Check Your Understanding Questions
1
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Explain the difference between a normal contraction pattern and patterns demonstrating uterine dystocia.
2
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What causes a pregnant person to be at risk for labor dystocia?
3
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Explain how fetal dystocia affects the second stage of labor.
4
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What is the Bishop score of this cervix: 1 cm, anterior position, 50 percent effacement, –2 station, medium consistency?
5
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Describe the characteristics and risk factors for preterm labor.
6
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Describe common risk factors and fetal complications related to meconium-stained fluid.
7
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Name the risk factors for chorioamnionitis.
8
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Explain how preeclampsia is associated with fetal hypoxia during labor.
9
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What newborn complications are associated with the laboring person who has an eating disorder?
10
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Discuss indications for operative delivery.
11
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Explain the options for subsequent births in a person with a previous cesarean birth.
12
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How does preeclampsia increase the risk for cesarean birth?
13
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Describe the complications of fetal distress.
14
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Describe the risk factors for uterine rupture.
15
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How can the nurse support the laboring person to decrease the risk of exhaustion?
16
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Describe complications related to succenturiate lobe of the placenta.
17
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Explain the 4 T’s related to postpartum hemorrhage.
18
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What is the difference between normal lochia and bleeding related to an undetected laceration?
19
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How does uterine atony contribute to alteration in perfusion to the extremities?