MOM-BABY CLINICAL WITH 100%
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Gravida - ANS ✔✔refers to the # of times a woman has been pregnant, does not matter at what
point the pregnancy terminated or how many babies were born from the pregnancy
Primigravida - ANS ✔✔Pregnant once
Nulligravida - ANS ✔✔never has been pregnant
Para or Parity - ANS ✔✔refers to # of pregnancies that ended in birth of a fetus or fetuses after
20 weeks
Primipara - ANS ✔✔a woman who is giving birth for the first time.
Multipara - ANS ✔✔a woman who has had more than one pregnancy resulting in viable
offspring
Nullipara - ANS ✔✔a woman that has never given birth
TPAL System - ANS ✔✔used to further define para/parity
T - ANS ✔✔# of term infants born (37 wks or >)
P - ANS ✔✔# of preterm infants born (after 20 wks, before completion of 37 wks)
,A - ANS ✔✔# of pregnancies ending in abortions (< 20 wks)
L - ANS ✔✔# of living children to whom the woman has given birth
2 pregnancies, 1 ended in term stillbirth, 1 was born term and alive - ANS ✔✔G2 P2001
A woman delivers one living child at 28 weeks, has 2 first trimester pregnancy losses, one loss at
24 weeks and has one adopted child - ANS ✔✔G4 P0221
Review before entering room- POSTPARTUM - ANS ✔✔Name, age, parity
Labor and birth history, type of delivery, complications. Episiotomy or laceration, repaired or not
# of hours or days since delivery
V.S. (BP, TPR)
Steps for postpartum assessment - ANS ✔✔Enter room, introduce instructor to everyone in the
room
State purpose of your visit, assure privacy per woman's desire, close door/curtain
Ask when she last voided & changed her pad
Wash hands, obtain gloves and any other supplies you anticipate you will need
Postpartum assessment from top to bottom - ANS ✔✔7 B's (brain, breast, belly, bladder,
bottom, blood, bowels) & Extremities
,BRAIN - ANS ✔✔Ask about her/their birth experience, respond to parental cues
Inquire about how she is currently doing, comfort level
Assess mother/infant attachment, parental attachment
BREAST - ANS ✔✔method of infant feeding, colostrum present, filling or not, condition of the
nipples
BELLY - ANS ✔✔Abdomen/soft, diastasis(muscle separation); Fundus: firm, midline, location in
relation to navel
BLADDER - ANS ✔✔palpable, voiding spontaneously, emptying bladder
BOTTOM - ANS ✔✔perineal assessment per REEDA(Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis, Discharge,
Approximation), visualize
REEDA - ANS ✔✔Ecchymosis- bruising
- "eckeemosis"
BLOOD - ANS ✔✔lochia-"lokeea" (vaginal discharge after giving birth (puerperium) containing
blood, mucus, and uterine tissue), observe and describe amount, color, odor, clots
BOWELS - ANS ✔✔check for hemorrhoids, ask re: BM
EXTREMITIES - ANS ✔✔Homan's sign(flex foot and squeeze calf with other hand), check
extremities for warmth, color, edema, pain
POSTPARTUM Teaching and Feedback Options - ANS ✔✔Involution (shrinking of uterus after
childbirth)
, Comfort measures
Mood changes, PP depression Medications
Discharge planning
Sexuality, fertility
Breastfeeding
Peri care
Nutrition
Activity, PP exercises (Kegels, abdominal) Attachment
Family involvement
POSTPARTUM: C/S - ANS ✔✔(ask type of anesthesia used)
Has she been out of bed?
Pneumo boots in place?
I&O
V.S. includes listening to heart and lungs (lower lobes),
distention & bowel sounds,
assess incision (REEDA).
