PPN 301- Week 2: Prenatal
Concepts/Antepartum Care-Study Guide
Questions Fully Solved 2026 Updated.
Fertility - Answer The ability to conceive and produce healthy offspring.
Inability to conceive and carry a fetus to term gestation at a time the couple has chosen to do
so. - Answer Infertility
At what age does the likelihood of infertility increase? - Answer 35< years of age
The intentional prevention of pregnancy during sexual intercourse - Answer Contraception
What are the 6 methods of contraception the nurse should know about to provide patient
teaching. - Answer 1. Natural family planning
2. Barrier Methods
3. Hormonal changes
4. Emergency Contraception
5. Intrauterine Contraception (IUC)
6. Sterilization
What term is used to describe the PURPOSEFUL interruption of a pregnancy before 20 weeks of
gestation. - Answer Induced abortion
In which trimester is it safer and less complex to perform an abortion. - Answer First trimester
What are the methods of early elective abortion? - Answer Surgical (aspiration) abortion or
Medical abortion.
Dilation and evacuation is a method of abortion within which trimester? - Answer Second
trimester
What is the mechanism of action of misoprostol/mifepristone in medical abortion. - Answer
Misoprostol - prostaglandin analogue that acts directly to soften and dilate the cervix and
stimulate uterine muscle contractions.
Mifepristone - binds to progesterone receptors and blocks action of progesterone, needed for
maintaining pregnancy.
, An abortion performed at the patient's request. - Answer Elective abortion
An abortion performed due to fetal health and maternal complications. - Answer Therapeutic
abortion
What are the two major goals of preconception care? - Answer 1. Improve health status of
women and men before conception.
2. Reduce behaviours and individual/environmental factors detrimental to maternal and child
health outcomes.
True or False?
The nurse should recommend adults under the age of 64 years to lower their physical activity
levels and to keep it under 100 minutes per week. - Answer False
Reason: it is recommended for adults 64 and under to have 150 minutes of moderate to
vigorous levels of physical activity per week.
True or False.
It is recommended to only have 2 drinks per day on most days, with no more than 10 drinks per
week for non-pregnant women to reduce long term health risks - Answer True
For all women who *could* become pregnant, what should the nurse recommend the patient
to take daily? - Answer Multivitamin containing 400 mcg of folic acid.
A patient asks their nurse why folic acid is recommended and how it is beneficial to their health
as a woman who can become pregnant. The nurse should explain that:
A. Folic acid helps maintain appropriate weight levels and prevent women from becoming obese
when they are pregnant, which is detrimental to fetus health.
B. Folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube defects.
C. Folic acid is associated with a lower risk of birth defects such as cleft palate anomalies and
some pediatric cancers.
Concepts/Antepartum Care-Study Guide
Questions Fully Solved 2026 Updated.
Fertility - Answer The ability to conceive and produce healthy offspring.
Inability to conceive and carry a fetus to term gestation at a time the couple has chosen to do
so. - Answer Infertility
At what age does the likelihood of infertility increase? - Answer 35< years of age
The intentional prevention of pregnancy during sexual intercourse - Answer Contraception
What are the 6 methods of contraception the nurse should know about to provide patient
teaching. - Answer 1. Natural family planning
2. Barrier Methods
3. Hormonal changes
4. Emergency Contraception
5. Intrauterine Contraception (IUC)
6. Sterilization
What term is used to describe the PURPOSEFUL interruption of a pregnancy before 20 weeks of
gestation. - Answer Induced abortion
In which trimester is it safer and less complex to perform an abortion. - Answer First trimester
What are the methods of early elective abortion? - Answer Surgical (aspiration) abortion or
Medical abortion.
Dilation and evacuation is a method of abortion within which trimester? - Answer Second
trimester
What is the mechanism of action of misoprostol/mifepristone in medical abortion. - Answer
Misoprostol - prostaglandin analogue that acts directly to soften and dilate the cervix and
stimulate uterine muscle contractions.
Mifepristone - binds to progesterone receptors and blocks action of progesterone, needed for
maintaining pregnancy.
, An abortion performed at the patient's request. - Answer Elective abortion
An abortion performed due to fetal health and maternal complications. - Answer Therapeutic
abortion
What are the two major goals of preconception care? - Answer 1. Improve health status of
women and men before conception.
2. Reduce behaviours and individual/environmental factors detrimental to maternal and child
health outcomes.
True or False?
The nurse should recommend adults under the age of 64 years to lower their physical activity
levels and to keep it under 100 minutes per week. - Answer False
Reason: it is recommended for adults 64 and under to have 150 minutes of moderate to
vigorous levels of physical activity per week.
True or False.
It is recommended to only have 2 drinks per day on most days, with no more than 10 drinks per
week for non-pregnant women to reduce long term health risks - Answer True
For all women who *could* become pregnant, what should the nurse recommend the patient
to take daily? - Answer Multivitamin containing 400 mcg of folic acid.
A patient asks their nurse why folic acid is recommended and how it is beneficial to their health
as a woman who can become pregnant. The nurse should explain that:
A. Folic acid helps maintain appropriate weight levels and prevent women from becoming obese
when they are pregnant, which is detrimental to fetus health.
B. Folic acid reduces the risk of neural tube defects.
C. Folic acid is associated with a lower risk of birth defects such as cleft palate anomalies and
some pediatric cancers.
