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N113 Postpartum care Test

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3rd degree laceration
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What are some concerns involving the bladder?
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What is lochia?
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What does puerperium or postpartum mean?
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What is a neonate?
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How is the uterus assessed?
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What is lochia serosa and how long does it last?
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What is involution?
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What is considered a still birth?
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What is preterm or premature labor?
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What is considered a term pregnancy?
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What is metritis?
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What causes an amniotic fluid embolism?
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How is the bladder assessed?
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What can impede involution?
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What is the normal rate of descent of the uterus?
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What is disseminated intravascular coagulation?
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What can cause an elevated temp?
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What are the classic signs of a polmonary emboli?
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How is an episiotomy or laceration assessed?
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the decidua (lining) which is cast off down to myometrium, a new endometrium is formed
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The coagulation sequence is activated by injury to the epithelium, or by bacterial particles or other foreign material. The result is disseminated clotting causing organ damage due to small clot occluding capillaries and consumptions of clotting factors.
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First 28 days after birth.
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the process by which the uterus returns to its normal size.
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Sudden onset of SOB, chest pain, tachypnea, dyspnea, apprehension, cough, hempotysis, diaphoresis, fever, circumoral cyanosis.
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Assess for position and size. Teach S/S of infection, teach proper pericare
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Dark red (or pinkish) to brond, sheds of decidua, looks less like blood - lasts 3-10 days
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Labor that occurs after 20 weeks but before completion of 37 weeks.
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A baby born dead at 20 or more weeks gestation.
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Infection of the muscle of the uterus
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A pregnancy from the beginning of 38 weeks of gestation to the end of 42 weeks
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1st day postpartum - at or slightly above umbilicus, 2nd day - at or slightly below umbilicus, 3rd day - 1 finger below umbilicus, 4th day - 2 fingers below, by 10th day - behind symphysis - not detectable
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continues through anal sphincter muscle
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Time from birth of infant until woman's body returns to essentially prepregnant state.
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Pt should void within 6-8 hours following delivery, check for bladder distention if less than adequate amount voided - retention with overflow
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A temp elevated to 100.4* in the 1st 24 hours post delivery can be due to exertion & dehydration.
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Is it firm? Is it descending? Location & position in abdomen
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A prolonged labor, general anesthesia, difficult delivery, multiple pregnancies, full bladder, infection, retention of placental fragments.
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Assess for redness, edema, echymosis, discharge & approximation
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A small tear in the amnion or chorion high in the uterus allows fluid to enter maternal circulation.
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What is the #1 postpartum concern?
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tear through skin & structures that are superficial to muscle
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Infection at the placental site
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From the delivery of the placenta & membranes to the return of a woman's reproductive system to its non-pregnant state - approx 6 weeks.
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involves anterior rectal wall
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An infection of the breast tissue. More common in breast feeding mothers.
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tear into the tissue of the vagina
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extends through perineal muscles - much like an episiotomy
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Infection of the pelvic connective tissue.
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Capacity to live outside the uterus - about 22-25 weeks gestation.

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