NUR242 Maternal/Newborn Test 2
Material
Lie - correct answer ✔The relationship between long axis of fetus and long
axis of mother; how is the baby lying in the mother
Longitudinal (up and down); long ways
Transverse (across)
Attitude - correct answer ✔The degree of flexion the fetus assumes in utero
- want the baby's head to be flexed forward towards arms and legs (chin to
chest)
Station - correct answer ✔Measurement of fetal head in proximity to ischial
spine
Minus-station: head NOT engaged
Zero-station: head engaged
Plus-station: head is below ischial spine
Effacement - correct answer ✔Thinning out of cervix; occurs before dilation
on primipara, at same time as dilation in multipara
, - It is subjective; needs to be at 100% before the mother can push
Dilation - correct answer ✔External os enlarging
Described in centimeters; 10cm = complete
Evaluated with vaginal exam; estimated by touch
Lightening - correct answer ✔Movement of fetus and uterus down into pelvic
cavity (makes breathing easier towards end of pregnancy)
Baby drops, ready for labor
Engagement - correct answer ✔Widest part of head into pelvis
Often happens before onset of labor in primipara
Position - correct answer ✔Relationship of presenting part to specific
quadrant of the maternal pelvis
Various Pelvic Shapes - correct answer ✔Gynecoid
Anthropoid
Android
Platypelloid
Gynecoid and Anthropoid = most favorable
Material
Lie - correct answer ✔The relationship between long axis of fetus and long
axis of mother; how is the baby lying in the mother
Longitudinal (up and down); long ways
Transverse (across)
Attitude - correct answer ✔The degree of flexion the fetus assumes in utero
- want the baby's head to be flexed forward towards arms and legs (chin to
chest)
Station - correct answer ✔Measurement of fetal head in proximity to ischial
spine
Minus-station: head NOT engaged
Zero-station: head engaged
Plus-station: head is below ischial spine
Effacement - correct answer ✔Thinning out of cervix; occurs before dilation
on primipara, at same time as dilation in multipara
, - It is subjective; needs to be at 100% before the mother can push
Dilation - correct answer ✔External os enlarging
Described in centimeters; 10cm = complete
Evaluated with vaginal exam; estimated by touch
Lightening - correct answer ✔Movement of fetus and uterus down into pelvic
cavity (makes breathing easier towards end of pregnancy)
Baby drops, ready for labor
Engagement - correct answer ✔Widest part of head into pelvis
Often happens before onset of labor in primipara
Position - correct answer ✔Relationship of presenting part to specific
quadrant of the maternal pelvis
Various Pelvic Shapes - correct answer ✔Gynecoid
Anthropoid
Android
Platypelloid
Gynecoid and Anthropoid = most favorable
