CNUR 303 2025/2026 Exam Questions
and Corresponding Answers with Surety
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Recommended weight gain for singleton pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔11.5-16kg
25-35lbs
hCG - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
a hormone secreted by the trophoblast cells of placenta
stimulates estrogen and progesterone
Estrogen - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔uterus and breast enlargement
Progesterone - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A hormone produced by the ovaries
acts with estrogen to bring about the mensural cycle
maintains endometrium and inhibits contractions
Relaxin - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔softening collagen in joints
softens cervix
,inhibits contractions
hPL - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔human placental lactogen
insulin antagonist
BMR - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increases 20-25% d/t fetal metabolic activity
may cause sensation of overheating
Thyroid Gland - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increases by 50%
more thyroxin released
parathyroid gland - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increase size and hormone concentration
increases use of calcium and vit D
blood volume increase during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1500mLs (~45%)
heart rate increase in pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10-15bpm
displacement of heart during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔up, transverse, and to
the left
changes in uterus during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increases to 20x size,
capacity increases to 5000mL or more, shapes into globe
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,Braxton Hicks contractions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔irregular intermittent weak
tightening begin about 12 weeks and remain throughout pregnancy
Goodell's sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔softening of the cervix (positive sign of
pregnancy) week 5-6 of pregnancy
Chadwick's sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bluish purple discoloration of the cervix,
vagina, and labia during pregnancy as a result of increased vascular congestion.
week 6-8 of pregnancy
Heger's sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔softening of isthmus (lower uterine segment) occurs
wk 6-12 of pregnancy
Ovaries during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔o Amenorrhea
o Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) secreted by pituitary gland ceases
o Corpus Luteum - produces progesterone & estrogen in early pregnancy
Breasts during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔o Soon after conception -tingling,
tenderness, swelling
o Size & nodularity increase
o Superficial veins more prominent
Nipples increase erectile
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, o Areola darkens
o Montogomery's Tubercules
§ Sebaceous glands of the areola become enlarged
§ Secretions from these glands prevent cracking
o Colostrum
§ Antibody Rich
§ May be expressed around 16 weeks
§ May leak in last trimester
Respiratory changes in pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔· Tidal volume increases
throughout pregnancy
o 30-40% rise in volume of air each minute
· O2 consumption increased by 20-40%
· Rib cage flare - up to 6cm
· Elevated diaphragm
Subjective changes in pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔o Amenorrhea
o "Morning Sickness"
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and Corresponding Answers with Surety
of 100% Pass Mark
Recommended weight gain for singleton pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔11.5-16kg
25-35lbs
hCG - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
a hormone secreted by the trophoblast cells of placenta
stimulates estrogen and progesterone
Estrogen - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔uterus and breast enlargement
Progesterone - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A hormone produced by the ovaries
acts with estrogen to bring about the mensural cycle
maintains endometrium and inhibits contractions
Relaxin - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔softening collagen in joints
softens cervix
,inhibits contractions
hPL - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔human placental lactogen
insulin antagonist
BMR - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increases 20-25% d/t fetal metabolic activity
may cause sensation of overheating
Thyroid Gland - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increases by 50%
more thyroxin released
parathyroid gland - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increase size and hormone concentration
increases use of calcium and vit D
blood volume increase during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔1500mLs (~45%)
heart rate increase in pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔10-15bpm
displacement of heart during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔up, transverse, and to
the left
changes in uterus during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔increases to 20x size,
capacity increases to 5000mL or more, shapes into globe
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,Braxton Hicks contractions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔irregular intermittent weak
tightening begin about 12 weeks and remain throughout pregnancy
Goodell's sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔softening of the cervix (positive sign of
pregnancy) week 5-6 of pregnancy
Chadwick's sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Bluish purple discoloration of the cervix,
vagina, and labia during pregnancy as a result of increased vascular congestion.
week 6-8 of pregnancy
Heger's sign - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔softening of isthmus (lower uterine segment) occurs
wk 6-12 of pregnancy
Ovaries during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔o Amenorrhea
o Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH) secreted by pituitary gland ceases
o Corpus Luteum - produces progesterone & estrogen in early pregnancy
Breasts during pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔o Soon after conception -tingling,
tenderness, swelling
o Size & nodularity increase
o Superficial veins more prominent
Nipples increase erectile
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, o Areola darkens
o Montogomery's Tubercules
§ Sebaceous glands of the areola become enlarged
§ Secretions from these glands prevent cracking
o Colostrum
§ Antibody Rich
§ May be expressed around 16 weeks
§ May leak in last trimester
Respiratory changes in pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔· Tidal volume increases
throughout pregnancy
o 30-40% rise in volume of air each minute
· O2 consumption increased by 20-40%
· Rib cage flare - up to 6cm
· Elevated diaphragm
Subjective changes in pregnancy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔o Amenorrhea
o "Morning Sickness"
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