OB (OBSTETRICS) EXAM 3 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT
What are the 2 biggest signs of preceding labor?
Answers:-Lightening or dropping
-bloody show
What occurs to the mother during the onset of labor?
Answers:-oxytocin stimulation
-pressure on the cervix
-uterine muscle stretching
-progesterone decrease
What occurs to the fetus during the onset of labor?
Answers:-prostaglandin production
-cortisol release
-placental aging
What are more signs of impending labor?
Answers:-lightening
-increased vaginal discharge
-increased energy
-GI symptoms
-cervical change
-bloody show
-rupture of membranes
,-lower back pain
-weight loss
-uterine contractions
What are the 5 Ps of affecting labor?
Answers:-power
-passenger
-passageway
-position
-psychology
What is included in Power of the 5Ps?
Answers:Contractions and pushing efforts
What is included in Passenger of the 5Ps?
Answers:Fetus and placenta
What is included in passageway of the 5Ps?
Answers:Birth canal
What is included in Position of the 5Ps?
Answers:Position of the mother
What is included in psychology of the 5Ps?
Answers:Emotional and mental responses to labor
,What are the primary powers?
Answers:Uterine contractions
What are the secondary powers?
Answers:Bearing down
When do the secondary powers occur?
Answers:During second stage of labor and they supplement primary powers
Where does the initiation of contractions originate?
Answers:In the pacemaker points in the upper uterine segment and then move
downward over the uterus
How are contractions assessed?
Answers:-duration
-frequency
-intensity
-resting tone
A mild contraction will feel as hard as..
Answers:Your nose
A moderate contraction will feel as hard as...
Answers:Your chin
A strong contraction will feel as hard as...
, Answers:Your forehead
Effacement and dilation are _____________________ signs of labor
Answers:Premonitory
What is effacement?
Answers:Thinning and shortening of the cervix
With effacement the cervix is __________ _____ or obliterated
Answers:Taken up
With 100% effacement, only _________ edge is palpable
Answers:Thin
What is dilation?
Answers:The opening of the cervix
The cervix dilates to _______ during labor
Answers:10cm
Is the cervix palpable at 10cm dilation?
Answers:No
What determines the fetal descent through the birth canal?
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