CNUR 303 Midterm 2-Questions 2025/2026 with
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Fourth stage of labour
Recovery period - begins after the expulsion of the placenta
How long is the recovery stage?
1-4 hours after birth
Focuses postpartum
Maternal hemorrhage, comfort measures, promotion of family attachment
What assessments are required postpartum?
Vital signs, BUBBLEEE, routine labs
Normal Blood pressure postpartum
Consistent with baseline during pregnancy
Abnormal BP postpartum
Hypertension or hypotension
Normal temperature postpartum
36.2-38°C
Abnormal temperature postpartum
>38°C after 24 hours is indicative of infection
Normal pulse postpartum
, 60-100bpm
Abnormal pulse postpartum
Tachycardia - pain, fever, dehydration, hemorrhage
Normal respirations postpartum
12-24 breaths per minute
Abnormal respirations postpartum
Bradypnea - effects of opioid medications
Tachypnea - anxiety
Description of Breath sounds pospartum
Normal - clear
Abnormal - crackles; possible fluid overload
Breast description postpartum
Normal - days 1-2 are soft, days 2-3 filling, days 3-5 are full and soften with breastfeeding
Abnormal - firmness, heat, pain: engorgement, redness of breast tissue, heat, pain, fever, body
aches, mastitis
Nipple description postpartum
Normal - skin intact, no soreness
Abnormal - redness, bruising, cracks, fissures, abrasions, blisters: usually associated with
latching difficulties
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Fourth stage of labour
Recovery period - begins after the expulsion of the placenta
How long is the recovery stage?
1-4 hours after birth
Focuses postpartum
Maternal hemorrhage, comfort measures, promotion of family attachment
What assessments are required postpartum?
Vital signs, BUBBLEEE, routine labs
Normal Blood pressure postpartum
Consistent with baseline during pregnancy
Abnormal BP postpartum
Hypertension or hypotension
Normal temperature postpartum
36.2-38°C
Abnormal temperature postpartum
>38°C after 24 hours is indicative of infection
Normal pulse postpartum
, 60-100bpm
Abnormal pulse postpartum
Tachycardia - pain, fever, dehydration, hemorrhage
Normal respirations postpartum
12-24 breaths per minute
Abnormal respirations postpartum
Bradypnea - effects of opioid medications
Tachypnea - anxiety
Description of Breath sounds pospartum
Normal - clear
Abnormal - crackles; possible fluid overload
Breast description postpartum
Normal - days 1-2 are soft, days 2-3 filling, days 3-5 are full and soften with breastfeeding
Abnormal - firmness, heat, pain: engorgement, redness of breast tissue, heat, pain, fever, body
aches, mastitis
Nipple description postpartum
Normal - skin intact, no soreness
Abnormal - redness, bruising, cracks, fissures, abrasions, blisters: usually associated with
latching difficulties
