Maternal and Child Health Nursing Flashcards

Flashcards covering various topics in maternal and child health nursing, including reproductive health, pregnancy complications, newborn care, and related disorders.

Balanoposthitis

Inflammation of the glans and prepuce due to poor hygiene, with signs like purulent discharges and painful urination.

Paraphimosis

A condition in uncircumcised males where the foreskin becomes trapped behind the glans.

Enhanced Lung Maturity

Administration of Betamethasone (Celestone) to enhance lung maturity in preterm newborns.

Polymenorrhea

Cycles shorter than 3 weeks that may indicate a disturbance in endocrine control of ovulation.

MESA (Microsurgical Epididymal Sperm Aspiration)

Retrieval of spermatozoa directly from the epididymis due to absence of ejaculated sperm.

Frotteurism

A sexual expression involving a man rubbing his genitals against another person for sexual arousal and gratification.

Fetishism

Sexual arousal involving non-living objects.

Voyeurism

Getting pleasure by secretly watching people who are naked or having sex.

Central Precocious Puberty

Early maturation of the entire hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.

Threatened Abortion

Uterine cramping, vaginal spotting, and a closed cervix.

GIFT (Gamete Intrafallopian Transfer)

Retrieval of sperm and ovum directly implanted into the fallopian tubes where fertilization takes place (in vivo).

Cryptorchidism

Failure of one or both testes to descend from the abdominal cavity to the scrotum.

Hysterosalpingography

Introduction of radiopaque material into the uterus and fallopian tubes to assess tubal patency.

Preterm Labor

Uterine contractions that occur after the 20th week and before the 37th week of gestation that may result in cervical changes.

Cytocele

Tissue protruding from the vaginal opening, indicating weakening and stretching of the tissue around the bladder and vaginal wall.

Satyriasis

Uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a man.

Voyeurism

Sexual behavior characterized by intense fantasy while looking at someone.

Take iron supplements with kalamansi juice

Iron best absorbed in an acid medium, take with kalamansi juice.

Pedophilic Behavior

Sexual behavior including, predator, pederasty, and obsessive traits.

Oligomenorrhea

Irregular menstrual blood flow in a woman.

Peau d’ orange

Dimpling of the skin that gives it the appearance of the skin of an orange, often a sign of breast cancer.

Transvestism

Enjoying dressing in clothes of the opposite gender for sexual arousal.

Primary Dysmenorrhea

Medical term for painful cramps that may occur immediately before or during the menstrual period and this type of dysmenorrhea/pain is thought to result from uterine contractions and ischemia, probably mediated by prostaglandins.

Chordee

A downward curvature of the penis.

Oligohydramnios

A condition best defined as diminished amniotic fluid.

Precocious Puberty

The appearance of physical and hormonal signs of pubertal development at an earlier age.

Rectovaginal fistula

A vaginal fistulas that causes severe infection.

TESE

Spermatozoa are obtained from the testicular tissue due to absence of sperm in epididymis.

Secondary Infertility

Blessed with one child for several years, but they have been trying to have another child but without success.

Didelphys

Complete duplication of the uterus and cervix without fusion of the two cavities.

Zoophilia

Having intercourse with a pet dog, a sexual preference.

Hydrocele

Painless collection of clear yellow fluid scrotum.

Folic- Acid Deficiency Anemia

A type of anemia that has enlarged red blood cells.

Iron Deficiency Anemia

A type of anemia that has a small red blood cell.

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Description

Body has absolute insulin.

Upper Outer Quadrant

50% of breast cancer cases occur in this area.

Hemorrhage

Assessing the client for sign and symptoms after dilation and curettage to evacuate a Molar pregnancy.

Anticipatory grieving related to the loss of the pregnancy

The most appropriate nursing diagnosis for a woman diagnosed with ectopic pregnancy.

Phimosis

A client exhibits a foreskin with a tight and unretractable constriction.

Premature Rupture of Membranes (PROM)

Spontaneous rupture of membranes before 37 weeks of gestation prior to labor onset.

Symptoms Worse Before Menses

Caused by hormone fluctuations.

Sadism

Sexual gratification obtained by inflicting injuries to an opposite partner.

Total Abstinence

The most effective way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Rapid growth of the fetus

What is the first sign of hydramnios in a pregnant woman?

Child Free Living

It can’t be proven but the mother won’t stop.

Epididymis

Inguinal and scrotal pain, fever, tenderness of the affected part, urine with bacteria and WBS, treatments are antibiotics and symptomatic relief.

Hypospadias

A urine confinement is on his front rather than his back, as a student nurse you will suspect that baby boy.

Primary Vaginismus

A condition occurs when a woman has never been able to have penetrative sex or achieve any kind of vaginal penetration.

Toxic shock syndrome

A teenager came to the OPD with history of using tampons during menstrual period. With the following manifestations fever, diarrhea, vomiting, muscular

Uterine Leiomyoma

Patient came into out-patient department complaining of painful menstruation and bleeding between periods.

Epispadias

Disorder defect of the dorsal wall of the urethra and is seen both in males and females.

