NM706 FULL SOLUTION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ How long can acrocyanosis last? Answer: 48 hours
◉ What can exacerbate acrocyanosis? Answer: Low environmental
temperatures
◉ How long can circumoral cyanosis be present? Answer: 12-24
hours after birth
◉ If acrocyanosis persists beyond the first few days after birth, what
should happen? Answer: Investigate
◉ Is nulliparity a risk factor for preE? Answer: Yes
◉ When do you recommend asa to prevent PreE? Answer: 12 weeks
gestation
◉ What might you order for a 28 weeker who has possible preE?
Answer: (1) collaborate (2) daily fetal kick count (3) biweekly fetal
surveillance (4) growth ultrasound every 4 weeks (5) educate about
,warning signs (6) modify activity by increasing rest periods (7)
weekly labs
◉ What type of diagnosis is gHTN? Answer: Retrospective
◉ Increased swelling of face, hands, and feet can demonstrate a risk
for what? Answer: Pulmonary edema
◉ What are the most common heart conditions in the acyanotic
category? Answer: (1) atrial septal defect (2) ventricular septal
defect (3) patent ductus arteriosis
◉ What would make you suspicious about an infant having heart
disease? Answer: (1) cyanosis (2) tachypnea (3) poor feeding (4)
cyanosis with feeding (5) poor weight gain (6) edema (7) sweating
◉ What is midwifery management for any arrhythmia? Answer: (1)
immediate referral (2) supportive care of the family (3) assurance in
the case of PDA or other benign murmurs (4) therapeutic listening
◉ Cyanosis _____ respiratory distress is almost always a cardiac
problem. Answer: Without
, ◉ If a an observed infant limb becomes pink after being warmed,
what would you suspect with cyanosis? Answer: Peripheral
◉ When does central cyanosis occur? Answer: When at least
5gm/100ml of circulating hgb is deoxygenated
◉ How is central cyanosis best inspected? Answer: Tongue and
mucus membranes
◉ If an infant is acyanotic, tachypneic, or showing retractions, what
would you not suspect? Answer: Cardiac problem
◉ What diseases in infancy cause cyanosis? Answer: (1) tetralogy of
fallot (2) pulmonary atresia (3) severe pulmonary stenosis (4)
truncus arteriosus (5) transposition of great arteries (6) total
anomalous pulmonary venous connection
◉ What happens with cyanotic heart conditions? Answer: Require
ductal patency to maintain pulmonary blood flow
◉ Almost any structural defect of the heart can present as what?
Answer: Murmur
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ How long can acrocyanosis last? Answer: 48 hours
◉ What can exacerbate acrocyanosis? Answer: Low environmental
temperatures
◉ How long can circumoral cyanosis be present? Answer: 12-24
hours after birth
◉ If acrocyanosis persists beyond the first few days after birth, what
should happen? Answer: Investigate
◉ Is nulliparity a risk factor for preE? Answer: Yes
◉ When do you recommend asa to prevent PreE? Answer: 12 weeks
gestation
◉ What might you order for a 28 weeker who has possible preE?
Answer: (1) collaborate (2) daily fetal kick count (3) biweekly fetal
surveillance (4) growth ultrasound every 4 weeks (5) educate about
,warning signs (6) modify activity by increasing rest periods (7)
weekly labs
◉ What type of diagnosis is gHTN? Answer: Retrospective
◉ Increased swelling of face, hands, and feet can demonstrate a risk
for what? Answer: Pulmonary edema
◉ What are the most common heart conditions in the acyanotic
category? Answer: (1) atrial septal defect (2) ventricular septal
defect (3) patent ductus arteriosis
◉ What would make you suspicious about an infant having heart
disease? Answer: (1) cyanosis (2) tachypnea (3) poor feeding (4)
cyanosis with feeding (5) poor weight gain (6) edema (7) sweating
◉ What is midwifery management for any arrhythmia? Answer: (1)
immediate referral (2) supportive care of the family (3) assurance in
the case of PDA or other benign murmurs (4) therapeutic listening
◉ Cyanosis _____ respiratory distress is almost always a cardiac
problem. Answer: Without
, ◉ If a an observed infant limb becomes pink after being warmed,
what would you suspect with cyanosis? Answer: Peripheral
◉ When does central cyanosis occur? Answer: When at least
5gm/100ml of circulating hgb is deoxygenated
◉ How is central cyanosis best inspected? Answer: Tongue and
mucus membranes
◉ If an infant is acyanotic, tachypneic, or showing retractions, what
would you not suspect? Answer: Cardiac problem
◉ What diseases in infancy cause cyanosis? Answer: (1) tetralogy of
fallot (2) pulmonary atresia (3) severe pulmonary stenosis (4)
truncus arteriosus (5) transposition of great arteries (6) total
anomalous pulmonary venous connection
◉ What happens with cyanotic heart conditions? Answer: Require
ductal patency to maintain pulmonary blood flow
◉ Almost any structural defect of the heart can present as what?
Answer: Murmur
