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Obstetrics for Nurses

Chapter 45: INDEX
By Charles B. Reed
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This work serves as a comprehensive textbook on obstetrics tailored for nurses, emphasizing the importance of thorough knowledge in both normal and abnormal pregnancy, labor, and postpartum care. It covers essential topics such as anatomy, physiology, hygiene, and complications during childbirth, while also addressing the nurse's role in supporting patients through these critical processes. The text aims to equip nurses with the necessary skills and understanding to ensure safe childbirth experiences, highlighting the significance of cleanliness and preparedness in reducing risks. Illustrated with numerous diagrams, it distills years of obstetric knowledge into a concise format suitable for both classroom instruction and professional reference.

INDEX

  • A
  • Abderhalden test for pregnancy, 61
  • Abdomen:
    • care of, 70
    • changes in pregnancy, 59
    • weakness of, 85
  • Abortion, 95
    • etiology, 207
    • management, 207
  • Accessory articles of diet, 319
  • Accidental hæmorrhage, 228
  • After-birth, 41, 117
  • After-pains, 154, 254
    • relief of, 154
  • Albuminuria, 77 (see Eclampsia)
  • Amenorrhœa, 57
    • during lactation, 158
    • in the nonpregnant, 58
  • Amnion, 38
    • adhesions, 87
  • Anæsthetics, 103, 138, 142
  • Anencephalus, 309
  • Anus, 23
  • Aphthæ, 294
  • Areola, 31
  • Asepsis in delivery, 142
  • Aseptic care, 200
  • Asphyxia neonatorum, 278
    • methods of resuscitation, 279
  • Atelectasis, 283
  • Attitude of child, 165
  • B
  • Baby:
    • anencephalus, 309
    • aphthæ, 294
    • asphyxia, 142, 278
    • balanitis, 306
    • bath, 266
    • bowels, 273
    • breasts, 293
    • care after delivery, 144
    • care at birth, 142
    • circumcision, 306
    • cleansing, 265
    • clothing, 270
    • colic, 299
    • constipation, 298
    • convulsions, 282
    • cradle cap, 295
    • diarrhœa, 298
    • exercise, 284
    • eyes, 268
    • furuncles, 305
    • flushings, 285
    • gavage, 285
    • genitals, 272
    • hæmorrhage, 289
    • harelip and cleft palate, 287
    • heart, 278
    • hernia, 287
    • hydrocephalus, 308
    • icterus, 293
    • lavage, 286
    • marasmus, 303
    • menstruation, 293
    • mouth, 272
    • nails, 289
    • nursing periods, 273, 156
    • paraphimosis, 305
    • phimosis, 305
    • pneumonia, 304
    • prematurity, 301
    • priapism, 308
    • respiration, first, 142
    • routine for, 270
    • significant symptoms and
    • conditions, 320
    • sleep, 272
    • snuffles, 304
    • spina bifida, 308
    • temperature, 276
    • thrush, 294
    • tongue-tie, 287
    • toilet basket, 271
    • umbilicus, 267
    • urticaria, 294
    • vomiting, 300
    • weight, 271
  • Bag of waters, 39, 110
  • Balanitis, 306
  • Ballottement, 62
  • Barley water, 316
  • Baths, 69, 325
  • Bed, making, 133
  • Bed-linen, care of, 150
  • Bed sores, 263
  • Bednar’s disease, 294
  • Bichloride solution, 135
  • Birthmarks and deformities, 72, 87
  • Binder, 153
  • Bladder, 23
    • after delivery, 159
    • in pregnancy, 56, 58
  • Bleeders, 232, 290
