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Maternity

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Afterbirth Pains (After Pains)   Painful uterine cramps that occur intermittently for approximately 2 or 3 days after birth. Result from uterus returning to normal invoulted condition. May be the cause of big baby, multiple fetuses or polyhydramnios.  
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Autolysis   The self destruction of excess hypertrophied tissue (additional cells laid down during pregnency).  
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Diastasis Recti Abdominis   The separation of large abdminal wall wall, can be the result of large baby or multiple fetuses  
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Involution   The return of the uterus to a nonpregnant state  
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Lochia   Vaginal discharge during the prerperium consisting of blood, tissue & mucus. There are 3 kinds  
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Name the 3 kinds of lochia   Lochia rubra, locha serosa & locha alba  
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What and when does Lochia Rubra occur?   It is bright, red, distinctly blood tinged vaginal flow that follows birth and lasts 2 to 4 days  
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What and when does Lochia Serosa occur?   It consists of old blood, serum, leukocytes and tissue debris. The duration is 22 to 27 days. This follows Lochia rubia  
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What and when does Lochia Alba occur?   Thin, yellowish to white vaginal discharge that follows lochia serous on about the tenth day after birth and may last for 10 to 14 days  
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Pelvic Relaxation   Occurs later in life as the fascial supports of the pelvic structures lengthen and weaken  
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Puerperium   Time right after the 3rd stage of labor, this lasts until invoultion of the uterus takes place lasting about 3 to 6 weeks. Also referred to as the 4th trimester of pregnancy  
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Subinvolution   Failure of the uterus to reduce to its normal size and condtion after pregnancy  
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Couplet Care   One nurse, educated in both mother & infant care, functions as the primary nurse for both. Also known as mother-baby care or single-room maternity care  
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Engorgement   Swelling of the breasts, occuring as colostrum. Occurs about 72 to 96 hours after birth  
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Fourth Stage of Labor   The first 1 or 2 hours after childbirth  
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Thrombus   Blood clot obstruction a blood vessel that remains at the place where the placenta was formed  
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Uterine Atomy   Relaxation of the uterus muscles, leads to postpartum hemorrhage  
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Warm Line   A help line for families to access after hospital discharge. Offers support of newborn care & postpartum care  
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Acquaintance   Process used by family to get to know or become familiar with the new infant. Very important step in attachment by eye contact, touching, talking & exploration  
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Attachment   Specific and effective way to tie to another person  
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Becoming a Mother   Transformation & growth of the mother identity  
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Biorhythmicity   Cyclic changes that occur with established regularity; such as sleeping & eating patterns  
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Bonding   Process by which parents, over time, form an emotional relationship with their baby  
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Claiming Process   Process by which parents identify their new baby in terms of likeness to other family members, differences & uniqueness  
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En Face   Face to face position in which the parent & infant faces are approximately 20 cm (8 inches) apart and on the same plane  
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Engrossment   A parent's absorption, preoccupation, & interest in their infant.  
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Entrainment   Infant responds to familiar sounds by moving their body in time to the rhythm to sounds, but don't respond to random. Baby gets excited to parents voice  
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Acrocyanosis   Peripheral cyanosis; blue in color of hands and feet in most infants at birth that may persist for 7 to 10 days  
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Transition Period   The unstable collective phases an infant goes thru during the first 6 to 8 hours after birth.  
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Surfactant   This protein lines the alveoli of an infants lungs and it reduces surface tension  
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Thermoregulation   The maintenance of balance between heat loss and heat production  
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Thermogenesis   Creation of production of heat in the body  
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Brown Fat   Is unique to newborns; nonshivering thermogenosis is accomplished & it increases metabolic activity in brain, heart & liver. More rich vascular & nerve supply than ordinary fat. Located: interscapula region, axillae, vertebrae, kidney & thoracis inlet  
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Cold Stress   Excessive loss of heat that results in increased resperiations & nonshivering thermogensis to maintain core body temperature. Basal metabolic rate increases.  
