Preeclampsia (Eclampsia) in Pregnancy Nursing Review: Pathophysiology, Symptoms, NCLEX

Preeclampsia and eclampsia nursing review for students about the pathophysiology, symptoms, and management!
Preeclampsia is a type of hypertensive disorder that occurs during pregnancy after about 20 weeks gestation. It can also occur after delivery, during the postpartum period. Preeclampsia, if severe enough, can turn into eclampsia. Eclampsia is where the patient experiences seizures that can progress to coma or death.
Hallmark signs and symptoms of preeclampsia include: hypertension, proteinuria, edema, and signs and symptoms of organ injury. Furthermore, patients can experience headache, vision changes, HELLP syndrome, DIC etc.
Treatment for preeclampsia include: magnesium sulfate, delivery of the baby, monitoring labs etc.
For preeclampsia nursing interventions, please watch the video.
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[@beatrice7471]

Good to know, I'm pregnant from Zambia too.

[@minxyone9345]

I just wanted to thank you for this. I'm not a nursing student but I had preeclampsia with my pregnancy 8 years ago and I didn't understand it in depth like I wanted to. In a way, this deeper understanding helped me to feel better about some of the lingering fear around pregnancy that I still have.

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[@WaleskaTorresMakeupWale]

Omg ..I had ecclampsia for both of my two oldest daughters. I didn’t know how serious this was wow !! I had blurry vision and I would throw up non stop

[@ms.jessikafutureeducator.3340]

I was in nursing school last year and my boss at my job was pregnant! And she kept telling me she’d been having headaches that lasted a week or more and one day she decided to text me her BP readings for that day and it was like 139/89 and I told her “ you know 140 is preeclamptic range right”? She said that her doctor wasn’t worried unless it hit 140! Fast forward early April her blood pressure hit 156/100 and she was put out of work! When she had her son in June she was induced due to preeclampsia! I’m like I told you that back in March, when you were 27weeks and you didn’t listen! Long story short! They are both fine and her doctor is a idiot!

[@Jolley185]

FutureLPN/RN I had a similar blood pressure as her but I never had preeclampsia so I sing think the doctor was an idiot. Some Doctors try to not freak out over every little thing

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My OB exam is in 2 weeks! I'm nervous but watching your videos helps me a lot.. thank you!

[@gayleleier8115]

My granddaughter lost her baby 1 week before due date and now diagnosed with preeclampsia and who knows what else. I really feel they missed a lot of signs in diagnosing or caring for her during her pregnancy. That baby was perfect and should have lived. I wish I had read more about complications much earlier. I knew something was not right but was not with her so didn't sit on her doctor's shoulders.

[@lanysemarie]

It happens. Preeclampsia isn’t common enough to know the signs. With my first daughter, doctors ignored me which leads my liver and kidneys weren’t functioning at all. Yes, the mother and the baby could be at very high risk. I’m so sorry for your loss!

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[@cortneywhite3663]

Great teaching! Very easy to understand and follow along. I had preeclampsia and Hellp syndrome for 2 different pregnancies 3 years apart and all those signs were there.

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[@00II0]

Wow, perfect timing 😂 We have started a brief overview of this topic yesterday morning ! Thank you for sharing !

[@bedazzledmisery6969]

