Nace Nursing care during childbearing
and nursing care of the child (Part 1)
Comprehensive Questions (Frequently
Tested) with Verified Answers
Subjective signs of pregnancy - Answer: no period (amenorrhea), N/V, urinary frequency,
quickening (flutters), breast tenderness
Objective signs of pregnancy - Answer: pregnancy tests (urine, serum, ultrasound), fetal heart
tones and fundal height
HCG - Answer: human chorionic gonadotropin
Fetal heart tones can be heard beginning at - Answer: 20 weeks of gestation
Fetal tachycardia - Answer: HR over 160 for 10 min or more
fetal bradycardia - Answer: HR less than 120 for 10 min or more
Fundal height can first be palpated at - Answer: 10-12 weeks gestation
Fundal height measurements correspond with gestational age from - Answer: 16-36 weeks
(16cm = 16 weeks)
Fundal height is measured from - Answer: Top of symphysis pubis to top of fundus
During pregnancy underweight mothers should gain - Answer: 28-40 lbs
, During pregnancy normal weight mothers should gain - Answer: 25-35 lbs
During pregnancy overweight mothers should gain - Answer: 15-25 lbs
During pregnancy obese mothers should gain - Answer: 15 lbs
Thiamine deficiency during fetal development - Answer: congestive heart failure, stillbirths
Folic acid deficiency during fetal development - Answer: megaloblastic anemia, neural tube
defects
Vitamin D and calcium deficiency during fetal development - Answer: skeletal defects
Risks associated with obese mothers during fetal development include - Answer: macrosomic
(large) babies, fetal distress, early neonatal death, meconium aspiration, shoulder dystocia, c-
section complications
Recommended iron supplementation is - Answer: 30 mg elemental iron daily
Embryo refers to the stage of development between weeks: - Answer: 3 (15 days gestation)-8
The embryos heart begins to beat regularly at - Answer: week 4 gestation
The embryos eyes form at - Answer: week 5 gestation
Fetus refers to the stage after - Answer: 8 weeks gestation
and nursing care of the child (Part 1)
Comprehensive Questions (Frequently
Tested) with Verified Answers
Subjective signs of pregnancy - Answer: no period (amenorrhea), N/V, urinary frequency,
quickening (flutters), breast tenderness
Objective signs of pregnancy - Answer: pregnancy tests (urine, serum, ultrasound), fetal heart
tones and fundal height
HCG - Answer: human chorionic gonadotropin
Fetal heart tones can be heard beginning at - Answer: 20 weeks of gestation
Fetal tachycardia - Answer: HR over 160 for 10 min or more
fetal bradycardia - Answer: HR less than 120 for 10 min or more
Fundal height can first be palpated at - Answer: 10-12 weeks gestation
Fundal height measurements correspond with gestational age from - Answer: 16-36 weeks
(16cm = 16 weeks)
Fundal height is measured from - Answer: Top of symphysis pubis to top of fundus
During pregnancy underweight mothers should gain - Answer: 28-40 lbs
, During pregnancy normal weight mothers should gain - Answer: 25-35 lbs
During pregnancy overweight mothers should gain - Answer: 15-25 lbs
During pregnancy obese mothers should gain - Answer: 15 lbs
Thiamine deficiency during fetal development - Answer: congestive heart failure, stillbirths
Folic acid deficiency during fetal development - Answer: megaloblastic anemia, neural tube
defects
Vitamin D and calcium deficiency during fetal development - Answer: skeletal defects
Risks associated with obese mothers during fetal development include - Answer: macrosomic
(large) babies, fetal distress, early neonatal death, meconium aspiration, shoulder dystocia, c-
section complications
Recommended iron supplementation is - Answer: 30 mg elemental iron daily
Embryo refers to the stage of development between weeks: - Answer: 3 (15 days gestation)-8
The embryos heart begins to beat regularly at - Answer: week 4 gestation
The embryos eyes form at - Answer: week 5 gestation
Fetus refers to the stage after - Answer: 8 weeks gestation
