NUR 254 Exam 1
GESTATION
Age of pregnancy
TRIMESTER
Segment of pregnancy (13 weeks)
ANTEPARTUM
Total time of pregnancy
INTRAPARTUM
Labor and birth
POSTPARTUM
Return to pre-pregnancy state (6 weeks post delivery)
GRAVIDA
pregnant woman
NULLIGRAVIDA
a woman who has never been pregnant
MULTIGRAVIDA
a woman who has had two or more pregnancies
GRAVIDITY
number of pregnancies regardless of outcome
, PARA
Number of viable deliveries (at least 20 weeks gestation)
TERM
38 to 42 weeks gestation
VIABILITY
Currently 22 to 24 weeks gestation
GTPAL
G-gravidity
T-total number of preterm births
P-Total number of preterm births
A-Total number of abortions (Spontaneous or elective)
L-Total number of living children
PRESUMPTIVE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
subjective signs or objective changes experienced by
mother
those felt by the woman (amenorrhea, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, breast changes)
PROBABLE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
(examiners objective findings) Positive pregnancy test, enlarge abdomen uterus, Gooddells
signs, chadwick, hegars signs, ballottement, braxtons hicks contractions
POSITIVE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
xray, ultrasound, auscultation of fetal HR on doppler 10 weeks, examiner (not the mother)
palpates fetal movement
When is initial prenatal OB appointment?
8-12 weeks
Immunizations for pregnancy
Rubella, vericella, influenza, hep C, pertussis
Follow up prenatal visits
GESTATION
Age of pregnancy
TRIMESTER
Segment of pregnancy (13 weeks)
ANTEPARTUM
Total time of pregnancy
INTRAPARTUM
Labor and birth
POSTPARTUM
Return to pre-pregnancy state (6 weeks post delivery)
GRAVIDA
pregnant woman
NULLIGRAVIDA
a woman who has never been pregnant
MULTIGRAVIDA
a woman who has had two or more pregnancies
GRAVIDITY
number of pregnancies regardless of outcome
, PARA
Number of viable deliveries (at least 20 weeks gestation)
TERM
38 to 42 weeks gestation
VIABILITY
Currently 22 to 24 weeks gestation
GTPAL
G-gravidity
T-total number of preterm births
P-Total number of preterm births
A-Total number of abortions (Spontaneous or elective)
L-Total number of living children
PRESUMPTIVE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
subjective signs or objective changes experienced by
mother
those felt by the woman (amenorrhea, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, breast changes)
PROBABLE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
(examiners objective findings) Positive pregnancy test, enlarge abdomen uterus, Gooddells
signs, chadwick, hegars signs, ballottement, braxtons hicks contractions
POSITIVE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
xray, ultrasound, auscultation of fetal HR on doppler 10 weeks, examiner (not the mother)
palpates fetal movement
When is initial prenatal OB appointment?
8-12 weeks
Immunizations for pregnancy
Rubella, vericella, influenza, hep C, pertussis
Follow up prenatal visits
