Maternity & Women’s Health Care Nursing
Thoroughly Analyzed and Adequately Answered
Questions
Healthy People 2020 Goals - Maternal/Infant-Related - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -A set of
objectives to reduce fetal and infant deaths, maternal mortality, preterm births, and cesarean
births among low-risk women
Fertility Rate - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The number of births per 1000 women aged 15 to 44
years, which was 60.3 in 2017
Birth Rate for Teens - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The rate of births for teens aged 15 to 19
years, which declined by 7% since 2016 to 18.8 in 2017
Cesarean Birth Rate - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The percentage of cesarean births among low-
risk women, which increased slightly from 31.9% in 2016 to 32% in 2017
Ethical Issues in Perinatal Nursing and Women's Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
Concerns related to reproductive technology, resource allocation, older-age pregnancies, third-
party payers, induced ovulation, in vitro fertilization, multifetal pregnancy reduction, intrauterine
fetal surgery, and treatment of very low-birth-weight infants
Family Genogram - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -A family tree format depicting relationships of
families over at least three generations
, Vulnerable Populations - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Groups such as women, racial and ethnic
minorities, adolescent girls, older women, incarcerated women, immigrant, refugee, and migrant
women, who face significant health disparities and challenges in accessing healthcare
Conception - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The union of a single egg and a single sperm, which is
not an isolated event but part of a sequential process
Ovum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The female reproductive cell with two protective layers,
considered fertile for about 24 hours after ovulation
Sperm - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The male reproductive cell with capacitation (removal of
sperm's protective coating) and acrosome (a cap on the sperm)
Zygote - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The first cell of the new individual formed after
fertilization
Implantation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The process occurring 6-10 days after conception,
involving the embedding of the blastocyst in the endometrium
Chorionic Villi - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Structures that form the fetal part of the placenta,
including decidua basalis, decidua capsularis, and decidua vera
Placenta - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -An endocrine gland that produces hormones (HcG, hCS,
progesterone, estriol) and performs metabolic, respiratory, nutritional, excretory, and storage
functions
Fetal Circulatory System - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Includes ductus arteriosus, ductus
venosus, and foramen ovale, which are crucial for fetal circulation
Thoroughly Analyzed and Adequately Answered
Questions
Healthy People 2020 Goals - Maternal/Infant-Related - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -A set of
objectives to reduce fetal and infant deaths, maternal mortality, preterm births, and cesarean
births among low-risk women
Fertility Rate - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The number of births per 1000 women aged 15 to 44
years, which was 60.3 in 2017
Birth Rate for Teens - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The rate of births for teens aged 15 to 19
years, which declined by 7% since 2016 to 18.8 in 2017
Cesarean Birth Rate - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The percentage of cesarean births among low-
risk women, which increased slightly from 31.9% in 2016 to 32% in 2017
Ethical Issues in Perinatal Nursing and Women's Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -
Concerns related to reproductive technology, resource allocation, older-age pregnancies, third-
party payers, induced ovulation, in vitro fertilization, multifetal pregnancy reduction, intrauterine
fetal surgery, and treatment of very low-birth-weight infants
Family Genogram - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -A family tree format depicting relationships of
families over at least three generations
, Vulnerable Populations - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Groups such as women, racial and ethnic
minorities, adolescent girls, older women, incarcerated women, immigrant, refugee, and migrant
women, who face significant health disparities and challenges in accessing healthcare
Conception - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The union of a single egg and a single sperm, which is
not an isolated event but part of a sequential process
Ovum - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The female reproductive cell with two protective layers,
considered fertile for about 24 hours after ovulation
Sperm - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The male reproductive cell with capacitation (removal of
sperm's protective coating) and acrosome (a cap on the sperm)
Zygote - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The first cell of the new individual formed after
fertilization
Implantation - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -The process occurring 6-10 days after conception,
involving the embedding of the blastocyst in the endometrium
Chorionic Villi - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Structures that form the fetal part of the placenta,
including decidua basalis, decidua capsularis, and decidua vera
Placenta - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -An endocrine gland that produces hormones (HcG, hCS,
progesterone, estriol) and performs metabolic, respiratory, nutritional, excretory, and storage
functions
Fetal Circulatory System - CORRECT ANSWER ✔️✔️ -Includes ductus arteriosus, ductus
venosus, and foramen ovale, which are crucial for fetal circulation
