NLE Bullets for Nursing Review

An estriol level is used to assess fetal well-being and maternal renal functioning as well as to monitor a pregnancy that’s complicated by diabetes. A pregnant patient with vaginal bleeding shouldn’t have a pelvic examination. In the early stages of pregnancy, the finding of glucose in the urine may be related to the increased shunting [...]

Nursing Board Exam Bullets

If the neonate is stable, the mother should be allowed to breast-feed within the neonate’s first hour of life. The nurse should check the neonate’s temperature every 1 to 2 hours until it’s maintained within normal limits. At birth, a neonate normally weighs 5 to 9 lb (2 to 4 kg), measures 18″ to 22″ [...]

Maternal Nursing Bullets for NLE

Amniocentesis increases the risk of spontaneous abortion, trauma to the fetus or placenta, premature labor, infection, and Rh sensitization of the fetus. After amniocentesis, abdominal cramping or spontaneous vaginal bleeding may indicate complications. To prevent her from developing Rh antibodies, an Rh-negative primigravida should receive Rho(D) immune globulin (RhoGAM) after delivering an Rh-positive neonate. If [...]

Maternal and Child Nursing NLE Bullets

Braxton Hicks contractions are usually felt in the abdomen and don’t cause cervical change. True labor contractions are felt in the front of the abdomen and back and lead to progressive cervical dilation and effacement. The average birth weight of neonates born to mothers who smoke is 6 oz (170 g) less than that of [...]

Maternal Nursing Bullets

The narrowest diameter of the pelvic inlet is the anteroposterior (diagonal conjugate). The chorion is the outermost extraembryonic membrane that gives rise to the placenta. The corpus luteum secretes large quantities of progesterone. From the 8th week of gestation through delivery, the developing cells are known as a fetus. In an incomplete abortion, the fetus [...]

Maternal and Child Nursing Bullets

Unlike false labor, true labor produces regular rhythmic contractions, abdominal discomfort, progressive descent of the fetus, bloody show, and progressive effacement and dilation of the cervix. To help a mother break the suction of her breast-feeding infant, the nurse should teach her to insert a finger at the corner of the infant’s mouth. Administering high [...]