Maternity Nursing - Flashcards

PRECONCEPTION

• Contraception (behavioral, barrier, hormonal methods)
• Infertility

PREGNANCY

• Signs of pregnancy and physiological changes during pregnancy.
• Prenatal care visits and labs/diagnostic testing during pregnancy
• Maternal teaching, including: nutrition, warning signs, unpleasant side effects.
• Fetal assessment methods, including: ultrasound, chorionic villus sampling, amniocentesis, non-stress test, biophysical profile, contraction stress test.
• Pregnancy complications, including: miscarriage, molar pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, TORCH, STIs, HIV/AIDs, hyperemesis, candidiasis, iron-deficient anemia, urinary tract infection, gestational diabetes, cervical insufficiency, placenta previa, abruptio placenta, gestational hypertension, group B streptococcus beta-hemolytic, amniotic fluid abnormalities.

LABOR AND DELIVERY (L&D)

• Physiologic changes during pregnancy.
• True vs. false labor.
• Factors affecting labor.
• Fetal position and station.
• Stages of labor.
• Effacement vs. Dilation.
• Pain management during labor.
• Leopold Maneuvers.
• FHR monitoring, abnormal findings, interventions.
• External cephalic version and bishop score.
• Labor induction and augmentation.
• Labor and Delivery complications, including: premature rupture of membranes, preterm labor, labor dystocia, prolapsed umbilical cord, cesarean section, uterine rupture, amniotic fluid embolism, precipitous labor.

NEWBORN CARE

• Apgar scoring
• Vital signs
• New Ballard Scale
• Thermoregulation
• Measurements and physical assessment of newborn
• Newborn reflexes.
• Laboratory Studies, heel stick, medications administered after birth
• Newborn complications, including: neonatal substance withdrawal, hypoglycemia, macrosomic infants, sepsis neonatorum, necrotizing enterocolitis, hyperbilirubinemia, preterm infants, postmature infants, meconium aspiration syndrome.
• Discharge teaching, including: infant nutrition, breastfeeding, breastmilk storage, formula feeding, circumcision, bathing, cord care, crib and sleep safety, car seat safety.

POSTPARTUM ASSESSMENT/CARE

• Fundal and lochia assessment.
• Perineum care and breast care.
• Postpartum immunizations.
• Maternal role attainment, parental-infant bonding, sibling adaptation.
• Cardiovascular changes after birth.
• Postpartum complications, including: deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, postpartum hemorrhage, endometritis, mastitis, mental health concerns