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Meconium   Greenish black viscous first stool formed during fetal life from the amniotic fluid and its constituents, intestinal secretions (including bilirubin) and cells (shed from the mucosa  
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Physiologic Jaundice   Yellow tinge to skin & mucous membranes in response to increased serum levels of unconjugated bilirubin; not usually apparent until after 24 hrs; also called neonatal jaundice, physiological hyperbilirubinemia  
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Hyperbilirubinema   Elevation of unconjugated serum bilirubin concentrations  
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Vernix Caseosa   Protective gray-white fatty substance of cheesy consistancy covering the fetus skin  
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Caput Succedaneum   Swelling of the tissue over the presenting part of the fetal head caused by pressure during labor  
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Cephalhematoma   Extraversion of blood from ruptures vessels between a skull & its external covering, swelling is limited by the margins of the cranial bone affected. Does not cross a cranial suture line  
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Mongolian Spots   Bluish gray or dark nonelvated pigmented areas usually found over the lower back & buttocks present at birth in some infants, primarily nonwhite; usually fade by school age  
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Nevi   Stork bites, angel kisses, usually pink and easily blanched. Usually on face or head, fade by 2nd year of life, no clinical significance  
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Erythema Toxicum   Transient rash. Lesions appear suddenly & anywhere. Thought to be an inflammatory response. AKA flea bite dermatitis. Appears within 24 to 48 hrs after birth & resolves spontaneously. Some say no known cause  
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Ortolani Maneuver   Used to check infants hips for symmetry. May find hip dislocations  
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Moro Reflex   Infants fingers fan out and form a "C" with index finger and thumb  
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Grasp   Infants fingers curl around examiners fingers & toes curl downward  
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Babinski Sign   Examiner runs finger along infants sole of foot on lateral side and across ball of feet. Infants toes hyperectend while big toe dorsiflexes  
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Habitation   Psychologic & physiologic phenomenon wherby the response to a constant or repeated stimulus is decreased  
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Sleep Wake States   Variations on the state of c nsciousness of infants. From deep sleep to extreme irritation  
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Milia   Small white sebaceous glands that appear as tiny white pinpoint papules on the forehead, nose, cheeks and chin of the neonate  
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Neonate   Period from birth thru first 28 days of life.  
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Signs of infant respiratory distress   Nose flaring, retractions, grunting & seesaw respirations  
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Normal respirations of infants   30 to 60 - count for 1 minute as they are irregular  
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Normal heart rate for infants   100 to 160 beats per minute; their color is pink  
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Normal BP for an infant   60 to 80 mm HG / 40 to 50 mm Hg  
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Respiratory Distress Syndrone   Persistent tachycardia (over 160 bpm)  
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Congenital Heart Block   Persistent bradycardia (less than 120 bpm)  
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Name the 4 types of heat loss   Convection, radiation, evaporation & conduction  
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Normal platelet count ranges   150,000 to 300,000 mm  
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Normal Leukocytes (WBC) counts   9,000 to 30,000 mm  
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How many times will a newborn void in the 1st 24 hours   1 time  
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How many times will the newborn void during the 2nd day   2 times  
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Do formula fed infants void more of less than breatfed babies   void less  
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After the 4th day, all newborns void ______per 24 hrs   6 to 8 times  
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Breast fed infants should have how many stools per 24 hrs after 3 or 4 days when the mothers milk comes in?   3 stools per day  
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What is the bilirubin level that denote jaundice?   5 to 7 mg/dl  
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Kernicterus   The most serius form of jaundice, bilirubin is deposited in the brain stem & basal ganglia. It can disrupt neuronal function & metabolism  
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Apgar Score   Numeric expression of the condition of a newborn obtained by rapid assessment at 1 to 5 minutes of age.  
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Circumcision   Excision of the prepuce (foreskin) of the penis, exposes the glans  
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Opthalmia Neonatorum   Infectiin in the infants eyes. usually from gonorrheal, chlamydial or orther infection contracted when the fetus passes thru the birth canal  
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Phototherapy   Use of lights to reduce serum bilirubin levels by oxidation of bilirubin into water soluble compounds that are processed in the liver and excreted in bile & urine  
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Colostrum   First fluid from the breasts, rich in antibodies & high in protein. Speeds elimination of meconium. Occurs 72 to 96 hrs after birth  
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Demand Feeding   Feeding baby by cues they exhibit indicating hunger  
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Growth Spurts   Times of increased neonatal growth. Occurs at 10 days, 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months and 6 months  
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Lactogensis   Beginning of milk production  
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Let Down Reflex   Release of milk in response to oxytocin  
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Mastitis   Infection in a breast, usually a milk duct  
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Plugged milk ducts   Milk ducts blocked by small curds of dried milk  
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Supply meets demand system   Physiologic basis for determining milk production the volume of milk produced equals the amount removed from the breast  
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Oxytocin (pitocin)   Strenghtens & coordinates uterine contractions  
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Reciprocity   Infant body movement or behaviors that provides the observer with clues  
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Synchrony   mutually rewarding interaction  
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