OBSTETRIC NURSING- EXAM ONE STUDY GUIDE

NUR 220-OB Study Guide
Exam #1

Module 1 & 3 (Chapters 17, Module 4 (Chapter 22)
18, 24 & 35)
 Newborn’s first breath: stimuli  Postpartum Hemorrhage
 Normal newborn vitals and  PP infection
measurements  Thrombophlebitis
 Signs of respiratory distress in the  Mastitis
newborn  UTI
 Newborn circulation  DIC
 Newborn heat loss
 Newborn skin conditions
 Newborn nutrition
 Newborn labs and associated values
 Gestational Age assessment and scoring
 Normal newborn appearance/assessment
 SGA and LGA
 Premature and postmature infant
 RDS
 Hyperbilirubinemia
 Rhogam
 Circumcision
 Infants born to substance abuse mothers
 Meconium Aspiration Syndrome
 Necrotizing Enterocolitis
 Transient Tachypnea
 Newborn Infections
 Infants born to diabetic mothers
 Hypoglycemia


Module 2 (Chapters 15 & 16) Module 5 (Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7
& 9)
 Involution  Methods to prevent conception and
 Lochia associated side effects
 Fundal assessment and safety  Abuse
 Postpartum nutrition
 Infertility
 Postpartum comfort
 Endometriosis
 Hematoma
 Normal progression of attachment  Review STIs (Table 5.1 and 5.2, Box 5.1)
 Postpartum blues, depression, and  Review cancer (Chapter 8)
psychosis
 BUBBLE-EE
 Postpartum Labs