Labor Progression Case Study (45 min)

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A 27-year-old female who is 40 weeks and 2 days pregnant, with contractions occurring once every 10 minutes. The patient is checked in, vital signs are normal, fetal heart tones are normal and the mother and father to-be are settled into their room for the night. It is 4 am and the call light goes off. The patient reports she is feeling contractions every 2 minutes now and she thinks her water may have broken.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Application

How can the nurse find out if the patients water has broken?

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Critical Thinking Check
Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension

What color should the test be if the membranes have ruptured?

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The nurse prepares to test the fluid that has leaked down the patients’ leg. The test comes back positive for amniotic fluid. The nurse informs the doctor and prepares the patient to deliver.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Application

What is the most important thing to have ready at this time?

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The nurse is prepared for the delivery and is talking the mother through her breathing, the cervix is dilated to 7 cm and the contractions are now 1 minute apart.

Vital signs are as follows:

RR 30 bpm

HR 125 bpm

BP 110/67 mmHg

Fetal HR 133 bpm

The nurse checks the presentation of the baby and notes the baby head is in the vertex position, the bottom is in the frank position and baby is in the -1 station.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension

What station number means the baby is starting to come out?

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension

What cardinal movement is the baby currently in?

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The nurse monitors mom and baby for another hour and upon re-checking the position of the baby the nurse notes that the baby is now +1 station and the cardinal movement is descent and flexion.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Application

What does the nurse need to make sure has happened?

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As the baby is delivered the occiput is facing the right side of the pelvis and towards the front.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Comprehension

What position is the newborn in at delivery?

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Concepts Covered:

  • Fetal Development
  • Terminology
  • Pregnancy Risks
  • Prenatal Concepts
  • Newborn Care
  • Newborn Complications
  • Labor Complications
  • Postpartum Complications
  • Medication Administration
  • Labor and Delivery
  • Studying
  • Postpartum Care
  • Communication

Study Plan Lessons

Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) Lab Values
Antepartum Testing
Stages of Fetal Development Nursing Mnemonic (Proficiently Expanding Fetus)
What the Heck is Antepartum Testing? – Live Tutoring Archive
Antepartum Testing Case Study (45 min)
Babies by Term
Blood Cultures
Blood Glucose Monitoring
Body System Assessments
Clindamycin (Cleocin) Nursing Considerations
Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) Labs
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC)
Eye Prophylaxis for Newborn (Erythromycin)
Eye Prophylaxis for Newborn
Erythroblastosis Fetalis
Fetal Development
Fetal Distress Interventions Nursing Mnemonic (Stop MOAN)
Fetal Environment
Fetal Heart Monitoring (FHM)
Fetal Heart Monitoring Like A Pro – Live Tutoring Archive
Fetal Heart Monitoring Like A Pro 2 – Live Tutoring Archive
Gestational Diabetes (GDM)
Gestational Diabetes and Why YOU Should Know About It – Live Tutoring Archive
Gestational HTN (Hypertension)
Glucagon Lab Values
Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) Lab Values
Gravidity and Parity (G&Ps, GTPAL)
HELLP Syndrome
HELLP Syndrome – Signs and Symptoms Nursing Mnemonic (HELLP)
Hemoglobin A1c (HbA1C)
Isotonic Solutions (IV solutions)
Labor Progression Case Study (45 min)
Leopold Maneuvers
Magnesium Sulfate
Magnesium Sulfate (MgSO4) Nursing Considerations
Magnesium Sulfate in Pregnancy
Mastitis
Maternal Risk Factors
Mechanisms of Labor
Meds for Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH)
Meds for PPH (postpartum hemorrhage)
Methylergonovine (Methergine) Nursing Considerations
Newborn Physical Exam
Newborn Reflexes
Nifedipine (Procardia) Nursing Considerations
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Abruptio Placentae / Placental abruption
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Chorioamnionitis
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Diabetes Mellitus (DM)
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Dystocia
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Maternal-Fetal Dyad Using GTPAL
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Meconium Aspiration
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Newborns
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Placenta Previa
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Preterm Labor / Premature Labor
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Process of Labor
Nursing Care Plan (NCP) for Transient Tachypnea of Newborn
Nursing Care Plan for (NCP) Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS)
Nursing Care Plan for Newborn Reflexes
Nursing Case Study for Maternal Newborn
Nutrition Assessments
Nutrition in Pregnancy
Nutritional Requirements
OB (Labor) Nurse Report to OB (Postpartum) Nurses
OB Non-Stress Test Results Nursing Mnemonic (NNN)
OB Pharm and What Drugs You HAVE to Know – Live Tutoring Archive
Obstetrical Procedures
Opioid Analgesics in Pregnancy
Pediatric Vital Signs (VS)
Physiological Changes
Possible Infections During Pregnancy Nursing Mnemonic (TORCH)
Postpartum Discomforts
Postpartum Hematoma
Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH)
Postpartum Interventions
Postpartum Physiological Maternal Changes
Postpartum Thrombophlebitis
Precipitous Labor
Preeclampsia (45 min)
Preeclampsia, Eclampsia, and HELLP Syndrome for Certified Emergency Nursing (CEN)
Preeclampsia: Signs, Symptoms, Nursing Care, and Magnesium Sulfate
Preload and Afterload
Premature Rupture of the Membranes (PROM)
Preterm Labor
Probable Signs of Pregnancy Nursing Mnemonic (CHOP BUGS)
Process of Labor – Baby Nursing Mnemonic (ALPPPS)
Process of Labor – Mom Nursing Mnemonic (4 P’s)
Process of Labor 2 – Live Tutoring Archive
Prolapsed Umbilical Cord
Promethazine (Phenergan) Nursing Considerations
Prostaglandins
Prostaglandins in Pregnancy
Protein (PROT) Lab Values
Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP)
Signs of Pregnancy (Presumptive, Probable, Positive)
Stages of Fetal Development Nursing Mnemonic (Proficiently Expanding Fetus)
Subinvolution
Terbutaline (Brethine) Nursing Considerations
Tocolytics
Tocolytics
Umbilical Cord Vasculature Nursing Mnemonic (2A1V)
Uterine Stimulants (Oxytocin, Pitocin)
Uterine Stimulants (Oxytocin, Pitocin) Nursing Considerations
VEAL CHOP Nursing Mnemonic (Fetal Accelerations and Decelerations) (VEAL CHOP)