Maternal Child Nursing Care - Chapter 8:
Nursing Care of the Family During
Pregnancy Exam Questions and
Answers
The nurse caring for a newly pregnant woman would advise her that ideally prenatal
care should begin:
A) Before the first missed menstrual period.
B) After the first missed menstrual period.
C) After the second missed menstrual period.
D) After the third missed menstrual period. - ANSWER-B) After the first missed
menstrual period.
Prenatal testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is recommended for:
A) All women, regardless of risk factors.
B) A woman who has had more than one sexual partner.
C) A woman who has had a sexually transmitted infection.
D) A woman who is monogamous with her partner. - ANSWER-A) All women,
regardless of risk factors.
Which symptom is considered a first-trimester warning sign and should be reported
immediately by the pregnant woman to her health care provider?
A) Nausea with occasional vomiting
B) Fatigue
C) Urinary frequency
D) Vaginal bleeding - ANSWER-D) Vaginal bleeding
A pregnant woman at 10 weeks of gestation jogs three or four times per week. She is
concerned about the effect of exercise on the fetus. The nurse should inform her:
A) You don't need to modify your exercising any time during your pregnancy.
B) Stop exercising because it will harm the fetus.
, C) You may find that you need to modify your exercise to walking later in your
pregnancy, around the seventh month.
D) Jogging is too hard on your joints; switch to walking now. - ANSWER-C) You may
find that you need to modify your exercise to walking later in your pregnancy, around
the seventh month.
The multiple marker test is used to assess the fetus for which condition?
A) Down syndrome
B) Diaphragmatic hernia
C) Congenital cardiac abnormality
D) Anencephaly - ANSWER-A) Down syndrome
A woman who is 32 weeks pregnant is informed by the nurse that a danger sign of
pregnancy could be:
A) Constipation.
B) Alteration in the pattern of fetal movement.
C) Heart palpitations.
D) Edema in the ankles and feet at the end of the day. - ANSWER-B) Alteration in the
pattern of fetal movement.
A woman who is 14 weeks pregnant tells the nurse that she always had a glass of wine
with dinner before she became pregnant. She has abstained during her first trimester
and would like to know if it is safe for her to have a drink with dinner now. The nurse
would tell her:
A) Since you're in your second trimester, there's no problem with having one drink with
dinner.
B) One drink every night is too much. One drink three times a week should be fine.
C) Since you're in your second trimester, you can drink as much as you like.
D) Because no one knows how much or how little alcohol it takes to cause fetal
problems, the best course is to abstain throughout your pregnancy. - ANSWER-D)
Because no one knows how much or how little alcohol it takes to cause fetal problems,
the best course is to abstain throughout your pregnancy.
Nursing Care of the Family During
Pregnancy Exam Questions and
Answers
The nurse caring for a newly pregnant woman would advise her that ideally prenatal
care should begin:
A) Before the first missed menstrual period.
B) After the first missed menstrual period.
C) After the second missed menstrual period.
D) After the third missed menstrual period. - ANSWER-B) After the first missed
menstrual period.
Prenatal testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is recommended for:
A) All women, regardless of risk factors.
B) A woman who has had more than one sexual partner.
C) A woman who has had a sexually transmitted infection.
D) A woman who is monogamous with her partner. - ANSWER-A) All women,
regardless of risk factors.
Which symptom is considered a first-trimester warning sign and should be reported
immediately by the pregnant woman to her health care provider?
A) Nausea with occasional vomiting
B) Fatigue
C) Urinary frequency
D) Vaginal bleeding - ANSWER-D) Vaginal bleeding
A pregnant woman at 10 weeks of gestation jogs three or four times per week. She is
concerned about the effect of exercise on the fetus. The nurse should inform her:
A) You don't need to modify your exercising any time during your pregnancy.
B) Stop exercising because it will harm the fetus.
, C) You may find that you need to modify your exercise to walking later in your
pregnancy, around the seventh month.
D) Jogging is too hard on your joints; switch to walking now. - ANSWER-C) You may
find that you need to modify your exercise to walking later in your pregnancy, around
the seventh month.
The multiple marker test is used to assess the fetus for which condition?
A) Down syndrome
B) Diaphragmatic hernia
C) Congenital cardiac abnormality
D) Anencephaly - ANSWER-A) Down syndrome
A woman who is 32 weeks pregnant is informed by the nurse that a danger sign of
pregnancy could be:
A) Constipation.
B) Alteration in the pattern of fetal movement.
C) Heart palpitations.
D) Edema in the ankles and feet at the end of the day. - ANSWER-B) Alteration in the
pattern of fetal movement.
A woman who is 14 weeks pregnant tells the nurse that she always had a glass of wine
with dinner before she became pregnant. She has abstained during her first trimester
and would like to know if it is safe for her to have a drink with dinner now. The nurse
would tell her:
A) Since you're in your second trimester, there's no problem with having one drink with
dinner.
B) One drink every night is too much. One drink three times a week should be fine.
C) Since you're in your second trimester, you can drink as much as you like.
D) Because no one knows how much or how little alcohol it takes to cause fetal
problems, the best course is to abstain throughout your pregnancy. - ANSWER-D)
Because no one knows how much or how little alcohol it takes to cause fetal problems,
the best course is to abstain throughout your pregnancy.
