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Maternal Mortality and Morbidity - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Maternal mortality rates
have DOUBLED in the past 20 years
-US has highest maternal mortality rate compared to other developed
countries
-Infant mortality rate DECREASING but infant morbidity rate INCREASING
,Physcian - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a medical doctor who provides primary care to a
mother
Certified Nurse Midwife - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-APRN, masters or doctorate
-Has to take American Midwifery certification board, licensed by state board
of nursing, has prescriptive authority, care settings include; hospital, clinic,
birth center, home
Licensed Midwife - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-High school or GED
-Has to take North American Registery of Midwives, licensed by
department of health services, does NOT have prescriptive authority, care
settings include birth center and home
Lay Midwife - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-NO education required
-Not licensed, does NOT have prescriptive authority, care settings include
home
Substance use and abuse - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-Prescription drug use,
marijuana use, cocaine use, opiates, methamphetamine, alcohol
consumption, cigarette smoking, caffeine
-Review ch 4 for more details
, -COCAINE, SMOKING + BLUNT TRAUMA - RF for placental abruption
Endometriosis - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔endometrial tissue outside the uterus
- may be implanted in the ovaries, anterior and posterior cul-de-sac, broad,
uterosacral, and round ligaments, rectovaginal septum, sigmoid colon,
appendix, pelvic peritoneum, cervix, and inguinal area.
- SYMPTOMS: pelvic pain, dysmenorrhea, and dyspareunia (painful
intercourse)
Menopause - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-The time that marks the end of menstrual
cycles.
-Diagnosed after someone has gone 12 months without having a cycle
-Usually occurs during 40's and 50's with average age being 51
Menopause Symptoms - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Irregular periods, vaginal dryness,
hot flashes, chills, night sweats, sleep problems, mood changes, thinning of
hair and dry skin, weight gain and slowed metabolism, and loss of breast
fullness
Contraceptives - Physical Barriers - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔-External-male condom
-internal - female condom
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