MATERNAL CHILD NURSING CARE COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED QUESTIONS AND COMPLETE ANSWERS.pdf

MATERNAL CHILD NURSING CARE
COMPREHENSIVE SOLVED QUESTIONS AND
COMPLETE ANSWERS

◉ preterm.
Answer: a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation but
ends before completion of 37 weeks of gestation


◉ late preterm.
Answer: pregnancy that has reached between 34 weeks 0 days and
36 weeks 6 days gestation


◉ early term.
Answer: pregnancy that has reached between 37 weeks 0 days and
38 weeks 6 days gestation


◉ full term.
Answer: 39-40 weeks 6 days


◉ late term.
Answer: 41 weeks to 41 weeks and 6 days

, ◉ post term.
Answer: >42 weeks


◉ viability.
Answer: Ability of the fetus to survive outside the womb 22-25
weeks


◉ hcG.
Answer: human chorionic gonadotropin earliest biochemical marker
of pregnancy


◉ pregnancy can be detected in urine as early as.
Answer: 7 to 8 days after ovulation


◉ presumptive signs of pregnancy.
Answer: changes that might make a woman think she is pregnant.
such as amenorrhea, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, polyuria, breast
changes(darkened areolae, enlarged Montgomery glands),
quickening(slight fluttering movements of the fetus felt by the
women, usually between 16-20 wks of gestation).


◉ Probable signs of pregnancy.
Answer: blood and urine tests, Chadwick's sign, Goodell's sign,
Hegar's sign