HESI Maternity and Pediatrics Exam Questions
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1. Determine the first day of the LMP
How is EDD calculated 2. Subtract 3 months
using Nagele's rule? 3. Add 7 days
4. Adjust the year
the number of pregnancies including current
pregnancy.
What is gravidity?
includes miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, stillbirths.
number of births in which the fetus is carried past 20
What is parity?
weeks gestation(not number of fetuses [e.g., twins]
GTPAL Gravida, Term, Preterm, Abortions, Living
Subjective signs perceived by the woman
- Signs: amenorrhea, breast changes & tenderness,
What are presumptive nausea
signs of pregnancy? - Symptoms: N/V, urinary freq, weight gain, fatigue,
quickening (fetal movement), discoloration of vaginal
mucosa
Uterine enlargement, Goodell's sign, Chadwick's sign,
Probable signs of
Hegar's sign, Ballottement, + Pregnancy test, Braxton
pregnancy
Hicks contractions
Goodell's sign softening of the cervix
, Bluish purple discoloration of
the cervix, vagina, and labia
Chadwick's sign
during pregnancy as a result of
increased vascular congestion.
Hegar's sign softening of the lower uterine segment
The rebounding of the fetus against the examiner's
Ballottement
fingers on palpation
Positive signs of audible fetal heartbeat, fetal movement felt by
pregnancy examiner, ultrasound visualization of fetus
Symphysis pubis to top of uterine fundus. # of cm is
usually equivalent to gestation age, give or take 1-2
How to measure Fundal
cm
Height
--At 36 weeks fetus moves down into the pelvis,
measurement not as reliable
Smoking tobacco during low birth weight, a higher incidence of birth defects,
pregnancy can lead to and still births
Pigmented area of the face
(mask of pregnancy)
Cholasma
Dark line of hyperpigmentation
down the midline of the
"Linea Nigra" of pregnancy
abdomen
stretch marks
stiae gravidarum
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Terms in this set (275)
1. Determine the first day of the LMP
How is EDD calculated 2. Subtract 3 months
using Nagele's rule? 3. Add 7 days
4. Adjust the year
the number of pregnancies including current
pregnancy.
What is gravidity?
includes miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, stillbirths.
number of births in which the fetus is carried past 20
What is parity?
weeks gestation(not number of fetuses [e.g., twins]
GTPAL Gravida, Term, Preterm, Abortions, Living
Subjective signs perceived by the woman
- Signs: amenorrhea, breast changes & tenderness,
What are presumptive nausea
signs of pregnancy? - Symptoms: N/V, urinary freq, weight gain, fatigue,
quickening (fetal movement), discoloration of vaginal
mucosa
Uterine enlargement, Goodell's sign, Chadwick's sign,
Probable signs of
Hegar's sign, Ballottement, + Pregnancy test, Braxton
pregnancy
Hicks contractions
Goodell's sign softening of the cervix
, Bluish purple discoloration of
the cervix, vagina, and labia
Chadwick's sign
during pregnancy as a result of
increased vascular congestion.
Hegar's sign softening of the lower uterine segment
The rebounding of the fetus against the examiner's
Ballottement
fingers on palpation
Positive signs of audible fetal heartbeat, fetal movement felt by
pregnancy examiner, ultrasound visualization of fetus
Symphysis pubis to top of uterine fundus. # of cm is
usually equivalent to gestation age, give or take 1-2
How to measure Fundal
cm
Height
--At 36 weeks fetus moves down into the pelvis,
measurement not as reliable
Smoking tobacco during low birth weight, a higher incidence of birth defects,
pregnancy can lead to and still births
Pigmented area of the face
(mask of pregnancy)
Cholasma
Dark line of hyperpigmentation
down the midline of the
"Linea Nigra" of pregnancy
abdomen
stretch marks
stiae gravidarum
