MATERNAL CHILD NURSING CARE UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Gravida.
Answer: pregnant woman
◉ nulligravida.
Answer: Woman who has never been pregnant
◉ Primigravida.
Answer: a woman who is pregnant for the first time
◉ why does multigravida have quicker delivery.
Answer: cervix thins and dialates at same time
◉ why is primigravida longer labor.
Answer: because cervix thins out first before dialating
◉ parity.
,Answer: number of pregnancies in which fetus or fetuses have
reached viability, not the number of fetuses born. Whether the fetus
is born alive or is stillborn does not affect parity
◉ nullipara.
Answer: a woman who has never borne a viable child
◉ in order for birth to count.
Answer: it must occur at 20 weeks gestation or more for counting as
birth whether live or stillborn
◉ primpara.
Answer: completed one pregnancy with fetus or fetuses
◉ multipara.
Answer: completed two or more pregnancies
◉ grandmultipara.
Answer: woman who has given birth 5 or more times
◉ 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
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
◉ Gravida.
Answer: pregnant woman
◉ nulligravida.
Answer: Woman who has never been pregnant
◉ Primigravida.
Answer: a woman who is pregnant for the first time
◉ why does multigravida have quicker delivery.
Answer: cervix thins and dialates at same time
◉ why is primigravida longer labor.
Answer: because cervix thins out first before dialating
◉ parity.
,Answer: number of pregnancies in which fetus or fetuses have
reached viability, not the number of fetuses born. Whether the fetus
is born alive or is stillborn does not affect parity
◉ nullipara.
Answer: a woman who has never borne a viable child
◉ in order for birth to count.
Answer: it must occur at 20 weeks gestation or more for counting as
birth whether live or stillborn
◉ primpara.
Answer: completed one pregnancy with fetus or fetuses
◉ multipara.
Answer: completed two or more pregnancies
◉ grandmultipara.
Answer: woman who has given birth 5 or more times
◉ 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
