NU 335 - Final Exam Review Questions
and All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
The nurse educator is leading an in-service education session about evidence-based practice for
the staff nurses. Which statement by the staff nurses indicates the need for additional
information? "Evidence based nursing practice:
a)Is supported by current, valid research."
b)Is unnecessary on a unit with established policies."
c)Is a lifelong learning approach to client care."
d)Incorporates research findings into clinical practice." - Answer b)Is unnecessary on a unit
with established policies."
The maternity nurse has been named in a malpractice law- suit. The nurse will be counseled
that the best defense against the accusation of negligence will be if the nurse:
a)Followed the physician's written orders
b)Was acting on the advice of the nurse manager c)Is a certified nurse midwife or nurse
practitioner d)Met the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
(AWHONN) standards of practice - Answer d)Met the Association of Women's Health,
Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) standards of practice
The nurse is preparing to teach a group of culturally diverse childbearing families about hospital
birthing options, to enhance culturally competent care, the nurse will:
a)Insist that the client answer questions instead of her husband.
b)Understand that the family has the same values as the nurse.
c)Teach the family how childbearing takes place in the U.S.
d)Learn about the cultural groups that are likely to attend the class - Answer d)Learn about
the cultural groups that are likely to attend the class
The nurse is caring for a client in labor who speaks English well and has identified herself as
Asian. The client has requested only warm water to drinks and has refused ice chips and cold
liquids throughout the labor. The nurse supports these actions as most likely related to:
a)The client's belief in the role of hot and cold in health.
,b)The fact that the client has not yet become thirsty c)A desire to have complete control of the
environment
d)Folklore concerning the desired sex of the unborn child - Answer a)The client's belief in the
role of hot and cold in health.
The primigravida client reports using an alternative therapy during labor that involves the
manipulation of soft tissues. She reports that this therapy has reduced her stress, diminished
her pain and increased circulation. The nurse recognizes this therapy as:
a)Homeopathy
b)Guided imagery
c)Massage therapy
d)Reflexology - Answer c)Massage therapy
The nurse is preparing an educational session for high school female students on self-care
during menstruation. What should the nurse include regarding care when using a tampon?
Select All That Apply
a)Wash hands before inserting a tampon
b)Wash hands after inserting the tampon
c)Change the tampon every 10 to 12 hours
d)Use only tampons containing deodorants
e)Avoid touching the part that will be inserted into the vagina - Answer a)Wash hands before
inserting a tampon
b)Wash hands after inserting the tampon
e)Avoid touching the part that will be inserted into the vagina
A nurse teaches newly pregnant clients that if an ovum is fertilized and implants in the
endometrium, the hormone the fertilized egg begins to secrete is:
a)Lutenizing hormone
b)Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) c)Progesterone
d)Estrogen - Answer b)Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
The nurse is explaining the menstrual cycle to a group of women. The teaching on phases of the
menstrual/uterine cycle should include the fact that the corpus luteum begins to degenerate,
estrogen and progesterone levels and temperature fall, and the blood supply to the
endometrium is reduced in which phase?
, a)Ischemic phase
b)Menstrual phase
c)Proliferative phase
d)Secretory phase - Answer a)Ischemic phase
The nurse is interviewing a newly pregnant woman, she tells you that her mother was a twin,
two of her sisters have twins, and several cousins either are twins or gave birth to twins, The
patient too is expecting twins. Because there is a genetic predisposition to twins in her family,
there is a good chance the patient will have:
a)Nonzygotic twins
b)Monozygotic twins
c)Dizygotic twins
d)Identical twins - Answer c)Dizygotic twins
The pregnant client who is at 14 weeks gestation asks the nurse why the doctor used to call her
baby an embryo, and now calls it a fetus. The nurse correctly replies:
a)"An embryo is a baby from conception until the end of the sixth week."
b)"We call a baby a fetus when it is larger than an embryo"
c)"The official term for a baby in utero is really zygote."
d)" A fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation and onward." - Answer d)" A
fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation and onward."
Which hormone is primarily responsible for the maintenance of pregnancy past the eleventh
week?
a)Human placental lactogen (hPL)
b)Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
c)Estrogen
d)Progesterone - Answer d)Progesterone
At a prenatal visit, a woman and the nurse are discussing fetal development. The client asks,
"When will my baby actually have a heartbeat?" The nurse should reply, "The heartbeat of an
embryo is distinguishable by ultrasound at week _____ of development."
and All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
The nurse educator is leading an in-service education session about evidence-based practice for
the staff nurses. Which statement by the staff nurses indicates the need for additional
information? "Evidence based nursing practice:
a)Is supported by current, valid research."
b)Is unnecessary on a unit with established policies."
c)Is a lifelong learning approach to client care."
d)Incorporates research findings into clinical practice." - Answer b)Is unnecessary on a unit
with established policies."
