VeRIFIeD QUeSTIONS aND aCCURaTe, DeTaILeD
aNSWeRS FROm TRUSTeD SOURCeS.
1. Term - ANSWER >37 weeks and above
2. Gravida - ANSWER pregnant woman
3. Primigravida - ANSWER pregnant for the first time
4. Parity - ANSWER the number of viable pregnancies
5. Pre-term - ANSWER 20 weeks to 36 weeks and 6 days
6. Viability - ANSWER capacity to live outside the uterus (22-25 weeks)
7. GPTAL - ANSWER Gravida, Pre-term, term, abortion, living
8. Abortion - ANSWER <20 weeks
9. Signs of pregnancy: Presumptive (Subjective) - ANSWER - breast
tenderness, amenorrhea, fatigue
,10.Signs of pregnancy: Probable - ANSWER - pregnancy test, hegar,
ballotments, goodell sign, Chadwick
11.Signs of pregnancy: Positive - ANSWER - heart beat, visualization,
palpating movement
12.Palmar erythema (PUPPS) - ANSWER itchy hands/ feet abnormal
- topical steroid
13.Linea Nigra - ANSWER a dark line appearing on the abdomen and
extending from the pubis toward the umbilicus
14.striae gravidarum - ANSWER stretch marks
15.Cardiac output - ANSWER increases by 30-50%
-Bp should stay about the same (highest when sitting)
- HR increases 15-20
- murmurs can be present
16.Muskuloskeletal - ANSWER - increased risk of falls
- back pain
- relaxed to prepare for birth
17.Neurological - ANSWER - postural hypotension
- headache
- carpal tunnel syndrome
,GI - ANSWER PICA
- GERD
- heartburn
- gums bleeding (soft tooth brush)
Endocrine - ANSWER -Estrogen/ progesterone
- oxytocin (stimulate labor)
Naegeles rule - ANSWER -subtract 3 months from the LMP then add 7 days and 1
year
Trimesters - ANSWER First: 1-13 weeks
Second: 14-26 weeks
Third: 27-40 weeks
Initial visit - ANSWER - confirm pregnancy
- surgical hx (breast implants, abd surgery)
- Hx of smoking
- Hx drug use
- use of herbal medications
- family hx
- mental health screening (PPD)
- partner violence
Respiratory system - ANSWER -SOB
, renal system - ANSWER -UTI (dilated vessels)
- empty bladder, hygiene, water
PICA - ANSWER - monitor iron (H&H)
Labs - ANSWER Hemoglobin: >11
Hematocrit: >33
GBS: 35-37 weeks
1 HR GTT: 24-28 weeks (not fasting) (>130)
3 Hr GTT: (fasting)
RH factor - ANSWER - mom is negative
- given 26-30 weeks of pregnancy
- 72 hrs after birth if baby has positive blood type
Gravida - ANSWER # of pregnancies
True Labor - ANSWER Cervical Change & Contractions
Para - ANSWER # of viable pregnancies (>20 weeks)
False Labor - ANSWER Braxton Hicks contractions
Nullgravida - ANSWER Never pregnant