Thank you for this video because I had EXTREMELY SEVERE preeclampsia with my first and (so far) only pregnancy 4 years ago.... And I've been wanting to understand what the hell happened to me and why... Especially when prior to onset, EVERYTHING had been monitored and checked out great both prior to pregnancy and during. Here's my story in full for those curious: Me: 5ft 4 inch 27yo Caucasian female, 1st pregnancy, pre-gestational weight 125-130lbs, zero hx of hypertension ever in life, no hx of cardiac, pulmo, hepato, gyno, or any other major conditions besides fibromyalgia, major depression and Anxiety and 33% S curved scoliosis, + recent knee surgery. otherwise being a healthy and well monitored 27yo female. Wouldn't have been that terrible except all scans and labs and OB appts being great and baby coming along perfectly on track through 20 weeks and 24 weeks scan at MFM appt and US/Sono is not good, baby showing absent end diastolic flow, IUGR and 2 weeks delay underdevelopment. My blood pressure was high for the first time in my life. Admitted immediately to women's center in the hospital (MFM office was thankfully in the hospital building already) straight from that doctors appt. Admitted at 24.0 weeks, given prognosis and put on bed rest and admitted into antepartum ward until it was time for delivery which they had hoped could be managed to put off from happening as long as they could. They hoped for at least 2 more weeks to give baby's lungs time to develop for stronger chances for baby's survival as micropremie neonate, as was the expected prognosis of conduction. We hoped for two weeks. Universe gave us 4 days before fetal blood flow was in full reversal and distress, and my blood pressure was 192/98. 7am, morning shift nurse gives 2 vials of lobetalol into IV immediately, no BP reduction at all, orders bolus of magnesium sulfate MEGASTAT, gets NICU notified, L/D +OR notified and prepped and puts me on liquids only for a few hrs and NPO cut off at 1pm to allow 6hr window minimum prior to emergency c section scheduled at 10pm. 6:45pm they push me up on em-c sxn surg time to NOW, roll me to OR feeling very definitely like every intense medical drama scene ever. Given epidural, thankfully BP was lowered enough with Mg Sulfate that they didn't have to put me under. Epi works splendid and at 7:08pm my 24.4 wks (6 mo, 4days) son was successfully delivered and intubated, weighing 410grams. He fit into the palm of his father's hand and was just barely bigger than whole hand. He even CRIED a beautiful tiny squeaky cry in the few seconds prior to being intubated....... He made it 33 days in NICU before horrifically passing in my hands from perforated bowel that resulted from him CODING 12 hours prior to that due to atelectasis, sudden full lung collapse and CODE. Was revived with adrenaline but in even more extremely delicate danger. Visited for touch time at 10pm. 2am woken by emergency call from NICU to come to hospital NOW because he was crashing. Made it barely in time to be there for his last few breaths and moments and got to hold him in both my hands for the first, last and only time outside of my womb or the isolette as he passed and was gone within just a minute or two at most..... And after everything, I am forever grateful for still having the chance to have every second I did with him... And I will never be able to get over the guilt I feel for the completely and utterly unexpected devastation of an outcome and trauma that his father had to experience without any ability to do anything at all and forced to endure what tragic fate that struck without any power or choices possible.... I've been and able to come to cope with my trauma and pain to have gone through all that as the mother but I feel guilty for having been blessed with having spent more time with our baby since I carried him and felt him 24/7 and everything. He didn't get to have any of the miraculous and wonderful time like that whatsoever... He never got to hold his son... I feel forever guilty to be the woman that tragically had to be the one that involuntarily brought this fate upon him. I know I'm absolved of any true fault as it's entirely not able to be controlled if preeclampsia will occur or even confidently screened for if it will happen or won't happen for sure, just that could be increased risk of occurrence if right stuff gets screened for. So yeah. That's my story of my experiences with my nulliparous pregnancy, preeclampsia, emergency premature c section, micropremie neonatal delivery, growth and horrifically traumatic loss.... Been 4 years but I'm far from being recovered entirely... Definitely so much better than I had been immediately at first after the loss so, progress yay. But I would not ever wish this genuine hellish tragic Greek play of a fate upon anyone...

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[@paoweinstein9203]

Hi. you are so good at teaching. I have learnt a lot of things from you! thank you for this video, me and my group are having a case study regarding pre eclampsia. Big help thanks! Take care!

[@LIBRAN-LOVE]

Great video! I had hellpsyndrome...me and my baby were almost gone.... Miracles do happen...we're both here...She, a beautiful girl 12 years. I wasn't the same person after... Short memoryloss is 1 of the problems...

[@myvotedontcount20]

A wonderful overview. Well done.! 20 yrs OB/GYN and then a highrisk pregnancy Multiple with PIH and PCS. Well done. Biggest thing, that BASELINE BP an elevation can look to be WNL and due to a lower baseline BP or a low Pre Gravid BP you can miss that elevation. PIH labs are vital, and with a lower baseline BP all dependent edema with facial edema should be considered. These with the urine obtained must be addressed any changes in color, smell and amount, even slight spilling of protein . As Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia can sneak right up on you. Be sure to bring all your information to the OB and push if needed. YOU see that pt more than them, and must advocate. My bp was 128/88 and I was Eclampsic and completely missed, by even me an OB nurse. Just a tid bit, good luck on your exam and careers!

