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WVU NSG 310 Exam 3 Postpartum (MOM) Content. Exam Questions With Correct Answers What is involution? - answerwhen the uterus transitions from a pregnant to a non-pregnant state What is lochia? - answerpostbirth uterine discharge What is ruby lochia and how long should it last? - answer*redish...

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WVU NSG 310 Exam 3 Postpartum (MOM)
Content. Exam Questions With Correct
Answers

What is involution? - answer✔✔when the uterus transitions from a pregnant to a non-pregnant
state

What is lochia? - answer✔✔postbirth uterine discharge

What is ruby lochia and how long should it last? - answer✔✔*redish
*lasts 1-3 days

What is serosa lochia and how long should it last? - answer✔✔*brownish pink
*5-7 days

What is alba lochia and how long should it last? - answer✔✔*white or yellow
*1-3 weeks

What are the different amounts of bleeding? - answer✔✔*scant: less tha 2.5 cm
*light: 2.5-10.0 cm
*moderate: more than 10cm
*heavy: one pad saturated within 1-2 hrs
*excessive: 1 pad saturated within 15 minutes

What are manifestations of abnormal lochia? - answer✔✔*frank red blood: indicates vaginal or
cervical tear
*large clots and excessive blood: hemorrhage
*continued flow beyond the normal time: fever, pain, ad abdominal tenderness (endometritis)

What is someone has persistent lochia ruby in the early postpartum period? - answer✔✔this
could be indicative of placental fragments

When does menses return if you're non lactating? - answer✔✔4-8 weeks

When does menses return when you're lactating? - answer✔✔8 wk-14 months


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, What is prolactin? - answer✔✔promotes milk production

What is oxytocin? - answer✔✔let down reflex of milk

How much blood loss is normal for a vaginal delivery? - answer✔✔300-500 cc

How much blood loss is normal for a C-section? - answer✔✔500-1000 cc
What happens to estrogen and progesterone during the first week postpartum? -
answer✔✔DECREASE
During the first week postpartum a mother will experience diuresis and diaaphoresis. What are
these things? - answer✔✔*increased urine excretion
*perspiration
What happens to the cardiovascular system within the first hour and following weeks
postpartum? - answer✔✔*pulse, stroke volume, and CO increase the first hour
*then they decrease by 8-10 weeks
*BP stays consistent

A mother has a temperature of 38.0 C 1 hr after birth. Is this a normal finding? - answer✔✔Yes!
This is due to dehydration after labor and may occur up to 24 hrs

How are labs effected within the first week postpartum? - answer✔✔*Hct: drops moderately for
3-4 days
*WBC: elevated levels are pretty common for 4-7 days

What do we want to check for with the renal system postpartum? - answer✔✔*urinary retention:
this could cause uterine atony, leading to hemorrhage
*if they have less than 150ml within 2-3 hrs, this is an issue

What do we want to watch for with the GI tract postpartum? - answer✔✔CONSTIPATION; this
could lead to hemorrhoids

What musculoskeletal effects would a mom have postpartum? - answer✔✔*generalized
discomfort
*muscle tone is restored due to the removal of progesterone effect following delivery of the
placenta

What is diastasis? - answer✔✔*seperation of the rectus muscle 2-4 cm that usually resolves
within 6 weeks
*jelly like



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