NURS 3330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Spasm, Cardiac Output, Gravidity And Parity
16 Jan 2017
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Nursing care and interventions prior to conception and throughout normal pregnancy. Preconception care: a set of interventions that aim to identify medical, behavioral, and social risks to a woman"s health or pregnancy outcome. Anticipatory guidance: the provision of information and guidance to women and their families that enables them to by knowledgeable and prepared as the process of pregnancy and childbirth unfolds. Test for the presence of human chorionic gonadatropin. The objective signs of pregnancy that can only be attributed to the fetus. Transvaginal ultrasound can show the gestational sac at 4. 5-5 weeks of gestation. Begins the first day of the last normal menstrual period. G/p: a two digit system to denote pregnancy and birth history. Gravida: the total number of times a women has been pregnant. Para: the number of births after 20 weeks gestation. Gtpal: (gravida, term, para, abortion, and living) a more comprehensive system that gives information about each infant from prior pregnancies.
