NUR 406 Exam 4
- birth rate
Answer number of live births per 1000 people
- fetal death
Answer death in utero at >20 weeks
- perinatal mortality
Answer both neonatal and fetal deaths per 1000 live births
- neonatal mortality
Answer number of deaths of infants less than 28 days of age per 1000 births
- infant mortality rate
Answer number of infant deaths <1 year of age per 1000 live births in a given population
- maternal mortality
Answer number of deaths from any cause during the pregnancy cycle (including 42-day postpartum period) per 100,000 live births; excludes external causes such as accidents, homicides, suicides
- estrogen
Answer development of breasts, widening of hips, maturation of ovarian folli- cles, proliferation of endometrium, inhibits FSH and LH production; high rate right before ovulation; thin, elastic cervical mucus 1 / 3
- progesterone
Answer secreted by corpus lutem; highest after ovulation, effects on breasts (prepares for lactation), often called the hormone of pregnancy; responsible for maintaining the pregnancy*, secreted in the placenta, relaxed the uterus (de- creases contractility in order to avoid abortion)
- implantation occurs
Answer 7-10 days after fertilization
- pre-embryonic stage
Answer first 14 days post conception
- embryonic stage
Answer day 15-8 weeks (3-4 weeks- tubular heart forms and begins to beat; 8 weeks all organs formed)
- 10-12 weeks
Answer fetal heart heard
- external sex organs seen
Answer 16 weeks
- mom feels movement
Answer 18-20 weeks
- baby can breath
Answer 28 weeks 2 / 3
- develop SC fat
Answer 32 weeks
- good chance of survival if born
Answer 36 weeks
- considered full term
Answer 37 weeks
- presumptive or subjective signs of pregnancy
Answer symptoms the woman expe- riences and reports; amenorrhea, N/V, fatigue, breast sensitivity, urinary frequency, quickening (feeling fetal movement)
- probable or objective signs of pregnancy
Answer signs perceived by the examin- er*, may have other causes other then pregnancy;Chadwick's sign (blue cervix), Goodell's sign (softening of the cervix), uterine enlargement, Braxton-Hick's ctx, ballottment (feeling fetal movement when pushing on belly), positive pregnancy test, Hegar's sign (softening of the isthmus of the uterus)
- positive or diagnostic signs of pregnacy
Answer signs perceived by examiner, can be caused only by pregnancy; fetal heartbeat, palpation of fetal parts by practitioner, visualization of fetus by ultrasound
- quickening for the primagravida woman
- / 3
Answer usually felt between 18-20 weeks