  • Blood, in pregnancy, 55
  • Bowels, in pregnancy, 68
    • in puerperium, 157
  • Breast milk, quantity, 275
  • Breasts, 30
    • caked, 156, 243
    • care of, 71
    • changes due to marriage and pregnancy, 53, 59
    • inflow of milk, 53
    • massage, 156
    • nursing periods, 156
    • of puberty, 33
    • preparation for lactation, 155
    • removal of child, 252, 261
    • sensations in pregnancy, 59
    • supernumerary, 31
  • Breech presentation, 168
  • Brow presentation, 177, 179
  • Buttermilk, 314
  • C
  • Cæsarean section, 195
  • Caput succedaneum, 127
  • Case record, nurse’s, 131
  • Catheterization,
    • after delivery, 159
    • before operations, 183
  • Caul, 114
  • Cephalhæmatoma, 128
  • Cervix, effacement, 110
  • Child (see Baby)
  • Chill in puerperium, 151
  • Chloasma, 55
  • Chloroform in labor, 103
  • Chorion, 38
  • Circumcision, 306
  • Clamp for cord, 268
  • Clitoris, 26
  • Coitus, 71
  • Colic, 300
  • Colostrum, 53
  • Conception, 36
  • Condylomata, 75
  • Confinement, estimating date, 58, 66
  • Constipation, 68, 298
  • Contraction of pelvis, 214
  • Contractions of Braxton Hicks, 53, 62, 109
  • Convulsions, of child, 282
    • of mother, 236
  • Cord, umbilical, 40
    • attachment to placenta, 42
    • cutting, 142
    • granulations of, 293
    • prolapse of, 220, 137
    • separation, 292
  • Cow’s milk vs. breast milk, 311
  • Cradle cap, 295
  • Cramps, 56, 86
  • Cranioclasis, 194
  • Curettage of uterus, 206
    • in abortion, 207
  • Curve of Carus, 20
  • D
  • Decapitation, 194
  • Delivery, asepsis during, 142
    • care of mother after, 144
    • on side, 140
  • Diabetes and pregnancy, 95
  • Diapers, 270, 273
  • Diarrhœa of child, 298
  • Diet in puerperium, 152, 155
  • Diets, 336
  • Doctor, 130
  • Douche, vaginal, 202
  • Dress in pregnancy, 69
  • Drugs affecting the milk, 275
  • Dry birth, 225
  • Ductus arteriosus, 49
    • venosus, 48
  • E
  • Eclampsia, 78
    • blood pressure in, 55
    • symptoms and management, 237
    • wet packs in, 231
  • Ectopic pregnancy, 89
  • Edema, 69
  • Enemas, eliminative, 355
    • nutrient, 334
  • Episiotomy, 211
  • Ergot, 143
    • after delivery, 150
    • in abortion, 207
    • in post partum hæmorrhage, 233
  • Eruptions on the skin, 55
  • Erythema, 296
  • Ether in labor, 103
  • Examination of patient, 134, 140
  • Excavation of pelvis, 19
  • Extrauterine pregnancy, 89
  • Exudative diathesis, 295
  • Eye symptoms in pregnancy, 69
  • F
  • Face presentation, 174, 179
  • Fallopian tubes, 22
  • Fainting, 70
  • Fevers and pregnancy, 91
  • Flour ball, 316
  • Flushings, 285
  • Fœtus, attitude, 44
    • circulation, 48
    • diameters of head, 46
    • fontanelles, 46
    • heart tones, 63, 180
    • movements, 44, 62
    • rate of growth, 46
    • rule for estimating length, 47
    • rule for estimating weight, 47
    • signs of danger to, 180
    • signs of death, 97
    • signs of maturity, 47
  • Food mixings, 317
    • preparation for infants, 314
  • Foramen ovale, 50
  • Forceps, application, 186
    • conditions for, 185
    • dangers of, 185
    • in breech cases, 173
    • in face presentations, 176
    • indications for, 185
    • preparations for, 183
  • Fumigation, 329