The maternity nurse has been named in a malpractice law- suit. The nurse will be counseled
that the best defense against the accusation of negligence will be if the nurse:
a)Followed the physician's written orders
b)Was acting on the advice of the nurse manager c)Is a certified nurse midwife or nurse
practitioner d)Met the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses
(AWHONN) standards of practice - Answer d)Met the Association of Women's Health,
Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) standards of practice
The nurse is preparing to teach a group of culturally diverse childbearing families about hospital
birthing options, to enhance culturally competent care, the nurse will:
a)Insist that the client answer questions instead of her husband.
b)Understand that the family has the same values as the nurse.
c)Teach the family how childbearing takes place in the U.S.
d)Learn about the cultural groups that are likely to attend the class - Answer d)Learn about
the cultural groups that are likely to attend the class
The nurse is caring for a client in labor who speaks English well and has identified herself as
Asian. The client has requested only warm water to drinks and has refused ice chips and cold
liquids throughout the labor. The nurse supports these actions as most likely related to:
a)The client's belief in the role of hot and cold in health.
,b)The fact that the client has not yet become thirsty c)A desire to have complete control of the
environment
d)Folklore concerning the desired sex of the unborn child - Answer a)The client's belief in the
role of hot and cold in health.
The primigravida client reports using an alternative therapy during labor that involves the
manipulation of soft tissues. She reports that this therapy has reduced her stress, diminished
her pain and increased circulation. The nurse recognizes this therapy as:
a)Homeopathy
b)Guided imagery
c)Massage therapy
d)Reflexology - Answer c)Massage therapy
The nurse is preparing an educational session for high school female students on self-care
during menstruation. What should the nurse include regarding care when using a tampon?
Select All That Apply
a)Wash hands before inserting a tampon
b)Wash hands after inserting the tampon
c)Change the tampon every 10 to 12 hours
d)Use only tampons containing deodorants
e)Avoid touching the part that will be inserted into the vagina - Answer a)Wash hands before
inserting a tampon
b)Wash hands after inserting the tampon
e)Avoid touching the part that will be inserted into the vagina
A nurse teaches newly pregnant clients that if an ovum is fertilized and implants in the
endometrium, the hormone the fertilized egg begins to secrete is:
a)Lutenizing hormone
b)Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) c)Progesterone
d)Estrogen - Answer b)Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
The nurse is explaining the menstrual cycle to a group of women. The teaching on phases of the
menstrual/uterine cycle should include the fact that the corpus luteum begins to degenerate,
estrogen and progesterone levels and temperature fall, and the blood supply to the
endometrium is reduced in which phase?
, a)Ischemic phase
b)Menstrual phase
c)Proliferative phase
d)Secretory phase - Answer a)Ischemic phase
The nurse is interviewing a newly pregnant woman, she tells you that her mother was a twin,
two of her sisters have twins, and several cousins either are twins or gave birth to twins, The
patient too is expecting twins. Because there is a genetic predisposition to twins in her family,
there is a good chance the patient will have:
a)Nonzygotic twins
b)Monozygotic twins
c)Dizygotic twins
d)Identical twins - Answer c)Dizygotic twins
The pregnant client who is at 14 weeks gestation asks the nurse why the doctor used to call her
baby an embryo, and now calls it a fetus. The nurse correctly replies:
a)"An embryo is a baby from conception until the end of the sixth week."
b)"We call a baby a fetus when it is larger than an embryo"
c)"The official term for a baby in utero is really zygote."
d)" A fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation and onward." - Answer d)" A
fetus is the term used from the ninth week of gestation and onward."
Which hormone is primarily responsible for the maintenance of pregnancy past the eleventh
week?
a)Human placental lactogen (hPL)
b)Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)
c)Estrogen
d)Progesterone - Answer d)Progesterone
At a prenatal visit, a woman and the nurse are discussing fetal development. The client asks,
"When will my baby actually have a heartbeat?" The nurse should reply, "The heartbeat of an
embryo is distinguishable by ultrasound at week _____ of development."
