NCLEX PN - Maternity Nursing Questions and Answers updated ballottement - Answers: rebounding of the fetus against the examiners finger on palpation
Chadwick's Sign - Answers: bluish tint of the vaginal mucous membranes
Goodell's Sign - Answers: softening of the cervix
Hegar's Sign - Answers: softening of the lower uterine segment
lochia - Answers: vaginal discharge from the uterus that consists of blood and mucous Nagele's Rule - Answers: determine estimated date of birth; subtract 3 months from the first day of last menstrual period, add 7 days and adjust the year
Fetal HR - Answers: 160-170 bpm in first trimester
110-160 near or at term
Gravida - Answers: a woman who is pregant
Gravidity - Answers: number of pregnancies
Nullgravida - Answers: a woman who has never been pregnant
primigravida - Answers: a woman who is pregnant for the first time
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