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NUR 202/ NUR202 Exam 1 – Maternal-Newborn Nursing Review| Fortis (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION If a patient comes in and they say they are 12 weeks pregnant, and they say their last menstrual period was 6 months ago what do we as the nurse need to check? Answer: keep in mind to double check how far along they are when you go in even if the mother seems positive you need to check QUESTION If your patient says they are 8 weeks pregnant, and their fundus is at their umbilicus what are the things we need to double check? Answer: - When was their last period - Look and see if we can get a fetal heartbeat because we wouldn't necessarily expect that early on QUESTION When is the best time to accurately date a pregnancy? Answer: during the first trimester QUESTION Why is it difficult to date a pregnancy after the first semester? Answer: they are scrunched up in the womb it is less accurate and then there is more variation and growth at that point QUESTION How do you date pregnancy? Answer: you go off of the first day of your last menstrual period QUESTION Why do we need to watch iron levels during pregnancy? Answer: moms are creating so much more blood volume around nearly 50 more blood volume QUESTION Why do we need to watch folic acid during pregnancy? Answer: it decreases the chances of having neural tube defects especially if it is done preconception QUESTION Why do we worry about the mother's calcium during pregnancy? Answer: because mom is building a whole other muscular skeletal system QUESTION Why do we worry about mother's protein during pregnancy? Answer: because mom is building a whole body QUESTION What pills do we usually give during pregnancy that may make mom nauseous? Answer: iron pills QUESTION What can we do to try to help with the nausea iron pills may cause? Answer: Asking mom to try drinking it with orange juice to help increase that absorption and hopefully they will hold it down QUESTION What is a presumptive pregnancy? Answer: where mom might think she is pregnant but here are other explanations for it QUESTION What are the other explanations for presumptive pregnancies? Answer: - Breast changes - Amenorrhea: succession of the menstrual period - Nausea and vomiting - Urinary frequency - Fatigue - Quickening: when mom feels like there is a baby moving inside her

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NURl 202/l NUR202l Examl 1l –l Maternal-
Newbornl Nursingl Review|l Fortisl (Latestl
2026/l 2027l Update)l 100%l Verifiedl
Questionsl &l Answersl |l Gradel A

Q:l Ifl al patientl comesl inl andl theyl sayl theyl arel 12l weeksl pregnant,l andl theyl sayl
theirl lastl menstruall periodl wasl 6l monthsl agol whatl dol wel asl thel nursel needl tol check?

Answer:
keepl inl mindl tol doublel checkl howl farl alongl theyl arel whenl youl gol inl evenl ifl thel
motherl seemsl positivel youl needl tol check



Q:l Ifl yourl patientl saysl theyl arel 8l weeksl pregnant,l andl theirl fundusl isl atl theirl
umbilicusl whatl arel thel thingsl wel needl tol doublel check?

Answer:
-l Whenl wasl theirl lastl period
-l Lookl andl seel ifl wel canl getl al fetall heartbeatl becausel wel wouldn'tl necessarilyl expectl
thatl earlyl on



Q:l Whenl isl thel bestl timel tol accuratelyl datel al pregnancy?
Answer:
duringl thel firstl trimester



Q:l Whyl isl itl difficultl tol datel al pregnancyl afterl thel firstl semester?
Answer:
theyl arel scrunchedl upl inl thel wombl itl isl lessl accuratel andl thenl therel isl morel variationl
andl growthl atl thatl point

,Q:l Howl dol youl datel pregnancy?
Answer:
youl gol offl ofl thel firstl dayl ofl yourl lastl menstruall period



Q:l Whyl dol wel needl tol watchl ironl levelsl duringl pregnancy?
Answer:
momsl arel creatingl sol muchl morel bloodl volumel aroundl nearlyl 50l morel bloodl volume



Q:l Whyl dol wel needl tol watchl folicl acidl duringl pregnancy?
Answer:
itl decreasesl thel chancesl ofl havingl neurall tubel defectsl especiallyl ifl itl isl donel
preconception



Q:l Whyl dol wel worryl aboutl thel mother'sl calciuml duringl pregnancy?
Answer:
becausel moml isl buildingl al wholel otherl muscularl skeletall system



Q:l Whyl dol wel worryl aboutl mother'sl proteinl duringl pregnancy?
Answer:
becausel moml isl buildingl al wholel body



Q:l Whatl pillsl dol wel usuallyl givel duringl pregnancyl thatl mayl makel moml nauseous?
Answer:
ironl pills

, Q:l Whatl canl wel dol tol tryl tol helpl withl thel nauseal ironl pillsl mayl cause?
Answer:
Askingl moml tol tryl drinkingl itl withl orangel juicel tol helpl increasel thatl absorptionl andl
hopefullyl theyl willl holdl itl down



Q:l Whatl isl al presumptivel pregnancy?
Answer:
wherel moml mightl thinkl shel isl pregnantl butl herel arel otherl explanationsl forl it



Q:l Whatl arel thel otherl explanationsl forl presumptivel pregnancies?
Answer:
-l Breastl changes
-l Amenorrhea:l successionl ofl thel menstruall period
-l Nauseal andl vomiting
-l Urinaryl frequency
-l Fatigue
-l Quickening:l whenl moml feelsl likel therel isl al babyl movingl insidel her



Q:l Whatl isl amenorrhea?
Answer:
absencel ofl menstruall period



Q:l Whatl isl quickening?
Answer:
whenl moml feelsl likel therel isl al babyl movingl insidel her

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