Maternity Nursing Exam 1 Study Guide (1).

Maternity Nursing Exam 1 Study Guide 1. Antepartum – prenatal care and care of both mother and baby during pregnancy 2. Intrapartum – care of mother and baby during birthing process 3. Post partum – care of mother after birth 4. Birthrate—number of live births per 1000 5. Infant mortality rate—number infant deaths/ 1000 live births (2x in African Americans) 6. Neonatal mortality rate – number of infant deaths under 28 days old per 1000 live births 7. Maternal mortality rate – number of deaths/100,000 births (4x in African Americans) 8. Conception—union of egg and sperm at the beginning of pregnancy 9. Fertilization – in the ampulla of uterine tube, takes 3-4 days to travel to uterus 10. Implantation—6-10 days after conception, can have implantation bleeding