[@elizabethplumb5294]

Thank you so much for teaching others about these issues. I would be forever in your debt if you were to cover HELLP in more detail. I was diagnosed at 31 weeks and almost lost my life and my daughters. My kidneys and liver were shutting down and my placenta was already 30% infarcted. Without the care I got at the NICU hospital, my daughter and I would have died in a matter of hours. Unfortunately, the OB Drs and Nurses didn't know about it but they knew enough to transfer me to a better hospital.

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Oh my god. My heart just shattered into a million pieces reading this. My fiancée was just diagnosed today at 20 weeks. What can be done about this? I'm freaking out now...

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OMG this video came at such a perfect time. I needed to know everything about this for my online clinical tomorrow and was looking for the perfect video and there it is. Thank you Sarah

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Nice explanation, we are ready to assess and be prepared for those signs and symptoms. Thanks!!

[@lanysemarie]

I had secondary HELLP syndrome with my first daughter and I was only 20 yrs old. I didn’t have any complications after birth but I remember staying in the hospital for about 2 weeks or so.

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Can you just be my Nursing instructor? LOL I learn more from you than I learn from my actual professors. You are such an angel. Thank you for everything, I would not have made it this far without your videos.

[@Unpolishedbycourt]

In my first pregnancy, I spent 11 days in two different hospitals because of this a c section and pneumonia, but NOBODY explained what happened to me until after I got home... it was crazy. I appreciated this.

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That sucks.

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Good education for nutrisionis/Dietitian

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This was EXTREMELY helpful!! Thank you so much!!

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tnx for the vid pls cast more maternity and pediatric vids.

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I just got an A in my pathophysiology because of this video Thank you so much

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OMG this has helped me in my clinicals Assessment!!❤

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LOVE you so much. perfect timing

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The video is very helpful to me during my degree exam, Thank you so much and request to make more videos . 😊😍

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Thank you so much for all the amazing modules... I'm currently taking Maternal/OB all your videos are so helpful. thank you so much.

[@sonisherpa2139]

Very good explanation Mam .Thank you so much

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The best video on the pathophysiology of preeclampsia

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This is a great presentation

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This was fantastic!!! Thank you so much for putting out this information. I now understand it!

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Youre the best👏👏👏 the pathophysiology is well summarized. Thank you 🙏

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Thank you so much ! I’m new to your videos and it has been helping me. Thanks again’

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[@yulandak4751]

True Preeclampsia can happen a few days after given birth. I had it a week after going home my legs where swollen which I ignored after 3 days. My niece just came home Saturday Dec.18 after given birth she went in today Dec. 22nd for Preeclampsia her whole body is swollen. I never had Preeclampsia before, but I am a little obese and my age was 37 and it was my 5th c-section. My niece only 22 I am not sure if she is diabetic but this is her first baby. They also gave her 9 epidermal shots. Because her baby was coming out breached and her baby heart rate was slowing down and they end up cutting her down there trying to take baby out but end up given her a emergency c-section.

[@Macbasil]

Thanks for this Nurse Sarah :) We are prepping for our Case Presentation with a Preeclampsia patient, love from Philippines

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We'll be taking NLE this coming Nov. 2022. May my upcoming exam be passed. Pls INCLUDE me/us in your prayers . 🙏🤲☝️

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Amazing review. Thanks Sara

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Thank you!! Great review

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Thank you so much!!! This video really helped me better understand preeclampsia and eclampsia. May I request a video on prenatal visits and tests/assessments we need to know for nclex? Thank you! Stay safe :)

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This is helpful..thank u very much 😍

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Thank you!

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Thanks for the lecture am a student midwife

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Hello dear i always enjoy watching your lecture , it makes it simpler and easy for me to understand....thank you so much. please i need a request from you can you make a video on Gestational Trophoblastic disease. i will be grateful thank you.