  • Furuncles, 305
  • G
  • Galactorrhœa, 250
  • Gas analgesia, 104
  • Gas pains, 154, 158, 253
  • Gavage, 285
  • Genital crease, 25
  • Genitalia, care after delivery, 142, 148
    • preparation for delivery, 131
    • preparation for operation, 182
  • Getting up, 161
  • Gingivitis, 75
  • Glands, Bartholin, 27
    • mammary, 30
    • Montgomery, 31
    • thyroid, 56
  • Glossary, 351
  • Glycosuria, 69
  • Gonorrhœa and pregnancy, 93
  • Goodell’s sign, 60
  • Gossip, 161
  • Graafian follicle, 33
  • Gums in pregnancy, 75
  • H
  • Hæmorrhage, accidental, 228
  • Hæmorrhoids, 86
  • Hair, 55, 132
  • Hands, care of, 160, 323
    • sterilization of, 134
  • Harelip and cleft palate, 287
  • Head, descent, 123
    • expulsion of, 115
    • effect of labor on, 126
    • extension, 126
    • external restitution, 126
    • flexion, 123
    • internal rotation, 124
  • Headache, 237, 254
  • Heart changes in pregnancy, 55
    • lesions in pregnancy, 94
  • Heart tones, fœtal, where
    • heard, 130
    • significance, 137
    • when membranes rupture prematurely, 226
  • Hegar’s sign, 60
  • Hernia, 287
  • Herpes in pregnancy, 76
  • Hospital drums, packing, 138
  • Hottentot apron, 26
  • Hydramnios, 87
    • and malpresentations, 175
    • and twins, 84
  • Hydrocephalus, 308
  • Hymen, 26
  • Hypodermoclysis, 206
  • Hyperemesis gravidarum, 79
  • I
  • Icterus, 293
  • Induction of labor, 208
  • Infant feeding, 310
  • Infection, 226, 255
  • Injections, eliminative, 335
    • intravenous, 205
    • nutrient, 334
  • Insomnia, 56
  • Intertrigo, 296
  • Involution, 152, 160, 161
  • J
  • Jacquemins’ sign, 62
  • Jaundice, of child, 293
    • of mother, 95
  • K
  • Kidneys of child, 44
  • L
  • Labia majora, 25
    • minora, 26
  • Labor, care during, 140
  • Lactation and menstruation, 157
  • Lavage, 286
  • Leucorrhœa, 71
  • Lightening, 65, 108
  • Linea albicantes, 55
    • nigra, 55
  • Liquor amnii, 38
    • in disease, 87
  • Liver, of child, 44
    • of mother in pregnancy, 56, 95
  • Lochia, 154
    • and the hands, 160
  • Longings, 56
  • Lungs in pregnancy, 56
  • M
  • Malæna neonatorum, 290
  • Marasmus, 303
  • Mask of pregnancy, 55
  • Mastitis, 247
  • Maternal impressions, 72
  • Membranes, 110
    • premature rupture, 225
    • relation of rupture to labor, 114
    • rupture of, 109, 114
  • Menstruation, definition of, 33
    • during lactation, 157
    • in infant, 298
    • physiology of, 34
    • relation to conception and pregnancy, 33
    • systemic effects, 35
  • Milk fever, 243
  • Milk, elements of human, 312
    • excess of, 249
    • fat-free, 317
    • inflow, 156
    • peptonizing, 338
    • pasteurizing, 316
    • quality, 251
    • scarcity, 249
    • sterilization, 316
    • to dry up, 163
    • whole milk, 317
  • Milk leg, 262
  • Mind in pregnancy, 72
  • Moles, 80
  • Monsters, 88, 308
  • Mons veneris, 25
  • Morning sickness, 58
  • Multiple pregnancy, 83
  • N
  • Nausea, 58
  • Nervous system, 56
  • Neuralgia, 56
  • Nipple, 30
    • care of, 71
    • cracks and fissures, 244
    • imperfect, 245
    • preparation for lactation, 155
    • rubber, 318
  • Normal labor, 107
    • amount of blood lost, 119
    • causes of, 107
    • course of, 110