Ask regarding passing flatus;
encourage cough and deep breathe,
incentive spirometer (IS),
ambulation - (any dizziness, weakness),
pain management
NEWBORN ASSESSMENT: history - ANS ✔✔Route of delivery,
birth weight in grams,
gestational age in wks.,
CORRECT ANSWERS 2025/2026
Gravida - ANS ✔✔refers to the # of times a woman has been pregnant, does not matter at what
point the pregnancy terminated or how many babies were born from the pregnancy
Primigravida - ANS ✔✔Pregnant once
Nulligravida - ANS ✔✔never has been pregnant
Para or Parity - ANS ✔✔refers to # of pregnancies that ended in birth of a fetus or fetuses after
20 weeks
Primipara - ANS ✔✔a woman who is giving birth for the first time.
Multipara - ANS ✔✔a woman who has had more than one pregnancy resulting in viable
offspring
Nullipara - ANS ✔✔a woman that has never given birth
TPAL System - ANS ✔✔used to further define para/parity
T - ANS ✔✔# of term infants born (37 wks or >)
P - ANS ✔✔# of preterm infants born (after 20 wks, before completion of 37 wks)
,A - ANS ✔✔# of pregnancies ending in abortions (< 20 wks)
L - ANS ✔✔# of living children to whom the woman has given birth
2 pregnancies, 1 ended in term stillbirth, 1 was born term and alive - ANS ✔✔G2 P2001
A woman delivers one living child at 28 weeks, has 2 first trimester pregnancy losses, one loss at
24 weeks and has one adopted child - ANS ✔✔G4 P0221
Review before entering room- POSTPARTUM - ANS ✔✔Name, age, parity
Labor and birth history, type of delivery, complications. Episiotomy or laceration, repaired or not
# of hours or days since delivery
V.S. (BP, TPR)
Steps for postpartum assessment - ANS ✔✔Enter room, introduce instructor to everyone in the
room
State purpose of your visit, assure privacy per woman's desire, close door/curtain
Ask when she last voided & changed her pad
Wash hands, obtain gloves and any other supplies you anticipate you will need
Postpartum assessment from top to bottom - ANS ✔✔7 B's (brain, breast, belly, bladder,
bottom, blood, bowels) & Extremities
,BRAIN - ANS ✔✔Ask about her/their birth experience, respond to parental cues
Inquire about how she is currently doing, comfort level
Assess mother/infant attachment, parental attachment
BREAST - ANS ✔✔method of infant feeding, colostrum present, filling or not, condition of the
nipples
BELLY - ANS ✔✔Abdomen/soft, diastasis(muscle separation); Fundus: firm, midline, location in
relation to navel
BLADDER - ANS ✔✔palpable, voiding spontaneously, emptying bladder
BOTTOM - ANS ✔✔perineal assessment per REEDA(Redness, Edema, Ecchymosis, Discharge,
Approximation), visualize
REEDA - ANS ✔✔Ecchymosis- bruising
- "eckeemosis"
BLOOD - ANS ✔✔lochia-"lokeea" (vaginal discharge after giving birth (puerperium) containing
blood, mucus, and uterine tissue), observe and describe amount, color, odor, clots
BOWELS - ANS ✔✔check for hemorrhoids, ask re: BM
EXTREMITIES - ANS ✔✔Homan's sign(flex foot and squeeze calf with other hand), check
extremities for warmth, color, edema, pain
POSTPARTUM Teaching and Feedback Options - ANS ✔✔Involution (shrinking of uterus after
childbirth)
, Comfort measures
Mood changes, PP depression Medications
Discharge planning
Sexuality, fertility
Breastfeeding
Peri care
Nutrition
Activity, PP exercises (Kegels, abdominal) Attachment
Family involvement
POSTPARTUM: C/S - ANS ✔✔(ask type of anesthesia used)
Has she been out of bed?
Pneumo boots in place?
I&O
V.S. includes listening to heart and lungs (lower lobes),
distention & bowel sounds,
assess incision (REEDA).
Ask regarding passing flatus;
encourage cough and deep breathe,
incentive spirometer (IS),
ambulation - (any dizziness, weakness),
pain management
NEWBORN ASSESSMENT: history - ANS ✔✔Route of delivery,
birth weight in grams,
gestational age in wks.,
