NUR 353 Exam 1 Reproductive
Questions 2025/2026 Exam All Answers
and Illustrations Given
Your pregnant patient has an STD. This is an example of which category
risk factor for reproduction?
a. Biophysical
b. Psychosocial
c. Sociodemographic
d. Environmental - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A (Biophysical risk factors include PID,
HIV/AIDS, any STD, chromosomal abnormalities, hypertension, heart
failure, type I diabetes, and obesity. Basically, any medical condition.)
You know that which of the following would be an example of a
psychosocial risk factor related to reproduction?
,a. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
b. Secondhand smoking
c. Drug addiction
d. Lack of insurance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C (Psychosocial risk factors include:
Isolation, anxiety, depression, spousal abuse or inter partner violence, drug
and alcohol use and addiction.)
You are working with a college student who is planning to become sexually
active. She is requesting a reliable method of birth control that could be
easily discontinued if necessary. Which option should be given the
strongest recommendation?
a. Intrauterine device (IUD)
b. Coitus interruptus
c. Natural family planning
d. Oral contraceptive pills - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔D (Oral contraceptive pills
prevent ovulation, are easy to stop, and are 99% effective in pregnancy
,prevention. Intrauterine devices, coitus interruptus, and natural family
planning will not prevent ovulation; they should not be recommended for
this college student who desires a reliable method of birth control that can
be easily discontinued.)
A 20-year-old woman comes for preconceptual counseling. She wants to
get pregnant soon. Which of the following health-promoting habits would
have the highest priority at this time?
a. Immediate tobacco cessation
b. Getting daily exercise
c. Stopping all caffeine
d. Avoidance of sweets - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A (Psychosocial factors affecting
pregnancy include smoking, excessive use of caffeine, alcohol and drug
abuse, psychological status including impaired mental health, an addictive
lifestyle, spouse abuse, and noncompliance with cultural norms. Immediate
tobacco cessation would be the highest priority because continued smoking
could be teratogenic if the woman should become pregnant. Smoking
causes vasoconstriction which restricts the amount of oxygen and nutrients
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, to the rapidly growing fetus. Daily exercise promotes health but would not
be the highest priority among these factors. Stopping caffeine and avoiding
sweets are important and can be addressed after tobacco cessation.)
A female patient comes to the clinic at 8 weeks' gestation. She lives in a
house beneath electrical power lines, which is located near an oil field. She
drinks two caffeinated beverages a day, is a daily beer drinker, and has not
stopped eating sweets. She takes a multivitamin and exercises daily. She
denies drug use. Which finding in the history has the greatest implication
for this patient's plan of care?
a. Electrical power lines are a potential hazard to the woman and her fetus.
b. Living near an oil field may mean the water supply is polluted.
c. Drinking alcohol should be avoided during pregnancy because of its
teratogenic effects.
d. Eating sweets may cause gestational diabetes or miscarriage. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔C (Stages of development include the ovum, the embryo,
and the fetus. The embryonic period lasts from the beginning of the fourth
week to the end of the eighth week of gestation. Teratogenicity is a major
Questions 2025/2026 Exam All Answers
and Illustrations Given
Your pregnant patient has an STD. This is an example of which category
risk factor for reproduction?
a. Biophysical
b. Psychosocial
c. Sociodemographic
d. Environmental - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A (Biophysical risk factors include PID,
HIV/AIDS, any STD, chromosomal abnormalities, hypertension, heart
failure, type I diabetes, and obesity. Basically, any medical condition.)
You know that which of the following would be an example of a
psychosocial risk factor related to reproduction?
,a. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID)
b. Secondhand smoking
c. Drug addiction
d. Lack of insurance - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔C (Psychosocial risk factors include:
Isolation, anxiety, depression, spousal abuse or inter partner violence, drug
and alcohol use and addiction.)
You are working with a college student who is planning to become sexually
active. She is requesting a reliable method of birth control that could be
easily discontinued if necessary. Which option should be given the
strongest recommendation?
a. Intrauterine device (IUD)
b. Coitus interruptus
c. Natural family planning
d. Oral contraceptive pills - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔D (Oral contraceptive pills
prevent ovulation, are easy to stop, and are 99% effective in pregnancy
,prevention. Intrauterine devices, coitus interruptus, and natural family
planning will not prevent ovulation; they should not be recommended for
this college student who desires a reliable method of birth control that can
be easily discontinued.)
A 20-year-old woman comes for preconceptual counseling. She wants to
get pregnant soon. Which of the following health-promoting habits would
have the highest priority at this time?
a. Immediate tobacco cessation
b. Getting daily exercise
c. Stopping all caffeine
d. Avoidance of sweets - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔A (Psychosocial factors affecting
pregnancy include smoking, excessive use of caffeine, alcohol and drug
abuse, psychological status including impaired mental health, an addictive
lifestyle, spouse abuse, and noncompliance with cultural norms. Immediate
tobacco cessation would be the highest priority because continued smoking
could be teratogenic if the woman should become pregnant. Smoking
causes vasoconstriction which restricts the amount of oxygen and nutrients
3
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, to the rapidly growing fetus. Daily exercise promotes health but would not
be the highest priority among these factors. Stopping caffeine and avoiding
sweets are important and can be addressed after tobacco cessation.)
A female patient comes to the clinic at 8 weeks' gestation. She lives in a
house beneath electrical power lines, which is located near an oil field. She
drinks two caffeinated beverages a day, is a daily beer drinker, and has not
stopped eating sweets. She takes a multivitamin and exercises daily. She
denies drug use. Which finding in the history has the greatest implication
for this patient's plan of care?
a. Electrical power lines are a potential hazard to the woman and her fetus.
b. Living near an oil field may mean the water supply is polluted.
c. Drinking alcohol should be avoided during pregnancy because of its
teratogenic effects.
d. Eating sweets may cause gestational diabetes or miscarriage. -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔C (Stages of development include the ovum, the embryo,
and the fetus. The embryonic period lasts from the beginning of the fourth
week to the end of the eighth week of gestation. Teratogenicity is a major
