, A nurse is teaching a prenatal class on fetal growth and development. In which gestational
week does the nurse inform the parents that the heart begins to beat?
a. second
b. third
c. fourth
d. sixth - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
A nurse is teaching a prenatal class about placental development and functions. Which
information about the placenta is best?
a. cushions the fetus and protects it against mechanical injury
b. is the site of hematopoiesis during the first two gestational weeks
c. produces Wharton's jelly that surrounds the umbilical blood vessels
d. provides oxygenation, nutrition, hormones, and waste removal - CORRECT ANSWERS-D
A faculty member is teaching a nursing class about fetal circulation. The faculty member
explains that most blood bypasses the liver and enters the inferior vena cave through the
a. ductus arteriosus
b. doctor venosus
c. foramen ovale
d. pulmonary artery - CORRECT ANSWERS-B
week does the nurse inform the parents that the heart begins to beat?
a. second
b. third
c. fourth
d. sixth - CORRECT ANSWERS-A
A nurse is teaching a prenatal class about placental development and functions. Which
information about the placenta is best?
a. cushions the fetus and protects it against mechanical injury
b. is the site of hematopoiesis during the first two gestational weeks
c. produces Wharton's jelly that surrounds the umbilical blood vessels
d. provides oxygenation, nutrition, hormones, and waste removal - CORRECT ANSWERS-D
A faculty member is teaching a nursing class about fetal circulation. The faculty member
explains that most blood bypasses the liver and enters the inferior vena cave through the
a. ductus arteriosus
b. doctor venosus
c. foramen ovale
d. pulmonary artery - CORRECT ANSWERS-B