It can’t be detected with physical changes

You can't be detected with physical changes.

Inadequate lubrication secondary to aging process

Lily is 50 years old, as a nurse you will suspect that sexual pain (dyspareunia) is due.

Alcohol Explanation

Drugs that can cause mental retardation, as a nurse you will suspect.

Ectopic pregnancy

She suspects that she is pregnant but has been having a small amount of bleeding and has severe pain in the left lower abdomen.

Impotence/Erectile Disorder

Vacuum-pump device and penile prosthetic device is used for what?

Placenta Accreta

Which among the following interventions, you assessed the placenta has passed the myometrium?

Teach the mother to bf the infant at least every 2-3 hours

Newborn’s skin is yellowish.

Risk for birth injury

A characteristic of Large gestational newborn?

Rinse the infant’s mouth with water after each feeding

Following interventions to prevent tissue infection and breakdown of cleft palate or lip repair, the nurse would use which of the following interventions?

Carboprost tromethamine (Hemabate) - last choice etich

What medication does the nurse anticipate to be prescribed by the doctor to manage uterine atony?

hypertonic uterine contraction

Another parturient came in with irregular and strong uterine contractions with premature rupture of the membrane these are

Helps maintain a rhythmic breathing pattern

best explains the main role of surfactant in the neonate

Congenital heart defects

The most common cause of heart failure in children?

Needs oxygen that he or she can supply to generate heat

The patient gets cold , how could that lead to respiratory distress primarily because the infant?

cephalic presentation

What could you expect that the fatal presentation?

Cephalhematoma

This head trauma is from when blood vessels rupture during labor or delivery producing bleeding into the area and its periosteum.

Maintain temperature

Where is Brown fat used to?

Caput Succedaneum

A vaguely outlined area of edematous tissue over the portion of the scalp that presents in a vertex delivery.

Pathological ring

Have prolonged labor process causes an abnormal ring which is felt and seen abdominally on the second stage of labor, between the upper and lower uterine segment.

Uterine prolapse

The turning of the uterus whereby the fundus is forced through the cervix, protruding into or completely outside of the vagina?

Her weight is lower than expected to her gestation

An infant’s gestational age assessment reveals that her weight is small for gestational age(SGA).

cephalic presentation

You assessed another parturient who is 35 weeks AOG, during Leopold’s maneuver you palpated the head of the fetus on the right side of the abdomen, you would expect that the fatal presentation is which of the following?

Prevent uterine inversion

Both hands assessment is for Fundus examination.

Frank Breech Presentation

Parturient buttocks are presenting, and the legs are up along the fetal chest and the fetal feet are next to the fetal face.

infrequent, weak, and of short duration contractions

hypotonic uterine contraction described as a parturient with abnormal uterine contraction is characterized by which?

Necrotizing enterocolitis

Acute inflammatory disease of the bowel with increased incidence in preterm infants.

Cerebral Ischemia

Acute stroke resulting from decreased blood flow or oxygen to the brain vessels d/t rupture or blockage.

Abdominal Pressure

Nursing intervention for shoulder dystocia.

Digitalis

Main priority in managing a child congested in heart failure.

hypoxia of the fetus

Meconium staining causes?

1, 2, 3 and 4

Responsibilities begin with the prompt recognition of the early warning signs of NEC 1. Distended abdomenGastric retentionGastric content in the stool 4. Bilious vomitus

blood loss of less than 1000ML in cesarean section

Hypotonia means?

Ventricular septal defect

Most frequent cause of postpartum hemorrhage

Subinvolution

What is caused late postpartum hemorrhage evidence of plochia rubra that exists longer than two weeks?

Mcroberts maneuver

Maneuver that frees shoulders and sharp flexion.

Washing hands between handling perennial pads and touching breasts

One the measures prevents mastitis or prevents nipple from cracking,

Appears at 24 hours after birth

How do you differentiate physiologic jaundice from pathologic jaundice,

Deliver the head and then suction the mouth and then the nose

What should you do with neonate delivered with meconium staining in the amniotic fluid?

Foramen ovale and ductus arteriosus

Circulatory structures close and become non-functioning after birth

Check the infant’s apical pulse for 1 minute

APGAR SCORE:

All of the choices is correct

Families reactions of death from SIDS?

Handwashing and isolation precaution

Best precaution to avoid neonatal sepsis.

Arterial switch

This is the BEST management for Transposition of the Great Vessel (TGV)?

Tetralogy of Fallot

If the parturient has Hypertonic uterine contraction, when does this occur among the stages of labor?

Time of onset and rate rise in bilirubin levels

The primary difference between physiologic jaundice is the:

A woman fibrinogen level is still elevated from pregnancy, leading to increased blood clotting

Why are pregnant women prone to thrombophlebitis (blood clotting)?

Keep the baby clothed

What should not do for babys safety during phototherapy?

Assess her uterus for height and tone

What priority data should first collect in appraising the woman’s risk for hemorrhage?

Muscle soreness in her legs after exercise

What should you look for when a woman has thrombophlebitis?