Nurb 334 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Lifespan I: Childbearing (NURB 334) Exam 3 Questions with 100% Correct Answers -Newborn is no longer practicing breathing with amniotic fluid -1st breaths replace fluid with air, opening and maintaining alveoli -Surfactant helps keep alveoli open -Occurs largely due to diaphragm contractions (belly breathing) -Obligate nose breathers (helps coordinate eating) -Breaths are irregular with transient tachypnea and apnea -Normal RR = 30-60 - What newborn respiratory adaptations occur after ...

Lifespan I: Childbearing (NURB 334) Exam 2 Questions with 100% Correct Answers Labor begins with contractions. Once the rupture of membranes has occurred either spontaneously or artificially, then cervical effacement and dilation begin. During labor, cervical effacement, or the thinning of the cervix, goes from 0% to 100% while cervical dilation goes from 0 cm. to 10 cm. The fetus will continue to descend through the opened cervix and be delivered. The placenta is delivered last. - What ...