NUR 202/ NUR202 Exam 1 – Maternal-Newborn Nursing Guide| Fortis (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A

NUR 202/ NUR202 Exam 1 – Maternal-Newborn Nursing Guide| Fortis (Latest 2026/ 2027 Update) 100% Verified Questions & Answers | Grade A QUESTION What does the placenta do? Answer: Protects pregnancy by producing progesterone Fetal mobile exchange PROTECTS AND MAINTAINS QUESTION What effects the function of the placenta? Answer: Moms bp-perfusion to the placenta Contractions QUESTION Moms blood and babies blood are? Answer: Separate QUESTION Carrier screening tests Answer: help a couple determine if they are carriers of the same recessive disease trait 25% chance to carry and show trait QUESTION Multiple marker screening Answer: Blood test that takes levels of AFP, hCG, estriol, and inhibin A, combined with other factors to produce a probability of a fetus having an abnormality such as Downs or spinabifida, etc. It's only a probability not a diagnosis. QUESTION Carrier screening test are done when? Answer: Ideally before pregnancy QUESTION Multiple marker screening is done when? Answer: After pregnancy is confirmend QUESTION Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) Answer: A blood test that measures the level of alpha-fetoprotein in the mothers' blood during pregnancy as an indicator of possible birth defects in a fetus QUESTION High alpha fetaprotein Answer: neural tube defects QUESTION Low alpha fetaprotein Answer: Down syndrome QUESTION Amniocentesis Answer: needle puncture of the amniotic sac to withdraw amniotic fluid for analysis QUESTION Amniocentesis- early pregnancy Answer: congenital abnormalities like down syndrome QUESTION Amniocentesis - Late in pregnancy Answer: L/S ratio in fluid 2:1 is normal Sufficient surfactant in lungs *Done if preeclampsia checking for lung maturity, to see the need to induce QUESTION Risk of amniocentesis Answer: EARLY- Infection Mischarge LATE- infection Preterm labor QUESTION Trisomy 21 Answer: condition in which an individual has three number 21 chromosomes, resulting in Down syndrome QUESTION Trisomy 18 Answer: Edward's syndrome; the second-most common autosomal trisomy; is seen with clenched fists. Small mouth, large occiput Usually fatal in the first year. QUESTION Trisomy 13 Patau Syndorme Heart defects, clef lip, polydactyl, microcephaly. Usually fatal in the first year. QUESTION Trisomy