OB NCLEX Nursing Exam 1. Top questions and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A
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OB NCLEX Nursing Exam 1. Top questions and answers, 100% Accurate, rated A
Self-Care - -assuming responsibility for one's own health; may require assertiveness and active role in seeking information
Nurse's role in self-care - -provide information readily and acknowledge a client's right to...
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OB NCLEX Nursing Exam 1. Top
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rated A
Self-Care - ✔✔-assuming responsibility for one's own health; may require assertiveness and active role
in seeking information
Nurse's role in self-care - ✔✔-provide information readily and acknowledge a client's right to ask
quesitons
Culture - ✔✔-beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that are accepted by a population, a community, or
an individual; learned
Ethnicity - ✔✔-social identity that is associated with shared behaviors and patterns
Enculturation - ✔✔-when culture is passed on from generation to generation
Acculturation - ✔✔-process by which people adapt to a new cultural norm
Assimilation - ✔✔-when a group completely changes their cultural identity to become part of the
majority culture
Mucous Plug - ✔✔-thick, tenacious mucous, which accumulates and thickens to form and seal the
endocervical canal and prevent the ascent of bacteria and other substances into the uterus; expelled
when cervical dilation begins
Goodell's Sign - ✔✔-a probable indication of pregnancy in which the cervix and vagina soften; caused by
increased vascularization as a result of hypertrophy and engorgement of the vessels below the growing
uterus
, Chadwick's Sign - ✔✔-probable sign of pregnancy in which the cervix and vulva appear blue-purple as a
result of increased vascularization
Striae - ✔✔-stretch marks; a form of scarring of the skin due to sudden weight gain during pregnancy
(striae gravidarum); may appear on the abdomen, breasts and thighs
Colostrum - ✔✔-clear, yellowish, high-protein, antibody-rich liquid secreted by the breasts beginning in
the fourth month of pregnancy and continuing until several days after birth
Supine Hypotensive Syndrome - ✔✔-dizziness and a drop in blood pressure caused when the mother is
in a supine position and the weight of the uterus, infant, placenta, and amniotic fluid compress the
inferior vena cava, reducing return of blood to the heart and cardiac output
Pseudoanemia - ✔✔-the apparent anemia that occurs during pregnancy due to rapid expansion of blood
volume; false anemia; lowered hematocrit (between 33-46%) as a result of the increase in plasma during
pregnancy
Linea Negra - ✔✔-line of darker pigmentation extending from the umbilicus to the pubis noted in some
women during the later months of pregnancy; caused by increase in estrogen, progesterone, and α-
melanocyte stimulating hormone levels
Chloasma - ✔✔-"mask of pregnancy"; an irregular darkening of the cheeks, forehead, and nose; changes
are often more obvious in women with darker hair and skin and may be worsened by sun exposure;
generally disappears or fades significantly soon after pregnancy
Quickening - ✔✔-maternal perception of fetal movement (feeling of life) usually occurs between weeks
16 and 20 of gestation, but may be felt earlier by multiparous woman
Hegar's Sign - ✔✔-softening of the lower uterine segment, classified as a probable sign of pregnancy,
may be present during the 2nd and 3rd months of pregnancy and is palpated during bimanual
examination
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