CMN 568 FINAL EXAMPREP VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
LEARNING PACKAGE
●● How are these months divided for the childbearing year?
Answer: -2 months preconception
-9 months pregnancy
-2 months postpartum
●● What is preconception care?
Answer: Strengthening the parents phsically and preparing them through
education and establishment of a patient-provider relationship
●● What is Prenatal Care?
Answer: monitoring and supporting the mother both physically and
emotionally while deepening the patient-provider relationship
●● What is postpartum Care?
Answer: monitoring and supporting maternal physical recovery,
breastfeeding, and maternal-infant bonding
●● What does preconception care screen for?
,Answer: -health risks
-height, weight, BMI
-Blood pressure
-complete physical examination
-depression
-domestic violence
-smoking, alcohol, or substance use
-nutrition status and prenatal vitamin use
-medication use-> both Rx and OTC (some are contraindicated)
-immunization status (up to date?)
-Travel areas: areas at risk for Zika
●● What is the recommended Folic Acid dosage for all women before
pregnancy?
Answer: 0.4mg/day starting at least one month prior to conception
●● What is the Folic Acid dosage for women with a history of giving
birth to a child with a neural tube defect?
Answer: 4mg/day beginning several months before pregnancy
●● What should women with insulin-dependent diabetes take in terms of
Folic Acid?
Answer: At least 1mg/day
, ●● What medications require women to take at least 1mg/day of Folic
Acid?
Answer: Valproic acid and carbamazepine for seizure disorder
●● What is the benefit of Folic Acid supplementation for women?
Answer: It decreases the risk of a number of birth defects
●● Initial visit: prenatal care
Answer: Initial visit: ideally between 6-8 wks gestation
-history and physical
-laboratory testing
-patient education
-diet/ prenatal vitamins
-exercise
-teratogens (radiation/alcohol)
-common discomforts of pregnancies (N/V/Fatigue/HA)
-options for aneuploidy screening
-danger signs in the first trimesters (bleeding pain etc)
●● Initial Laboratory Testing
Answer: -CBC w/diff
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS COMPLETE
LEARNING PACKAGE
●● How are these months divided for the childbearing year?
Answer: -2 months preconception
-9 months pregnancy
-2 months postpartum
●● What is preconception care?
Answer: Strengthening the parents phsically and preparing them through
education and establishment of a patient-provider relationship
●● What is Prenatal Care?
Answer: monitoring and supporting the mother both physically and
emotionally while deepening the patient-provider relationship
●● What is postpartum Care?
Answer: monitoring and supporting maternal physical recovery,
breastfeeding, and maternal-infant bonding
●● What does preconception care screen for?
,Answer: -health risks
-height, weight, BMI
-Blood pressure
-complete physical examination
-depression
-domestic violence
-smoking, alcohol, or substance use
-nutrition status and prenatal vitamin use
-medication use-> both Rx and OTC (some are contraindicated)
-immunization status (up to date?)
-Travel areas: areas at risk for Zika
●● What is the recommended Folic Acid dosage for all women before
pregnancy?
Answer: 0.4mg/day starting at least one month prior to conception
●● What is the Folic Acid dosage for women with a history of giving
birth to a child with a neural tube defect?
Answer: 4mg/day beginning several months before pregnancy
●● What should women with insulin-dependent diabetes take in terms of
Folic Acid?
Answer: At least 1mg/day
, ●● What medications require women to take at least 1mg/day of Folic
Acid?
Answer: Valproic acid and carbamazepine for seizure disorder
●● What is the benefit of Folic Acid supplementation for women?
Answer: It decreases the risk of a number of birth defects
●● Initial visit: prenatal care
Answer: Initial visit: ideally between 6-8 wks gestation
-history and physical
-laboratory testing
-patient education
-diet/ prenatal vitamins
-exercise
-teratogens (radiation/alcohol)
-common discomforts of pregnancies (N/V/Fatigue/HA)
-options for aneuploidy screening
-danger signs in the first trimesters (bleeding pain etc)
●● Initial Laboratory Testing
Answer: -CBC w/diff
