[Answered]: Determine gravida and parity using GTPAL…

Determine gravida and parity using GTPAL Presumptive, probable, and positive signs of pregnancy Nagele’s Rule for calculating EDD Physiologic changes in pregnancy Nutrition in pregnancy Periods of fetal development and their significance; genetics Psychological tasks of pregnancy/adaptations of family members Assessments at prenatal visits Discomforts and danger signs of pregnancy Types and purposes of prenatal classes True vs false labor “P’s” of labor process Stages and phases of labor, cervical changes Induction/Augmentation of Labor – oxytocin Reasons for Cesarean birth Recovery care following vaginal or cesarean births Pain management in labor – nonpharmacologic, analgesia, anesthesia Significance of/interventions for fetal heart rate – baseline, variability, accelerations, decelerations Physiologic changes that occur during the postpartum period &common complications – involution, lochia Bonding, attachment, problems with attachment, family adaptation Rubin’s 3 phases of maternal adaptation / Transition to Parenthood Newborn physiologic changes that occur at birth, transitional periods Newborn nursing care immediately after birth, including APGAR scores Sleep/Wake states of the newborn Breastfeeding – hormones, common problems Bottle feeding Newborn VS, assessment/reflexes/gestational age assessment – norms/abnormal findings Common medications for pregnant/laboring/postpartum patient and baby Family structure