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Gravida - ANSWER PregnacyPrimigravida - ANSWER pregnant for the first time
Nulligravida - ANSWER a woman who has never been pregnant
Multigravida - ANSWER a woman who has had two or more
pregnancies
Primipara - ANSWER first delivery
Para - ANSWER Delivery
GTPAL: G - ANSWER number of pregnancies
GTPAL: T - ANSWER number of term births (36-40 weeks)
GTPAL: P - ANSWER Number of preterm deliveries (under 36 weeks)
GTPAL: A - ANSWER Number of abortions
GTPAL: L - ANSWER Number of living children
APGAR use - ANSWER Nurses evaluate each sign of the apgar system
and totals the schore of 1 and 5 minutes after birth to assess the
condition of the infant
APGAR score of 8-10 - ANSWER requries no action other than
continued observation and support of infants adaptaions
APGAR score of 4-7 - ANSWER means the infant needs gentle
stimulation such as rubbing the back, the posibility of opioid-induced
respiratory distress should be considered
, APGAR score less than 3 - ANSWER severe distress, infant needs
active resucitation
Newborn is born at 5 mins. what is the APGAR score? - ANSWER
scored 4-7
possible signs of pregnancy - ANSWER - amenorrhea
- nausea, vomiting
- fatigue, breast change
- frequent urination
PROBABLE signs of pregnancy - ANSWER - presence of HCG in blood:
4-12 weeks
- chadwick: bluish discolouration of the cervis, vagina, and vulva
- godwell: softening of the cervix
- 8+ uterine growth
- Braxton hicks: pre labour contractions, false labor occurs during the
second trimester (16weeks)
POSITIVE signs of pregnancy - ANSWER - visualy see fetus on
ultrasound (6+ weeks)
- fetal heart sounds by fetal stethescope (20-24 weeks)
- fetal movements felt by the examiner (22+ weeks)
- late pregnancy: fetus movement visible
normal length of pregnancy is? - ANSWER 38-40 weeks
Normal weight gain in pregnancy - ANSWER 25-35 lbs; not normally
monitored
Routine lab tests for pregnant women - ANSWER BBP - HGR
- blood grouping
- blood glucose
- pap smear
- HIV/ Herpes
- group B strep
- rubella
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