NURSE-UN 1242 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Low Birth Weight, Pelvic Inlet, Pubic Symphysis
5 Jan 2019
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With the head in this position, the baby is looking at the ceiling. This the chance of painful and prolonged delivery. (iv) classified according to the degree of flexion or extension of the fetal head (attitude: sinciput: (forehead): presenting part is the occiput, vertex = cephalic, chin flexed onto chest. If membranes rupture, goal is to deliver within 24 hours. Week 4: labor and birth (preliminary, stages, management), 16 questions: fell the side vertical line, scoping feel the head, where is the back to put the fetal monitor. If the head is way down in the bony pelvis, the heart beat should be below the belly button. If you palpate a hard area on the side opposite the fetal back, the fetus is in flexion, because you have palpated the chin. If the hard area is on the same side as the back, the fetus is in extension, because the area palpated is the occiput.
