PREPARTUM & PRINCIPLES

Question 1

integral part of nursing education

Answer 1

Clinical experience

Question 2

prepares student for “doing” & “knowing” clinical principles in
practice.

Answer 2

Clinical experience

Question 3

occurs during pregnancy and before a mother gives birth.

Answer 3

Prepartum period or prenatal phase

Question 4

health care that a pregnant woman gets while pregnant.
- Prenatal visits to a health care provider usually include a physical
exam, weight checks, and providing a urine sample.
- Having a healthy pregnancy is one of the best ways to promote a
healthy birth.
- Getting early and regular prenatal care improves the chances of a
healthy pregnancy

Answer 4

prenatal check up

Question 5

state of having a developing fetus in the woman’s uterus
● starts with fertilization and ends with childbirth
● regular duration is 38-40 weeks

Answer 5

pregnancy

Question 6

norml duration of pregnancy

Answer 6

38-40 wks

Question 7

number of pregnancies including the present pregnancy regardless of the outcome and duration.

Answer 7

gravida grvidity

Question 8

TPAL

Answer 8

(Term, Para, Abortion, Livebirth)

Question 9

A pregnant woman

Answer 9

gravid

Question 10

total number of pregnancies that had reached the age of viability (20 weeks, can survive out of womb) whether born dead or alive

Answer 10

parity or para

Question 11

The earliest age at which a fetus could survive if born at that time
● 20 weeks and above

Answer 11

age of viability

Question 12

Any pregnancy terminated before the age of viability
● Also termed as “miscarriage”

Answer 12

abortion

Question 13

woman pregnant for the first time

Answer 13

primigravida

Question 14

woman completed one pregnancy to age of viability

Answer 14

primipara

Question 15

woman pregnant 2x or more

Answer 15

multigravida

Question 16

woman completed 2 or more pregnancies to age of viability

Answer 16

multipara

Question 17

series of events by which the products of conception are expelled from the woman’s body (37th - 38th week)

Answer 17

labor

Question 18

four Ps of lbor

Answer 18

Passage - maternal pelvis
Passenger - baby & placenta
Power - of mother to push
Psyche -

Question 19

uterine ability to contract

Answer 19

power

Question 20

psychological state of mother during lbor perception

Answer 20

psyche

Question 21

relationship of the long axis of the fetus to the long axis of the mother

Answer 21

LIE

Question 22

the degree of flexion the fetus assumes during labor
-posture

Answer 22

attitude/habitus

Question 23

bag of water / membrane that protects the fetus
● once ruptured, woman goes into spontaneous labor within 24
hours

Answer 23

bow

Question 24

two types of bow

Answer 24

artificial
spontaneous

Question 25

kind of bow that is pricked using forsep but not recommended bcause it delays delivery, the baby may run out of water

Answer 25

artificial

Question 26

what is used to prick the membrane for artificial bow

Answer 26

forsep

Question 27

reccomended, waiting for the bag of water to rupture, takes time

Answer 27

spontaneous

Question 28

loosening of the mucus plug ● mucoid or bloody discharges liquid dark brown red discharge

Answer 28

show

Question 29

enlargement of the external cervical os to a maximum of 10cm opening

Answer 29

cervical dilatation

Question 30

thinning and shortening of the cervical canal

Answer 30

effacement

Question 31

baby still floating

Answer 31

megative

Question 32

relationship of the presenting part to the level of the ischial spine

Answer 32

station

Question 33

baby already engaged

Answer 33

station 0

Question 34

Where patients in active labor are admitted in preparation for childbirth

Answer 34

labor room

Question 35

head of the baby is already on the level of axial spine ● station 0 (if already engaged) ● if negative 1 or 2 ang baby, it still floating

Answer 35

engagement

Question 36

The ______ stimulates students to use their critical thinking skills for problem solving

Answer 36

clinical prac

Question 37

All articles used in an operation have been sterilized________

Answer 37

previously

Question 38

T OR F: Persons who are sterile, touch only sterile articles; persons who are unsterile, touch only unsterile articles.

Answer 38

T

Question 39

Sterile person must touch _______

Answer 39

Sterile articles

Question 40

Unsterile articles can only be touched by ______

Answer 40

unsterile person

Question 41

If in doubt, then it is _______

Answer 41

unsterile

Question 42

T OR F: If in doubt as to the sterility of anything, consider it sterile.

Answer 42

F - unsterile

Question 43

Tables are sterile only at the _______

Answer 43

table level.

Question 44

T OR F: Edges of the mayo table is considered sterile

Answer 44

F - unsterile

Question 45

T OR F: Gowns are considered sterile only from the waist to shoulder level in front and in the sleeves

Answer 45

T

Question 46

After wearing the gown and gloves, hands must be placed at the _____, _______, ______

Answer 46

- waist - chest - mayo table

Question 47

What parts of the gown is considered sterile?

Answer 47

- waist to shoulder - front - sleeves

Question 48

Non-sterile persons avoid reaching over a ______ sterile persons avoid leaning over an_____

Answer 48

- sterile field - unsterile area

Question 49

T OR F: Non-sterile team members never reach over or lean over a sterile surface to distribute sterile goods to the table

Answer 49

T

Question 50

T OR F: The edge of anything that encloses sterile contents is not considered sterile.

Answer 50

T

Question 51

_______ may cause contamination

Answer 51

Moisture

Question 52

Sterile persons keep contact with sterile areas to a________.

Answer 52

minimum

Question 53

When a bacteria cannot be eliminated from a field, they must be kept to an _________.

Answer 53

irreducible minimum