NUR 254 EXAM 1 | UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS | A+
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND STUDY GUIDE
• True Labor -✓✓ANSWER: Cervical Change & Contractions
• Para -✓✓ANSWER: # of viable pregnancies (>20 weeks)
• False Labor -✓✓ANSWER: Braxton Hicks contractions
• Nullgravida -✓✓ANSWER: Never pregnant
• Primigravida -✓✓ANSWER: Pregnant or one chile
• Multigravida -✓✓ANSWER: Pregnant second or more times
• Ovulation -✓✓ANSWER: Occurs 14 days before next menstruation
• Mature Ovum -✓✓ANSWER: Live 12-24 hours then starts to degenerate
• Sperm -✓✓ANSWER: Lives up to 5 days in female system
• Naegeles Rule -✓✓ANSWER: add 7 days to LMP, subtract 3 months, add 1 year
• Term -✓✓ANSWER: Delivery at 37 to 42 weeks
,• Preterm -✓✓ANSWER: Delivery after 20 weeks- 36 weeks 6/7 days
• Abortion -✓✓ANSWER: Delivery before 20 weeks
• Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) -✓✓ANSWER: Maintain corpus leteum
In urine & serum 10 to 14 days after conception
• Human Placental Lactogen (hPL) -✓✓ANSWER: Insulin antagonist by placenta
increase blood glucose
• Estrogen -✓✓ANSWER: Vasodilation, changes sensitivity of respiratory system
to carbon dioxide
Softens cervix, initiate uterine activity, maintain labor
Develops breasts for lactation, secretion of prolactin
• Presumptive Signs of Pregnancy -✓✓ANSWER: Subjective signs
• Probable signs of pregnancy -✓✓ANSWER: Objective signs
Positive pregnancy test, Ballottement, Hegar, Goddells
• Hormones of Pregnancy -✓✓ANSWER: progesterone and estrogen
Relaxin
• Breast function -✓✓ANSWER: Progesterone (glands)
, Estrogen (ducts)
Prolactin (milk secretions)
• Hegars Sign -✓✓ANSWER: softening of the lower uterine segment
• Goddells sign -✓✓ANSWER: Cervical softening
• Ballottement -✓✓ANSWER: a sharp upward pushing against the uterine wall
with a finger inserted into the vagina for diagnosing pregnancy by feeling the
return impact of the displaced fetus
• Positive Signs of pregnancy -✓✓ANSWER: audible fetal heartbeat, fetal
movement felt by examiner, ultrasound visualization of fetus, leopolds
• Muscular Uterine changes -✓✓ANSWER: Can hold 15-20 liters
Mucous plug
• Placenta previa -✓✓ANSWER: Low implantation of the placenta
No vaginal ultrasounds, Monitor bleeding- should be painless
C/s @ delivery
• Placenta accreta -✓✓ANSWER: Improper implantation of placenta into the
myometrium with little or no intervening decidua
VERIFIED ANSWERS AND STUDY GUIDE
• True Labor -✓✓ANSWER: Cervical Change & Contractions
• Para -✓✓ANSWER: # of viable pregnancies (>20 weeks)
• False Labor -✓✓ANSWER: Braxton Hicks contractions
• Nullgravida -✓✓ANSWER: Never pregnant
• Primigravida -✓✓ANSWER: Pregnant or one chile
• Multigravida -✓✓ANSWER: Pregnant second or more times
• Ovulation -✓✓ANSWER: Occurs 14 days before next menstruation
• Mature Ovum -✓✓ANSWER: Live 12-24 hours then starts to degenerate
• Sperm -✓✓ANSWER: Lives up to 5 days in female system
• Naegeles Rule -✓✓ANSWER: add 7 days to LMP, subtract 3 months, add 1 year
• Term -✓✓ANSWER: Delivery at 37 to 42 weeks
,• Preterm -✓✓ANSWER: Delivery after 20 weeks- 36 weeks 6/7 days
• Abortion -✓✓ANSWER: Delivery before 20 weeks
• Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) -✓✓ANSWER: Maintain corpus leteum
In urine & serum 10 to 14 days after conception
• Human Placental Lactogen (hPL) -✓✓ANSWER: Insulin antagonist by placenta
increase blood glucose
• Estrogen -✓✓ANSWER: Vasodilation, changes sensitivity of respiratory system
to carbon dioxide
Softens cervix, initiate uterine activity, maintain labor
Develops breasts for lactation, secretion of prolactin
• Presumptive Signs of Pregnancy -✓✓ANSWER: Subjective signs
• Probable signs of pregnancy -✓✓ANSWER: Objective signs
Positive pregnancy test, Ballottement, Hegar, Goddells
• Hormones of Pregnancy -✓✓ANSWER: progesterone and estrogen
Relaxin
• Breast function -✓✓ANSWER: Progesterone (glands)
, Estrogen (ducts)
Prolactin (milk secretions)
• Hegars Sign -✓✓ANSWER: softening of the lower uterine segment
• Goddells sign -✓✓ANSWER: Cervical softening
• Ballottement -✓✓ANSWER: a sharp upward pushing against the uterine wall
with a finger inserted into the vagina for diagnosing pregnancy by feeling the
return impact of the displaced fetus
• Positive Signs of pregnancy -✓✓ANSWER: audible fetal heartbeat, fetal
movement felt by examiner, ultrasound visualization of fetus, leopolds
• Muscular Uterine changes -✓✓ANSWER: Can hold 15-20 liters
Mucous plug
• Placenta previa -✓✓ANSWER: Low implantation of the placenta
No vaginal ultrasounds, Monitor bleeding- should be painless
C/s @ delivery
• Placenta accreta -✓✓ANSWER: Improper implantation of placenta into the
myometrium with little or no intervening decidua
