Comprehensive Predictor Review: Maternal-Newborn, Pediatric, and Medical-Surgical Nursing

Vocabulary review flashcards covering postpartum assessment, neonatal conditions, pregnancy complications, seizure care, autoimmune disorders, musculoskeletal care, and nutritional/GI assessment from the Comprehensive Predictor review notes.

Mastitis (Postpartum Signs)

Localized breast pain or tenderness, redness, warmth, swelling, fever, chills, and flu-like symptoms.

Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy (Risk Factors)

Short intervals between pregnancies, heavy menstrual bleeding before pregnancy, a diet low in iron, and carrying multiple fetuses.

Infant Suffocation Prevention

Practices including placing infants on their backs to sleep, using a firm mattress that fits snugly, avoiding drop-side cribs, and keeping soft objects and loose bedding out of the sleep area.

Erythema Toxicum

A generally harmless newborn condition that usually appears as a widespread temporary pink or red rash.

Neonatal Herpes Simplex Virus

A condition presenting with lesions that often appear as grouped vesicles with surrounding redness, requiring immediate medical attention.

Elevated Serum hCG in Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

A laboratory finding indicating abnormal overgrowth of trophoblastic cells, which may be associated with rapid uterine growth and severe nausea or vomiting.

Car Seat Safety Guidelines (Infants and Toddlers)

Recommendations to ride in a rear-facing car seat in the back seat until reaching the height or weight limit set by the manufacturer, followed by transitioning to a forward-facing seat with a harness.

Threatened Abortion

A type of spontaneous abortion characterized by vaginal bleeding while the cervix remains closed.

Inevitable Abortion

A type of spontaneous abortion characterized by vaginal bleeding accompanied by cervical dilation.

Complete Abortion

A type of spontaneous abortion that occurs when all pregnancy tissue has passed, bleeding decreases, and the cervix begins to close.

Side-Lying Position (Post-Seizure)

The priority position for a child immediately following a tonic-clonic seizure to maintain an open airway, allow oral secretions to drain, and reduce aspiration risk.

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (Ultrasound Findings)

Sonographic appearance showing abnormal tissue with grape-like clusters or a snowstorm appearance, where a fetus is usually not present in a complete molar pregnancy.

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (Risk Factors)

Precipitating factors including obesity, increased maternal age, a family history of diabetes mellitus, a previous large-for-gestational-age infant, and a history of gestational diabetes in a previous pregnancy.

Lupus Erythematosus Exacerbation Triggers

Events that can cause flare-ups, including trauma, infection, certain medications, UV or sunlight exposure, and stress.

Cast Neurovascular Compromise (Signs)

Critical extremity assessment findings including severe unrelieved pain, decreased sensation, absent or weak pulses, pallor or coolness, and inability to move the extremity.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Morning Stiffness Management

Techniques to reduce stiffness and loosen joints, such as applying warmth (warm shower, bath, or heating pad) and engaging in gentle range-of-motion exercises and movement.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Joint Mobility Interventions

Nursing care including encouraging appropriate physical activity and range-of-motion exercises, assisting with activities of daily living as needed, referring to physical or occupational therapy, and monitoring for fatigue to allow rest periods.

Hyperactive Bowel Sounds

Increased bowel sounds that can occur with diarrhea, anxiety, bowel inflammation, or reactions to certain foods.

Excessive Sodium Intake (Indications)

Signs in a client suggesting elevated sodium consumption, including swelling or edema, high blood pressure, and mental changes.

Common Dietary Sources of Sodium

Nutritional sources including table salt, added salt, processed foods, canned foods, packaged foods, and many restaurant foods.