Shoulder Dystocia Using your reading assignment:

1. Define shoulder dystocia. Impaction of anterior fetal shoulder within or above maternal pelvis after delivery of fetal head. Incidence varies based on fetal weight. Is an ob emergency.

2. Using the information in your reading assignment and what you have learned about OB, build a patient that is at risk for shoulder dystocia. 45y/o G2P0,two 40wk pregnancies with post date delivery. One pregnancy complications with shoulder dystocia. BPP 6. First pregnancy prolonged labor of 3 days.

3. Describe the Turtle Sign. Obvious resistance of anterior shoulder to deliver

4. What are fetal/newborn complications of shoulder dystocia?
   Suspected macrosomia, Breaking of the clavicle, hypoxia

5. As the nurse caring for the patient, what...