Lbw Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Low Birth Weight - Correct Answer-less than 5 lbs (2,500g) Moderately LBW - Correct Answer-between g Very LBW - Correct Answer-less than 1500g Extremely LBW - Correct Answer-less than 1000g Postmature Infant is at risk for - Correct Answer-meconium aspiration syndrome **suction airway Physiologic Jaundice - Correct Answer-48-72 hrs Pathologic Jaundice - Correct Answer-within 24 hrs hyperbilirubinemia complication - Correct Answer-kernicterus bilirubin encephalopathy

Keys to a healthy pregnancy 1) adequate vitamins and minerals 2) healthy body weight 3) controlling health conditions 4) avoid teratogens 2. Teratogens Compounds that can increase the risk of a birth defect. 3. Examples of teratogens: 1) Tobacco: miscarriage, stillbirth, LBW, preterm 2) Alcohol: fetal alcohol syndrome 3) Drugs: LBW, miscarriage, birth defects 4. 4 Key pregnancy stages: Fertilization, Blastogenic, Embryonic, Fetal 5. Blastogenic stage (Day 1 to 14): A period of ra...

Maternity and Women's Health Care 13th Edition Lowdermilk Test Bank Maternity and Women's Health Care 13th Edition Lowdermilk Test Bank Chapter 01: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care, 12th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman’s risk of having a low-birth-weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to consider? a. African-American race b. Cigarette smoking c. Poor nutriti...

Bank Maternityand Women'sHealth Care13th Edition LowdermilkTest BankMaternityandWomen'sHealthCare13thEditionLowdermilkTest Bank Chapter01:21stCenturyMaternityandWomen’sHealthNursing Lowdermilk:Maternity&Women’sHealthCare,12thEdition MULTIPLECHOICE 1. Inevaluatingthelevelofapregnantwoman’sriskofhavingalow-birth-weight(LBW) infant,whichfactoristhemostimportantforthenursetoconsider? a. African-Americanrace b. Cigarettesmoking c. Poornutritionalstatus d. Limitedmaternaleducation ANS:A Theris...

Maternity and women s health care 11th edition lowdermilk test bank Chapter 01: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care, 11th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman’s risk of having a low-birth-weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to consider? a. African-American race b. Cigarette smoking c. Poor nutritional status d. Limited maternal education ANS: A For African-Ame...

In evaluating the level of a pregnant womans risk of having a low-birth-weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to consider? a. African-American race b. Cigarette smoking c. Poor nutritional status d. Limited maternal education ANS: A For African-American births, the incidence of LBW infants is twice that of Caucasian births. Race is a nonmodifiable risk factor. Cigarette smoking is an important factor in potential infant mortality rates, but it is not the ...

MATERNITY AND WOMENS HEALTH CARE 12 TH EDITION TESTBANK MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman’s risk of having a low-birth-weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to consider? a. African-American race b. Cigarette smoking c. Poor nutritional status d. Limited maternal education ANS: A The rise in the overall LBW rates were due to increases in LBW births to non-Hispanic black women (13.35%) and Hispanic women (7.21%); non-Hispan...

Maternity and Women's Health Care 13th Edition Lowdermilk Test Bank 1.In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman’s risk of having a low-birth-weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to consider? a.African-American race b.Cigarette smoking c.Poor nutritional status d.Limited maternal education ANS: A The rise in the overall LBW rates were due to increases in LBW births to non-Hispanic black women (13.35%) and Hispanic women (7.21%); non-Hispanic black in...

HESI RN Practice Test--Community Health-Community Health Practice Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update | ALREADY GRADED A+ During an initial clinic visit, the nurse is taking the history for a client who wants to confirm her pregnancy. The client's last child has a history of low-birth-weight (LBW). Which additional finding is most important for the nurse to consider? African-American ethnicity Poor nutritional status Limited maternal education Alcohol ingestion

Chapter 01: 21st Century Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care, 11th Edition MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. In evaluating the level of a pregnant woman’s risk of having a low-birth-weight (LBW) infant, which factor is the most important for the nurse to consider? a. African-American race b. Cigarette smoking c. Poor nutritional status d. Limited maternal education ANS: A For African-American births, the incidence of LBW infants is twice that of C...