    • date of onset, 107
    • duration of first stage, 114
    • duration of second stage, 114
    • general effects, 118
    • mechanism, 120
    • subjective phenomena, 115
  • Nurse, 98
    • and cleanliness, 129, 323
    • and history sheet, 131
    • in obstetrics, 98
    • in puerperal fever, 262
    • outfit, 99
    • qualifications, 323
    • sterilizing, 101
  • Nursery rules, 269
  • Nursing periods, 156
  • Nursing the child, 293
  • O
  • Odors of person, 324
  • Oligohydramnios, 87
  • Operations, preparations for, 180
    • why required, 179
  • Ophthalmia neonatorum, 93, 142, 192
  • Os, digital dilatation, 211
    • physiology of dilatation, 111
    • rigidity of, 222
  • Ovaries, 23
  • Ovulation, 33
  • Ovum, 33
    • death of, 96
    • fertilization, 36
    • implantation, 37
    • mode of progress, 23
    • relation to uterine cavity, 52
  • P
  • Packs, wet, 213
  • Pains, after, 154
  • Palpation, 134
  • Paralysis, facial, 291
    • of shoulder (Erb’s), 291
  • Paraphimosis, 305
  • Patient, care of, after delivery, 144
    • during second stage, 137
    • examination of, 74, 133
    • in first stage, 133
    • loss of weight post partum, 155
    • preparation of, 131, 138
    • rest, 160
    • visitors, 133, 161
  • Pelvic floor rigidity, 223
  • Pelvis, 17
    • brim, 18
    • contracted, 214
    • diameters, 214
    • false, 17
    • measurements, 214
    • quadrants of, 121
    • shape, 18
    • true, 17
    • upper strait, 18
  • Pemphigus neonatorum, 296
  • Perineorrhaphy, 144
  • Perineum, 28, 25
  • Peritoneum, 24
  • Peritonitis, (see Infection)
  • Phimosis, 305
  • Phlebitis, 263
  • Physical signs of pregnancy, 59
  • Pigmentation, 55, 77
  • Pituitrin, 143, 224
  • Placenta prævia, 29
  • Placenta, 41
    • anomalies, 88
    • early expression, 149
    • infarcts, 88
    • conditions for Crede expression, 150
    • manual removal, 150
  • Pneumonia in child, 304
  • Point of direction, 121
  • Position, occipito-posterior, 178
  • Pregnancy, Abderhalden’s test for, 61
    • age of, 65
    • albuminuria in, 77
    • at fourth month, 61
    • bowels in, 68
    • cathartics in, 68
    • condylomata, 75
    • constipation in, 75
    • cramps, 86
    • diabetes in, 95
    • diagnosis, 57
    • duration of, 66, 107
    • extra uterine, 89
    • fevers and, 91
    • general effects, 56
    • gingivitis, 75
    • gonorrhœa, 93
    • hæmorrhages, 95
    • hæmorrhoids in, 86
    • heart disease and, 94
    • heartburn, 68
    • herpes, 76
    • hydramnios in, 87
    • hygiene of, 66
    • hyperemesis in, 79
    • kidneys in, 68
    • local effects, 51
    • maternal changes, 51
    • mental conditions in, 72
    • pressure symptoms, 85
    • probable signs, 61
    • pruritus, 76
    • pyelitis, 79
    • salivation, 75
    • signs at 26th week, 62
    • syphilis, 92
    • toothache, 75
    • toxæmias, 74
    • tuberculosis, 92
    • varicose veins, 85
    • vomiting in, 79
  • Prematurity, 301
  • Presentation, definition, 120
    • frequency of vertex, 121
    • of breech, 165
    • of face and brow, 174
    • transverse, 174
  • Pressure symptoms, 85
  • Priapism, 308
  • Proprietary foods, 314
  • Pruritus in pregnancy, 76
  • Ptyalism, 75
  • Puberty, 33
  • Pubiotomy, 198
