Preparatory Work Labor and Delivery

Preparatory Work Labor and Delivery

1. What is a normal baseline fetal heart rate? How is fetal variability determined and what terms are used for charting?
2. How do you determine and chart contraction frequency, duration, and intensity?
3. What is an amniotomy, and what important nursing roles go along with it?
4. Define effacement, dilation, and station.
5. Discuss the first stage of labor along with its phases and dilations. What maternal behaviors are seen and what interventions can be used?
6. Discuss the second stage of labor and appropriate nursing interventions. What is open glottis pushing?
7. Discuss the third stage of labor and appropriate nursing interventions.
8. Discuss the fourth stage of labor and appropriate nursing interventions. When is fundal massage warranted?
9. Identify 3 danger signs in labor that must be reported and develop 2 priority nursing interventions for each danger sign you listed.
10. What role does the nurse play in the administration of an epidural? Before, during, and after?