NSG 3207 Women’s Health Antepartal Nursing Study Guide
, NSG 3207 Women’s Health
Antepartal Nursing Study Guide
1. Review psychological changes that occur during pregnancy.
• Ambivalence
o normal response
• introversion
o focuses on self and changing body
• extroversion
o become more outgoing, sense of fulfillment
• couvade syndrome
o male/father takes on symptoms of pregnancy
2. Review length of pregnancy and weeks gestation for each trimester. Familiarize
yourself with Nägele’s rule and be able to calculate an EDC.
• spans 9 months, 40 weeks
• 3 trimesters
o first
▪ weeks 1-13th
o second
▪ weeks 14-26
o third
▪ weeks 27-40
• How to calculate EDD (nagele’s rule)
o identify the first day of the LMP and count backwards 3 months,
then add 7 days
3. What are the goals of prenatal care?
• promote good health habits and reduce risk factors to ensure a safe birth
for mother and child
• teach health habits that may be continued after pregnancy
• educate for self-care during pregnancy
• provide physical assessment and care
• prepare parents for adaptation to parenthood
• preconception care can catch birth defects
• What is the frequency of prenatal visits
o once a month during 1st and 2nd trimester
o every 2 weeks from 28-36 weeks
o then once a week until delivery
• What assessments are done during the 1 prenatal visit? st
o reason for seeking care
o current pregnancy
o obstetric and gynecologic history
▪ past pregnancy info like birth weight and complications
This study source was downloaded by 100000817936687 from CourseHero.com on 04-10-2022 11:27:55 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/22659682/OB-Antepartum/
, NSG 3207 Women’s Health
Antepartal Nursing Study Guide
1. Review psychological changes that occur during pregnancy.
• Ambivalence
o normal response
• introversion
o focuses on self and changing body
• extroversion
o become more outgoing, sense of fulfillment
• couvade syndrome
o male/father takes on symptoms of pregnancy
2. Review length of pregnancy and weeks gestation for each trimester. Familiarize
yourself with Nägele’s rule and be able to calculate an EDC.
• spans 9 months, 40 weeks
• 3 trimesters
o first
▪ weeks 1-13th
o second
▪ weeks 14-26
o third
▪ weeks 27-40
• How to calculate EDD (nagele’s rule)
o identify the first day of the LMP and count backwards 3 months,
then add 7 days
3. What are the goals of prenatal care?
• promote good health habits and reduce risk factors to ensure a safe birth
for mother and child
• teach health habits that may be continued after pregnancy
• educate for self-care during pregnancy
• provide physical assessment and care
• prepare parents for adaptation to parenthood
• preconception care can catch birth defects
• What is the frequency of prenatal visits
o once a month during 1st and 2nd trimester
o every 2 weeks from 28-36 weeks
o then once a week until delivery
• What assessments are done during the 1 prenatal visit? st
o reason for seeking care
o current pregnancy
o obstetric and gynecologic history
▪ past pregnancy info like birth weight and complications
This study source was downloaded by 100000817936687 from CourseHero.com on 04-10-2022 11:27:55 GMT -05:00
https://www.coursehero.com/file/22659682/OB-Antepartum/
