Nur 231- Exam 1- Galen College Prep
Questions With 100% Correct Answers.
Gestation - Answer age of pregnancy in weeks
Trimester - Answer segment of pregnancy (13 1/3 weeks)
Antepartum - Answer time in pregnancy before birth
Intrapartum - Answer within (during) labor and childbirth
Postpartum - Answer return to pre-pregnant state (6 weeks)
Term - Answer day one of 37-42 completed weeks gestation
Viability - Answer the point at which it is possible for an infant to survive outside the womb,
usually about 22-24 weeks
Gravidity - Answer total number of pregnancies
Para - Answer # viable pregnancies (> 20 weeks)
Gravida - Answer pregnant
Nullgravida - Answer a woman who has never been pregnant
Primigravida - Answer first pregnancy
Multigravida - Answer a woman who has had two or more pregnancies
5 Meds to know for Exam 1 - Answer Terbutaline (Brethine) (limited use) slows contractions &
,Oxytocin (Pitocin) cause/strengthen contractions to start labor; control post bleeding
When does gas exchange occur for baby? - Answer 24 weeks; capillaries from the heart reach
alveoli in the lungs & allow gas exchange
Prostaglandins - Answer A group of bioactive, hormone-like chemicals derived from fatty acids
that have a wide variety of biological effects including roles in pregnancy including ovulation
(fertility), changes in cervix, uterine motility, causes mentral flow, onset of abortion, and on set
of labor (both at any time)
When does the embryo become a fetus? - Answer week 9, day 1, until delivery
organ systems formed but immature - Answer week 9 day1 - delivery
zygote - Answer the fertilized egg day 1 to implantation; gets its nutrition from yolk sac; it
enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo
Embryo - Answer the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization
(implantation) through week 8 day 6
implantation - Answer The process by which the zygote attaches to the uterine wall
what happens during week 2 (Implantation)- week 8? - Answer highest danger from tetrogens,
Hegars's sigh, Chadwicks sign, Goodell sign (all week 6)
what happens during week 10-12? - Answer can hear fetal heart rate (FHR) with doppler,
chronic villi sampling (CVS)
What happens during week 15-16? - Answer normal n & v resolved,
amniocentesis- genetics test,
triple/multiple screen test done
what happens during week 18-20? - Answer quickening (wk 18),
, lung development to live outside womb
what happens during week 32-38? - Answer amniocentesis- lung maturity,
lightening,
group B strep testing
why do you do screenings? - Answer to asses risk
when do you do diagnostics? - Answer when you have it
how long does sperm live in female system? - Answer 5 days
When does ovulation occur? - Answer 14 days before next menstrual cycle
As soon as sperm hit the egg it is what? - Answer zygote; lives off nutrients in egg
Naegeles rule of EDD - Answer First day of last period, + 7 days + 9 months
Term - Answer delivery at 37+ weeks
Preterm - Answer delivery between week 24-36 (+5days)
Abortion - Answer delivery before 20 weeks
human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) - Answer Hormone produced by an embryo following
implantation. The hormone helps maintain the uteral lining during pregnancy(keeps intact). The
presence of HCG is detected in pregnancy tests.
human placental lactogen (hPL) - Answer insulin antagonist by placenta increase blood glucose
(breast milk at 18 weeks)
Pregnancy testing - Answer tests performed on maternal urine (42 days after first day of last
Questions With 100% Correct Answers.
Gestation - Answer age of pregnancy in weeks
Trimester - Answer segment of pregnancy (13 1/3 weeks)
Antepartum - Answer time in pregnancy before birth
Intrapartum - Answer within (during) labor and childbirth
Postpartum - Answer return to pre-pregnant state (6 weeks)
Term - Answer day one of 37-42 completed weeks gestation
Viability - Answer the point at which it is possible for an infant to survive outside the womb,
usually about 22-24 weeks
Gravidity - Answer total number of pregnancies
Para - Answer # viable pregnancies (> 20 weeks)
Gravida - Answer pregnant
Nullgravida - Answer a woman who has never been pregnant
Primigravida - Answer first pregnancy
Multigravida - Answer a woman who has had two or more pregnancies
5 Meds to know for Exam 1 - Answer Terbutaline (Brethine) (limited use) slows contractions &
,Oxytocin (Pitocin) cause/strengthen contractions to start labor; control post bleeding
When does gas exchange occur for baby? - Answer 24 weeks; capillaries from the heart reach
alveoli in the lungs & allow gas exchange
Prostaglandins - Answer A group of bioactive, hormone-like chemicals derived from fatty acids
that have a wide variety of biological effects including roles in pregnancy including ovulation
(fertility), changes in cervix, uterine motility, causes mentral flow, onset of abortion, and on set
of labor (both at any time)
When does the embryo become a fetus? - Answer week 9, day 1, until delivery
organ systems formed but immature - Answer week 9 day1 - delivery
zygote - Answer the fertilized egg day 1 to implantation; gets its nutrition from yolk sac; it
enters a 2-week period of rapid cell division and develops into an embryo
Embryo - Answer the developing human organism from about 2 weeks after fertilization
(implantation) through week 8 day 6
implantation - Answer The process by which the zygote attaches to the uterine wall
what happens during week 2 (Implantation)- week 8? - Answer highest danger from tetrogens,
Hegars's sigh, Chadwicks sign, Goodell sign (all week 6)
what happens during week 10-12? - Answer can hear fetal heart rate (FHR) with doppler,
chronic villi sampling (CVS)
What happens during week 15-16? - Answer normal n & v resolved,
amniocentesis- genetics test,
triple/multiple screen test done
what happens during week 18-20? - Answer quickening (wk 18),
, lung development to live outside womb
what happens during week 32-38? - Answer amniocentesis- lung maturity,
lightening,
group B strep testing
why do you do screenings? - Answer to asses risk
when do you do diagnostics? - Answer when you have it
how long does sperm live in female system? - Answer 5 days
When does ovulation occur? - Answer 14 days before next menstrual cycle
As soon as sperm hit the egg it is what? - Answer zygote; lives off nutrients in egg
Naegeles rule of EDD - Answer First day of last period, + 7 days + 9 months
Term - Answer delivery at 37+ weeks
Preterm - Answer delivery between week 24-36 (+5days)
Abortion - Answer delivery before 20 weeks
human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) - Answer Hormone produced by an embryo following
implantation. The hormone helps maintain the uteral lining during pregnancy(keeps intact). The
presence of HCG is detected in pregnancy tests.
human placental lactogen (hPL) - Answer insulin antagonist by placenta increase blood glucose
(breast milk at 18 weeks)
Pregnancy testing - Answer tests performed on maternal urine (42 days after first day of last
