PRN 1831 Exam 1 Study Guide 2025: Practical Nursing Practice Questions

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EXAM 1: PRN1831 / PRN 1831 (LATEST 2025 UPDATE)

PRINCIPLES OF MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH NURSING

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OB Complications and emergencies .....ANSWER.....nonreassuring

fetal status, maternal hemorrhage, fetal shoulder dystocia and

eclampsia

Who defines and regulates nursing scope of practice?

.....ANSWER.....board of nursing can be found at NCSBN

What is evidence based practice? .....ANSWER.....nursing care in

which all nursing interventions are based on current valid

research evidence

What are the ethical principles that guide nursing care?

.....ANSWER.....standards of what is right/wrong with regard to

important social values and norms

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Autonomy:the right to have control over their own body and

make own decisions Beneficence:Doing good or causing good to

be done; kindly action Nonmaleficence:duty to do no harm

Justice:acting out of fairness

Which nurses are prescribers? .....ANSWER.....Nurse Practitioner

(NP) and Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) GYN

Recommendations on Pap smears for cervical cancer

.....ANSWER.....age 21-29 should have done every 3 years if

normal

Contraindications for contraceptive methods: IUD

.....ANSWER.....Pregnancy,Significantly distorted uterine

anatomy,Unexplained vaginal bleeding concerning for

pregnancy or pelvic malignancy,Gestational trophoblastic

disease with persistently elevated betahuman chorionic

gonadotropin levels,Ongoing pelvic infection

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hormonal contraceptives .....ANSWER.....deliver hormones to

prevent ovulation and discourage implantation of fertilized ova

Use of hormonal contraceptives in adolescents

.....ANSWER.....Hormonal contraception is prescribed commonly to

adolescents for myriad indications from pregnancy prevention to

treatment for acne, hirsutism or dysmenorrhea.

Nursing care of the client with gonorrhea .....ANSWER.....Pap

smear and cultures of the cervix, urethra, and pharynx to

evaluate for gonorrhea and chlamydial infection. Blood is drawn

for WBC

Contraception in breastfeeding- what is safe? Know the

appropriate use of progestin-only pill .....ANSWER.....Progestin-

only oral contraceptives, or "The Mini-Pill," contain only progestin

(a female hormone). The method, when used daily, is highly

effective for breastfeeding women.They may be prescribed if

you have side effects from other types of birth control pills.