NURS 330 - Obs fully solved &
updated 2025-2026(100%
verified for accuracy)
Perinatal Health - answer Perinatal mortality is an important
indicator of the health of communities and countries.
Reflection of a community's social, economic, environmental, health
system.
Family-centered maternity and newborn care - answer Dedicated to
improving and creating consistency in maternal and newborn health
and to inform evidence based practice across Canada.
Aim to positively impact health from preconception to postpartum,
and throughout the life course of children, women, and families.
Philosophy of care in Canada - answer Family centered care - holistic
view of health around the whole family unit . Empowering women in
their care.
Pregnancy and birth are normal and healthy - want to use limited
interventions.
Goals of preconception care - answer Promote the health and well-
being of a woman and her partner before pregnancy.
Identify and modify medical, behavioural, psychosocial, and
environmental risks to a women's health or pregnancy outcome
through prevention and management intervention.
Risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes - answer Isotretinoins
Alcohol misuse
Anti-epileptic drugs
,Diabetes (preconception)
Folic acid deficiency
HIV/AIDS
Hep B
Rubella serology
Obesity
STI
Smoking
Preconception care interventions - answer - optimizing weight and
nutrition, exercise
- modifiable risk factors
- folic acid prior to pregnancy
- multivitamin with iron
- dental health
- control of medical conditions
- genetic counselling
- spacing of childbearing and family plan
Presumptive indicators of pregnancy - answer Signs perceived by
the mother:
- nausea
- tender breasts
- missed period
- urinary frequency
- fatigue
- uterus enlargement
- hyper pigmentation of skin
- feeling of fetal movement "quickening"
,Probable indicators of pregnancy - answer Perceived by examiner
(objective):
- positive pregnancy test - HGC usually present 11 days after
conception.
- good L sign
- Chadwick sign (uterus changing color)
- Hanger sign - softening of the lower part of the uterus
- Abdominal enlargement - starting at 14 weeks
- Braxton hicks contraction - 16 weeks until the end of pregnancy.
Positive indicators of pregnancy - answer 100% confirm a fetus is
inside the uterus
- ultrasound
- auscultation of FHR
- fetal movement felt by practitioner after 20 weeks
Trimesters of Pregnancy - answer 1st - 0-13 weeks
2nd - 14-26 weeks
3rd - 27-40 weeks
antepartum - answer time of pregnancy
intrapartum - answer time around delivery
postpartum - answer post delivery
Pre-embryonic stage - answer - fertilization occurs 2 weeks post
LMP
, - pre-embryonic stage begins
- fertilization occurs in the ampulla of the fallopian tube
- fertilization to end of week 2
Embryonic stage - answer - embryo is developing all the internal
organs
- day 15 to end of week 8
- embryo develop at the same rate
Fetal stage - answer - growth and refinement of all body systems
- end of week 8-birth
Fetal Circulation - answer - uses 3 shunts that close at birth
- fetus receives O2 from mothers system, umbilical artery is
carrying blood from fetus to mother.
- delay cord clamping for 1-3 minutes, more blood from placenta to
babe = ++ iron
Role of the placenta and hormones - answer 1) transfer station
2) hormone factory
Placenta - transfer station - answer - supplies oxygen and nutrients
to the fetus
- removed waste
- barrier between maternal and fetal blood circulation
Placenta - hormone factory - answer - human chorionic
gondadotropin
- human placental lactogen
- estrogen
updated 2025-2026(100%
verified for accuracy)
Perinatal Health - answer Perinatal mortality is an important
indicator of the health of communities and countries.
Reflection of a community's social, economic, environmental, health
system.
Family-centered maternity and newborn care - answer Dedicated to
improving and creating consistency in maternal and newborn health
and to inform evidence based practice across Canada.
Aim to positively impact health from preconception to postpartum,
and throughout the life course of children, women, and families.
Philosophy of care in Canada - answer Family centered care - holistic
view of health around the whole family unit . Empowering women in
their care.
Pregnancy and birth are normal and healthy - want to use limited
interventions.
Goals of preconception care - answer Promote the health and well-
being of a woman and her partner before pregnancy.
Identify and modify medical, behavioural, psychosocial, and
environmental risks to a women's health or pregnancy outcome
through prevention and management intervention.
Risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes - answer Isotretinoins
Alcohol misuse
Anti-epileptic drugs
,Diabetes (preconception)
Folic acid deficiency
HIV/AIDS
Hep B
Rubella serology
Obesity
STI
Smoking
Preconception care interventions - answer - optimizing weight and
nutrition, exercise
- modifiable risk factors
- folic acid prior to pregnancy
- multivitamin with iron
- dental health
- control of medical conditions
- genetic counselling
- spacing of childbearing and family plan
Presumptive indicators of pregnancy - answer Signs perceived by
the mother:
- nausea
- tender breasts
- missed period
- urinary frequency
- fatigue
- uterus enlargement
- hyper pigmentation of skin
- feeling of fetal movement "quickening"
,Probable indicators of pregnancy - answer Perceived by examiner
(objective):
- positive pregnancy test - HGC usually present 11 days after
conception.
- good L sign
- Chadwick sign (uterus changing color)
- Hanger sign - softening of the lower part of the uterus
- Abdominal enlargement - starting at 14 weeks
- Braxton hicks contraction - 16 weeks until the end of pregnancy.
Positive indicators of pregnancy - answer 100% confirm a fetus is
inside the uterus
- ultrasound
- auscultation of FHR
- fetal movement felt by practitioner after 20 weeks
Trimesters of Pregnancy - answer 1st - 0-13 weeks
2nd - 14-26 weeks
3rd - 27-40 weeks
antepartum - answer time of pregnancy
intrapartum - answer time around delivery
postpartum - answer post delivery
Pre-embryonic stage - answer - fertilization occurs 2 weeks post
LMP
, - pre-embryonic stage begins
- fertilization occurs in the ampulla of the fallopian tube
- fertilization to end of week 2
Embryonic stage - answer - embryo is developing all the internal
organs
- day 15 to end of week 8
- embryo develop at the same rate
Fetal stage - answer - growth and refinement of all body systems
- end of week 8-birth
Fetal Circulation - answer - uses 3 shunts that close at birth
- fetus receives O2 from mothers system, umbilical artery is
carrying blood from fetus to mother.
- delay cord clamping for 1-3 minutes, more blood from placenta to
babe = ++ iron
Role of the placenta and hormones - answer 1) transfer station
2) hormone factory
Placenta - transfer station - answer - supplies oxygen and nutrients
to the fetus
- removed waste
- barrier between maternal and fetal blood circulation
Placenta - hormone factory - answer - human chorionic
gondadotropin
- human placental lactogen
- estrogen
