Week 1: Introduction Flashcards
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When does perinatal nursing start and end?
Preconception period throughout the childbearing year
What are the 6 principles of trauma informed care?
Trustworthiness, Collaboration, Safety, Peer support, Empowerment, Cultural, historical, and gender issues
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Recommendations for preconception period and maintaining health?
150’ exercise, no more than 2 drinks a day or 10/week, take a multivitamin with 0.4mg folic acid
What are the 6 main ideas in health promotion during preconception care?
Nutrition and healthy diet, optimum weight, exercise, avoidance of drugs, risk reducing sexual practice, infertility
Preconception care: Medical Hx
Immune status (rubella, hep B, varicella), Family Hx, Illness, Medication use
Preconception care: Reproductive Hx
Contraceptive and obstetrical
Preconception care: Psychosocial
-Partner and family
-Intimate partner violence
-Readiness for pregnancy
What is the earliest biomarker for pregnancy?
HcG in urine and serum
How long does a pregnancy last?
9 months, 40 weeks, 280 days
Most clients give birth within X days of their estimated due date?
+/- 7 days
During what period of a pregnancy is the ultrasound an accurate way to determine gestational age?
Early.
What is Nagele’s rule?
LMP - 3 months + 7 days + 1 year
Trimester 1
week 1-13
Trimester 2
weeks 14-26
Trimester 3
weeks 27-40
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Presumptive signs of pregnancy
breast changes, amenorrhea, N/V, urinary frequency, fatigue, quickening
What is quickening?
A presumptive sign of pregnancy felt in weeks 16-20 which is a fluttering related to fetal movement
Probable signs of pregnancy
Positive pregnancy test, Chadwick’s sign, Goodell’s sign, Hegar’s sign, Ballottement
What is Goodell’s Sign?
5-6wk
Softening of the cervical tip due to an increased vascularity, hyperplasia, and hypertrophy
What is Chadwick Sign?
bluish discoloration of **cervix **that occurs normally in pregnancy at 6 to 8 weeks’ gestation
What is Hegar’s sign?
softening and compressibility of lower uterus
What is Ballottement?
a palpation technique used in detecting or examining a floating object in the body
What are the positive signs of pregnancy?
Visualization of fetus, fetal heart sounds, fetal movements-palpated and visible
When does a fetus start to move and when can you feel them via palpation?
19-22 weeks
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