True vs. False Labor - correct answer ✔TRUE labor
regular interval of contractions with time in between shortening, intensity of
contractions gradually increases in back and abdomen, analgesia does not
terminate true labor, progressive effacement and dilation of cervix
FALSE labor
irregular intervals between contractions and can remain long spaces, intensity
of contractions remains the same, location of pain tends to be mostly in lower
abdomen, analgesia frequently abolishes completely, no cervical dilation or
effacement
confirmation of ROM - correct answer ✔physical examination, laboratory
testing (fern or nitrazine), ultrasonography, or other testing like Amnisure
crown-rump length - correct answer ✔most accurate measurement of the
embryo in the first trimester
, 6 to 12 weeks gestation (accurate within 3 days or so)
Leopold's Maneuvers - correct answer ✔Palpation to determine presentation
and position of the fetus and aid in location of fetal heart sounds.
Head=hard, round, movable object
Buttocks=soft and irregular shape
Back=smooth, hard surface felt on one side of the abdomen
Irregular knobs and lumps on opposite side of abdomen may be hands, feet,
elbows, and knees
frank breech - correct answer ✔both hips are flexed with knees extended
complete breech - correct answer ✔both hips are flexed with one or both
knees extended
incomplete breech - correct answer ✔one or both hips deflexed with one or
both feet or knees below the buttocks
footling breech - correct answer ✔incomplete breech with one or both feet
located below the buttocks
With preterm ROM at 32 to 34 weeks what can you do with a sampling of the
fluid? - correct answer ✔helps determine lung maturity
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