resources such as counseling for financial assistance, legal advocacy, suicide
prevention, and death + dying
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