NURS405 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Ectopic Pregnancy, Preterm Birth, Gravidity And Parity
22 Sep 2017
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Goal of maternity care: healthy pregnancy with a physically safe & emotionally satisfying outcome for the mother, infant, and the family. 5 digit system - separated by hyphens, provides info about woman"s ob hx. Rises: level of hcg rises until it peaks at about 60-70 days of gestation then declines until about 80 days of gestation. Signs of pregnancy: (3 commonly used categories of s&s): see table 9-2; p 189: pressumptive those subjective changes felt by women (ex. Amenorrhea, fatigue, breast changes): probable those objective changes observed by examiner (ex. Hegar signs, ballottement, pregnancy tests): positive those signs attributed inly to the presence of the fetus (ex. One sixth of total maternal blood volume is within the uterine vascular system (rate of. Gestation: cervical changes, goodell"s sign softening of the cervical tip may be observed about the beginning of 6th week. Then fetus sinks, and a gentle tap is felt on the finger: quickening happens.
