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newborn reflexes swallowing, sneezing/coughing, blinking, sucking rooting, extrusion, Babinski/plantar, Moro/startle, doll's eye, tonic neck/fencing, palmar grasp, step, crawl cardiac tamponade happens when the fluid sac around your heart fills with too much blood or other fluid and puts pressure on your heart. This prevents your heart's chambers from filling properly. Causing a decrease in blood pressure. Supine hypotensive syndrome Dizziness and a drop in blood pressure caused when ...

Gravida Pregnacy Primigravida pregnant for the first time Nulligravida a woman who has never been pregnant Multigravida a woman who has had two or more pregnancies Primipara first delivery Para Delivery GTPAL: G number of pregnancies GTPAL: T number of term births (36-40 weeks) GTPAL: P Number of preterm deliveries (under 36 weeks) GTPAL: A Number of abortions GTPAL: L Number of living children APGAR use Nurses evaluate each sign of the apgar system and totals the schore o...

Mental Health State of well-being in which the individual realises his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM it is the manual physicians, psychiatrist,psychologist,therapist advanced nurses and social workers use in order to diagnose mental illness. DSM classification Axis I - Clinical Psychiatric Disorde...

Defense Mechanisms Relatively involuntary patterns of response which involve feelings, thoughts and behaviours Coping Mechanisms Conscious and purposeful processes that are based on cognition DSM-V-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Widely used system of classifying psychological disorders DSM Axis I Clinical Psychiatric Disorders DSM Axis II Personality Disorders and Mental Retardation DSM Axis III General Medical Conditions DSM Axis IV Psychosocial and Envir...

Mental Health State of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. Defense Mechanisms Occurs mainly in our unconscious mind. They are relatively involuntary patterns of response which involve feelings, thoughts and behaviours. Types: - Denial - Repression - Projection - Displacement - Regression - Rationalization - Sub...

Case Study # 1 Questions 1-4 refer to this study. Lynn is 25 weeks pregnant, and she attends her regular prenatal check-up. You are the LPN working in a prenatal clinic. Lynn's physician asks you to prepare Lynn for her visit. You escort her to the examining room, where you assist her in laying on her back on the exam table. 1. While you are preparing for her examination, Lynn expresses feeling of strength and vitality. You note she is flushed. She feels warm and dry to the touch. Yo...