    • after-care, 199
  • Puerperal fever, 255
    • disposal of excreta, 261
    • etiology, 255
    • nurse and, 262
    • prevention, 258
    • symptoms, 259
    • treatment, 260
  • Puerperium, 151
    • diet in, 152
    • laxatives, 158
    • standing orders for, 162
  • Pulse in puerperium, 151
  • Pyelitis, 79
  • Pyloric stenosis, 303
  • Q
  • Quickening, 59
  • R
  • Rectal feeding, 333
  • Rectal infusions, 212
  • Rectum, 23
  • Red gum, 297
  • Renal disease, 95
  • Rest, 160
  • Room, setting up, 130, 180
  • Rubber gloves, 136
  • Rubber nipples, 318
  • S
  • Salivation, 75
  • Second stage of labor, 114
  • Sex, determination of, 65, 72
  • Sexual relations, 71
  • Sheet sling, 146, 181
  • Show, 109, 129
  • Skin, changes, 54
    • care of, 69
    • eruptions, 55
    • pigmentation, 55, 77
    • striæ gravidarum, 54
  • Snuffles, 304
  • Solutions, 340
    • percentage table of, 341
  • Souffle, funic, 65
    • uterine, 63
  • Spermatozoa, 36
  • Spina bifida, 308
  • Standing orders for nurse, 164
    • for puerperium, 163
  • Starvation fever, 276
  • Sterile linen, application, 138, 182
  • Sterilization, 101, 323
    • dressings, 325
    • instruments, 327
    • rubber goods, 328
  • Stitches, care of, 160
  • Stomach capacity of child, 275
  • Subinvolution, 155, 260, 261
  • Subjective signs of pregnancy, 57, 59
  • Sudden death of infant, 309
    • of mother, 263
  • Sugar in urine, 69
  • Sugars and flours, 317
  • Supplemental feedings, 310
  • Supplies for house, 99
    • for sterilization, 101
    • preparation of, 326
  • Symphyseotomy, 198
  • Syphilis and fœtus, 88
    • and pregnancy, 92
    • of placenta, 88
  • T
  • Tampon of uterus, 202
    • of vagina, 204
  • Temperature in puerperium, 151
  • Third stage of labor, 117, 142, 143
    • conduct of, 149
  • Thrombus, 263
  • Thrush, 294
  • Thyroid gland, 56
  • Toilet basket, 271
  • Tongue-tie, 287
  • Toothache, 75
  • Toxæmia, 74
  • Transfusion, 205
    • in eclampsia, 240
  • Tubercles of Montgomery, 31
  • Tuberculosis and pregnancy, 92
  • Twilight sleep, 103
  • Twins, 83
  • U
  • Umbilicus, 267
  • Unavoidable hæmorrhage, 228
  • Urination, after delivery, 158
    • of child, 273
  • Urine, 56
    • in pregnancy, 77
    • in puerperium, 151
    • sterile specimen, 200
    • sterile specimen from child, 200
  • Urticaria, 294
  • Utensils for milk modification, 318
  • Uterus, anatomy, 21
    • changes in pregnancy, 51, 59
    • curettage, 206
    • displacements, 84
    • height at various months of pregnancy, 64
    • inertia, 223
    • malformations, 85
    • rupture, 226
  • Uterine souffle, 63
  • V
  • Vagina, anatomy, 21
    • attachments, 21
    • distensibility, 21
  • Vaginal tampon, 204
    • in abortion, 207
  • Varicose veins, 85
  • Ventral stalk, 40
  • Version, 190, 192, 193
  • Vestibule, 26
  • Vessels of cord, 48
  • Villi, 37
  • Visitors, 133, 161
  • Vomiting, 300, 321
    • in pregnancy, 79
    • in labor, 228
    • uncontrollable, 79
  • Vorhees bag, 224, 230
  • Vulva, anatomy, 24
    • care of, 143
    • preparation, 132
  • W
  • Walcher position, 173, 193
  • Weaning, 252, 273
  • Wet nurse, 253
  • Wharton’s jelly, 40
  • Whey, 315
  • Wiegand compression, 173, 194
  • Witch’s milk, 32