M.J. is 8 weeks PP and calls to state she decided the vaginal ring would be best contraception for her because her sister uses it, and she likes the method. You review her chart. She has NKDA. She does not smoke. She gets migraine headaches with aura, usually when she is very stressed, sometimes on her menstrual cycle, or if she eats cheese. She saw her neurologist last  week, and he told her birth control was a good idea. She is bottle feeding. She has sex once, with a condom. She bled for 5 days last week, and it she thinks it was her menses. You decide:

Three key aspects in the mutual relationship between parents and newborns (according to Varney’s Midwifery) include all of the following except:

The ________ layer of the uterine decidua remains intact and forms the new endometrium

Regarding the third stage of labor:

As exercise intensity continually increases during a graded exercise test, there will come a point where lactate rises non-linearly which is known as the lactate threshold. Explain what the likely cause of this dramatic increase in lactate.  

Engorgement:

Regarding the previous question, oxygen consumption will still elevated after exercise in complete. Name at least two things this excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC) is used for. 

Which febrile disease with a rash and NO Koplik’s spots has a pathogen that can cross the placenta and cause serious fetal damage?

According to Varney, current evidence suggests that shoulder dystocia management should focus on: 

Epinephrine/ norepinephrine binding to adrenergic receptors on ventricular muscle fibers will result in an increase in the force of contraction (inotropic effect) due to what?