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PRN1831 - EXAM 1 CONCEPTS TO REVIEW (UPDATED & VERIFIED) – RASMUSSEN
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- PRN 1831/ PRN1831
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- Rasmussen College
PRN1831 - EXAM 1 CONCEPTS TO REVIEW (UPDATED & VERIFIED) – RASMUSSEN
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PRN1831 - EXAM 1 CONCEPTS TO REVIEW (UPDATED &VERIFIED) – RASMUSSEN
• LPN scope of practice
o Who regulates – nursing scope of practice
o Where do you find this – state board of nursing
• Evidence-based practice – is nursing care in which all nursing interventions are based on current
valid research evidence
• Ethical principles – ethics are defined as moral principles that guide a persons behavior, doing
the right thing while achieving the best possible patient outcome
• Who can prescribe medications – nurse practitioner
• Fertilization location and process – takes place in the outer third portion of the fallopian tube
leading to the formation of a zygote that begins dividing and traveling down the fallopian tube to
implant in the uterus
• Placenta
o Function – provides oxygenation and nutrition and removes waste products for the
fetus. It also produces hormones like progesterone, estrogen, Hcg, human placental
lactogen and relaxin all which support pregnancy
• Umbilical cord
o Function of all parts – joins the fetus to the placenta and is formed in the 5th week of
gestation 2 arteries, 1 vein
• Medications during pregnancy
o Why are we concerned – could possibly harm baby check with your provider
• Medication Categories from FDA
o Acceptable for pregnancy – separated into categories A,B,C,D and X for determining
safety of medications during pregnancy and lactation A is good X is bad
• Signs of pregnancy
o Presumptive – nausea, vomiting, fatigue, urinary freq, breast enlargement, amenorrhea,
quickening
o Probable – are objective signs like a pregnancy test
o Positive – fetal heart auscultation by doppler, doctor feeling fetal movement, ultrasound
• Expected findings during pregnancy – early physical changes are due to the increasing levels of
estrogen and progesterone which rise in response to the demands brought on by the fetus,
placenta, and uterus
• Fetal sex determination
• Pre-eclampsia
o Definition - Pre-eclampsia is defined as hypertension and proteinuria after 20 weeks of
gestation.
o Expected findings – high bp
o Nursing Interventions – control bp, prevent seizures, prevent death for mother and baby
o Patient education
• Gestational diabetes
o Risk factors
o Nursing Interventions
• Ectopic pregnancy
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