Maternal Child Health Nursing Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct

Maternal Child Health Nursing Exam Questions and Answers 100% Correct Ethical Issues - Answers Elective abortion, mandated contraception, fetal injury, fetal therapy, infertility treatment, terminate life support Legal Issues - Answers Nurse Practice Act, standards of care, accountability, malpractice, documentation Societal Issues - Answers Cycle of poverty, homelessness, access to healthcare, prenatal care, medicaid, violence, adoption Mother's ovum - Answers X Chromosome Father's sperm - Answers Y Chromosome Female - Answers XX Male - Answers XY 12 weeks - Answers When can a baby's sex be determined? Puberty - Answers Period of life when the body experiences a growth spurt, the reproductive organs develop to adult size & function Pubescence - Answers Period prior to sexual maturity defined by the development of breast tissue, female pubic hair, genital growth, male pubic hair Menarch - Answers First menstrual period Menses - Answers Normal flow of blood & tissue during menstruation Menopause - Answers Normal cessation of menstrual function that usually occurs in the 5th or 6th decade of life External Organs - Answers "vulva" made up of mons pubis, labia majora & minora, clitoris, vestibule (urinary meatus, vaginal introitus, skene & bartholin gland ducts) Hymen - Answers Thin fold of mucosa partially separating the vagina from the vestibule Perineum - Answers Fibrous & muscular tissue supporting the pelvic structures Internal Organs - Answers Vagina, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries Perimetrium - Answers Outer peritoneal layer of the serous membrane Myometrium - Answers Muscle layer containing 3 types of muscle Endometrium - Answers Contains a basal & functional layer (shed during each menstrual period & after child birth (lochia)) Ovaries - Answers Produce estrogen & progesterone, produce an ovum with each cycle Ovulation - Answers Ovum is ejected into the peritoneal cavity Nipple - Answers Small raised area at the center of the breast Areola - Answers Circular area around the nipple Montgomery Tubercle - Answers Small, raised areas on the areola, secrete lubricating solution Alveoli - Answers Secreting cells/produce milk Follicular Phase - Answers (Ovarian Cycle) Days 1-14 ovum matures Ovulatory Phase - Answers (Ovarian Cycle) 2 days before ovulation Luteal Phase - Answers (Ovarian Cycle) From ovulation to the end of the cycle, implantation will start close to the end of this phase Klomid - Answers Lengthens the Luteal phase Corpus Luteum - Answers Where egg ruptures, job is to produce progesterone Proliferative Phase - Answers (Endometrial Cycle) Starting to rebuild Secretory Phase - Answers (Endometrial Cycle) Uterus prepare for conceiving, thicken endometrium Menstrual Phase - Answers (Endometrial Cycle) Menstruation occurs Male External Organs - Answers Penis, Scrotum, Root, Shaft, Foreskin (Prepuce) Male Internal Organs - Answers Testes, Epididymis/Vas deferens, 3 glands (Seminal Vesicles, Prostate, Bulbourethral glands Eididymus - Answers Sperm maturation & storage Fertility - Answers Wanting to conceive Infertility - Answers Not achieving pregnancy after 1 year of unprotected sex Primary Infertility - Answers Couple together cannot achieve pregnancy Secondary Infertility - Answers Couple together, already have a child together, unable to conceive now Female Sterilization - Answers Tubal Ligation Male Sterilization - Answers Vasectomy