MATERNAL CHILD NURSING
LAB - TERMINOLOGIES
• BALLOTEMENT: rebounding of the fetus against
examiners finger on palpation.
• ANTERPARTUM: medical and nursing care given to
• LINEA NEGRA: dark line from pubis to umbilicus.
a pregnant women between conception and onset
• CHLOASMA: mask of pregnancy. (nangingitim
of labor
mukha ng pregnant women).
• GESTATIONAL MENSTRUAL AGE/ Last Menstrual
• HAEGAR’S SIGN: softening of the lower uterine
Period: measured from 1st day of the last normal
segment.
menstruation period in completed days.
o GOODELL’S SIGN: softening of the cervix
• Age of Viability – 24-25 weeks (Philippines)
o CHADWICK’S SIGN: bluish discoloration of
- 20-24 weeks (US)
vagina.
• GRAVIDA – total pregnancies irrespective of
• EFFACEMENT: obliteration of the cervical canal.
pregnancy outcome
(pagnipis ng cervix)
• PRIMIGRAVIDA – 1st pregnancy
• FETAL DISTRESS: fetal heart tones of more than 120
• MULTIGRAVIDA – successive pregnancy
beats per minute.
• NULLIGRAVIDA: never been pregnant
• BRAXTON HICK’S CONTRACTION: painless uterine
• PARA/ PARITY: number of birth after 20 weeks of
contraction.
gestation, number of pregnancies reaching viability,
• STRIAE GRAVIDARUM: purplish lines in the
whether single or multiple fetus were born alive/
abdomen.
stillborn.
• QUICKENING: mothers first perception of fetal
o PRIMIPARA: delivered only 1 fetus which
movement.
reached age of viability
• LIGHTENING: baby’s head settles into true pelvis.
o MULTIPARA: delivered 2 or more fetus
• AMNIOTOMY: an artificial rupturing of fetal
o NULLIPARA: never been born
membranes as a means of inducing or expediting
• PARTURITION: process of labor
labor.
• PARTURIENT: women in labor
• HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM: sever or prolonged
• PUERPERIUM: 6-8 weeks period post delivery
vomiting during the first trimester of pregnancy.
• ABORTION: any pregnancy terminated before the
• UTERINE SOUFFLE: a blowing sound, synchronous
age of viability
with the cardiac systole of the mother, heard on
• PRETERM: a pregnancy that ends after 20 weeks
auscultation of the pregnant fetus.
and before 37 weeks of gestation.
• OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS: amniotic fluid is less than a
• POST TERM: pregnancy that goes beyond 40
pint.
2weeks of gestation
• POLYHYDRAMNIOS: excess of amniotic fluid over 3
• STILL BIRTH: fetus born dead after 20 weeks of
pints.
gestation
• PERINEUM: a diamond shape, extending from MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH DURING PREGNANCY
coccyx behind and lower border of symphysis pubis 1. Intrapartum Cardiac arrest
in front and laterally between the thigh. 2. Ectopic Pregnancy
• PRESENTATION: portion of the fetus which engages 3. Gestational Hypertension (Eclampsia)
in the pelvic brim. 4. Embolism
• POSITION: the relationship of the position of the
fetus to that of mother. DANGER SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
o OCCIPUT: back of the head 1. Dysuria
o SINCIPUT: frontal region of the cranium 2. Decrease fetal movement
o ATTITUDE: the relation of fetal parts to eacg 3. Fever
other in the uterus. 4. Persistent vomiting
• EPISIOTOMY: surgical incision of the vulva. 5. Severe abdominal pain/ premature uterine
• OXYTOCIN: drugs use to contract the uterus. contraction
6. Gushing of fluid from the vagina (leaking BOW)
LAB - TERMINOLOGIES
• BALLOTEMENT: rebounding of the fetus against
examiners finger on palpation.
• ANTERPARTUM: medical and nursing care given to
• LINEA NEGRA: dark line from pubis to umbilicus.
a pregnant women between conception and onset
• CHLOASMA: mask of pregnancy. (nangingitim
of labor
mukha ng pregnant women).
• GESTATIONAL MENSTRUAL AGE/ Last Menstrual
• HAEGAR’S SIGN: softening of the lower uterine
Period: measured from 1st day of the last normal
segment.
menstruation period in completed days.
o GOODELL’S SIGN: softening of the cervix
• Age of Viability – 24-25 weeks (Philippines)
o CHADWICK’S SIGN: bluish discoloration of
- 20-24 weeks (US)
vagina.
• GRAVIDA – total pregnancies irrespective of
• EFFACEMENT: obliteration of the cervical canal.
pregnancy outcome
(pagnipis ng cervix)
• PRIMIGRAVIDA – 1st pregnancy
• FETAL DISTRESS: fetal heart tones of more than 120
• MULTIGRAVIDA – successive pregnancy
beats per minute.
• NULLIGRAVIDA: never been pregnant
• BRAXTON HICK’S CONTRACTION: painless uterine
• PARA/ PARITY: number of birth after 20 weeks of
contraction.
gestation, number of pregnancies reaching viability,
• STRIAE GRAVIDARUM: purplish lines in the
whether single or multiple fetus were born alive/
abdomen.
stillborn.
• QUICKENING: mothers first perception of fetal
o PRIMIPARA: delivered only 1 fetus which
movement.
reached age of viability
• LIGHTENING: baby’s head settles into true pelvis.
o MULTIPARA: delivered 2 or more fetus
• AMNIOTOMY: an artificial rupturing of fetal
o NULLIPARA: never been born
membranes as a means of inducing or expediting
• PARTURITION: process of labor
labor.
• PARTURIENT: women in labor
• HYPEREMESIS GRAVIDARUM: sever or prolonged
• PUERPERIUM: 6-8 weeks period post delivery
vomiting during the first trimester of pregnancy.
• ABORTION: any pregnancy terminated before the
• UTERINE SOUFFLE: a blowing sound, synchronous
age of viability
with the cardiac systole of the mother, heard on
• PRETERM: a pregnancy that ends after 20 weeks
auscultation of the pregnant fetus.
and before 37 weeks of gestation.
• OLIGOHYDRAMNIOS: amniotic fluid is less than a
• POST TERM: pregnancy that goes beyond 40
pint.
2weeks of gestation
• POLYHYDRAMNIOS: excess of amniotic fluid over 3
• STILL BIRTH: fetus born dead after 20 weeks of
pints.
gestation
• PERINEUM: a diamond shape, extending from MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH DURING PREGNANCY
coccyx behind and lower border of symphysis pubis 1. Intrapartum Cardiac arrest
in front and laterally between the thigh. 2. Ectopic Pregnancy
• PRESENTATION: portion of the fetus which engages 3. Gestational Hypertension (Eclampsia)
in the pelvic brim. 4. Embolism
• POSITION: the relationship of the position of the
fetus to that of mother. DANGER SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
o OCCIPUT: back of the head 1. Dysuria
o SINCIPUT: frontal region of the cranium 2. Decrease fetal movement
o ATTITUDE: the relation of fetal parts to eacg 3. Fever
other in the uterus. 4. Persistent vomiting
• EPISIOTOMY: surgical incision of the vulva. 5. Severe abdominal pain/ premature uterine
• OXYTOCIN: drugs use to contract the uterus. contraction
6. Gushing of fluid from the vagina (leaking BOW)
