This quiz focuses on managing discomforts during labor, exploring pain origins, expression, influencing factors, and pain management techniques.
Visceral pain which comes from the cervix dilating and effacing, uterine distention from T1--> T12, and uterine ischemia
Somatic pain from stretching of the perineum and pelvic floor and pressure on the bladder and pelvis
Psychological pain from the distress of child birth.
Both A and B
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Inducing catecholamine production and oxytocin levels, increasing dilation and speeding up labor
Providing comfortable temperature changes for the mother in localized or general areas
Increase relaxation and provide distraction from labor pains
Moisturizing the mother's skin which can get dry from the labor process
A,B and C
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Pain is related to the amount of people allowed in the delivery room at one time
Only a limited number of sensations can travel the sensory nerve pathways to the brain at one time
The size of the cervix and vaginal opening determines the amount of pain the woman will be in
When in labor, nerve signals to the perineum are cut off completely
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True
False
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An auditory distraction technique
Making an incision in the perineum to allow the fetus to pass through the birth canal
Putting pressure on the lower back to relieve the pain of back labor
Light, quick stroking of the abdomen, chest, or thighs, usually in rhythm with breathing or contractions
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Only before a c-section or an epidural due to the effects on the baby
Never during the childbirth process
To relieve anxiety and induce sleep in women who are experiencing a prolonged latent phase of labor
To stop late decelerations, and given during the transitional phase of the first stage of labor
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Her sexual preference
Culture and religious beliefs
Gate-control theory of pain
Physiologic factors like back pain, gynecological history (like dysmenorrhea)
Lack of education
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Penothiazines (Phenergan, Visatril)
Benzodiazepines (Valium and Ativan)
Butorphanol (Stadol)
Morphine
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