Maternity & Newborn Meds Flashcards

Folic acid

Iron supplements

1. give with a source of vitamin C for best absorption
   
   • orange juice
   • strawberries
   • tomato juice
2. may cause constipation and dark-colored stool

Given to prevent contractions (pre-eclampsia) and eclampsia (seizures) in a pregnant woman.

• monitor urine output, level of consciousness, and deep tendon reflexes
• monitor blood pressure
• keep calcium gluconate available (antidote)

• a hormone to stimulate contractions for labor
• to prevent postpartum hemorrhage

• don’t increase med if contractions are 2 - 3 minutes apart and last 60 seconds long
• stop med if contractions are < 2 minutes apart or > 90 seconds long or if fetal distress is noted
• count pads to assess for bleeding
• keep magnesium sulfate available to help reverse effects of oxytocin

To quicken labor by making the cervix softer and causing it to dilate and efface.

Misoprostol intravaginal tablet.

• give to Rh negative pregnant woman
• give at 28 weeks of gestation and within 72 hours of delivery

• given to pregnant women to prevent neonatal respiratory distress syndrome
• give between 24 and 34 weeks for 2 doses 24 hours apart as an IM shot

• given to premature newborns to prevent respiratory distress
• administered through an endotracheal tube

• to prevent bleeding in newborns
• give IM in vastus lateralis muscle (thigh muscle)
• given within 1 hour of birth

• given to newborn to prevent gonorrhea and chlamydia
• give 1 hour after birth

Give to newborn before leaving hospital as an IM shot.