NSPN 7100 Module 4 Exam UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is important to educate to women of child bearing age? - CORRECT
ANSWER Preconception health, this includes health promotion and disease prevention
What are some areas or encounters that give a good opportunity to teach preconception
health? - CORRECT ANSWER Community Nurse
School Nurse
Family planning clinics
Perinatal Nurse!
Poor Nutritional status of a mother can result in what for the baby - CORRECT
ANSWER Low birth weight 1500 to 2499 g
or very low birth weight <1500g
Infant death rates are much higher with low birth weights and can also result in premature
birth which further complicates gestational age
Increased nutritional needs are requires for what during pregnancy - CORRECT
ANSWER uterine placental unit
maternal blood flow and constituents
mammary development
metabolic needs
During pregnancy the total blood volume increases by how much - CORRECT
ANSWER 40-50% and even higher when multifetal
Basil metabolic rates are how much higher when pregnant - CORRECT
ANSWER 20%
,What does the prenatal nutrition guide recommend for women - CORRECT
ANSWER eat at least 150 g or fish each week
all women and those who are pregnant should have a multivitamin containing 0.4mg of folic
acid each day
pregnant women should ensure that there vitamin has 16-20mg of iron
avoid eating foods that are higher risk
watch gestational weight gain
How much Vitamin A is recommended during pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER no
more than 10,000 IU
How much vitamin D is recommended during pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER 600
U
How much caffeine is recommended a day during pregnancy - CORRECT
ANSWER 300 mg
what alternative sweeteners are not recommended during pregnancy - CORRECT
ANSWER stevia
Saccharin
cyclamates
what is the protective value of folic acid - CORRECT ANSWER preventing neural
tube defects such as spin bifida and anencephaly
also cleft lip, palate and heart defects
What is folic acid - CORRECT ANSWER a synthetic form of folate which humans do
not synthesize
, what is folate needed for in the body - CORRECT ANSWER the production of healthy
maternal and fetal RBCs
what is the dosage recommendation of folic acid - CORRECT ANSWER 0.4mg-1mg
Women with a child with a neural tube defect or fan history of it, take antiepilectic meds, and
are insulin dependant diabetics are recommended to take 5mg a day
Why do pregnant women start to get physiological anemia at the end of the first trimester -
CORRECT ANSWER Increase in RBC production and greater increase in plasma
volume which causes decreased haemoglobin and hematocrit concentration
when are iron supplements recommended - CORRECT ANSWER in all pregnancies
that present with iron deficient anemia
can take supplement and also include iron high foods
iron is also needed for healthy maternal and fetal RBC production
Which supplements cannot be fully met in a well balanced and healthy diet while pregnant -
CORRECT ANSWER iron and folate
the other ones you can usually get through diet
which foods increase the absorption of an iron supplement - CORRECT
ANSWER vitamin C-citrus fruits, tomatoes, melons, strawberris
Heme iron- meats
which foods decrease iron supplement absorption - CORRECT ANSWER bran, tea,
coffee, milk, oxalates(spinach and swiss chard) egg yolk
When is iron absorbed best - CORRECT ANSWER when stomach is empty in between
meals
take with beverage that is not tea, coffee or milk
can take at night abdominal discomfort occurs in between meals
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
What is important to educate to women of child bearing age? - CORRECT
ANSWER Preconception health, this includes health promotion and disease prevention
What are some areas or encounters that give a good opportunity to teach preconception
health? - CORRECT ANSWER Community Nurse
School Nurse
Family planning clinics
Perinatal Nurse!
Poor Nutritional status of a mother can result in what for the baby - CORRECT
ANSWER Low birth weight 1500 to 2499 g
or very low birth weight <1500g
Infant death rates are much higher with low birth weights and can also result in premature
birth which further complicates gestational age
Increased nutritional needs are requires for what during pregnancy - CORRECT
ANSWER uterine placental unit
maternal blood flow and constituents
mammary development
metabolic needs
During pregnancy the total blood volume increases by how much - CORRECT
ANSWER 40-50% and even higher when multifetal
Basil metabolic rates are how much higher when pregnant - CORRECT
ANSWER 20%
,What does the prenatal nutrition guide recommend for women - CORRECT
ANSWER eat at least 150 g or fish each week
all women and those who are pregnant should have a multivitamin containing 0.4mg of folic
acid each day
pregnant women should ensure that there vitamin has 16-20mg of iron
avoid eating foods that are higher risk
watch gestational weight gain
How much Vitamin A is recommended during pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER no
more than 10,000 IU
How much vitamin D is recommended during pregnancy - CORRECT ANSWER 600
U
How much caffeine is recommended a day during pregnancy - CORRECT
ANSWER 300 mg
what alternative sweeteners are not recommended during pregnancy - CORRECT
ANSWER stevia
Saccharin
cyclamates
what is the protective value of folic acid - CORRECT ANSWER preventing neural
tube defects such as spin bifida and anencephaly
also cleft lip, palate and heart defects
What is folic acid - CORRECT ANSWER a synthetic form of folate which humans do
not synthesize
, what is folate needed for in the body - CORRECT ANSWER the production of healthy
maternal and fetal RBCs
what is the dosage recommendation of folic acid - CORRECT ANSWER 0.4mg-1mg
Women with a child with a neural tube defect or fan history of it, take antiepilectic meds, and
are insulin dependant diabetics are recommended to take 5mg a day
Why do pregnant women start to get physiological anemia at the end of the first trimester -
CORRECT ANSWER Increase in RBC production and greater increase in plasma
volume which causes decreased haemoglobin and hematocrit concentration
when are iron supplements recommended - CORRECT ANSWER in all pregnancies
that present with iron deficient anemia
can take supplement and also include iron high foods
iron is also needed for healthy maternal and fetal RBC production
Which supplements cannot be fully met in a well balanced and healthy diet while pregnant -
CORRECT ANSWER iron and folate
the other ones you can usually get through diet
which foods increase the absorption of an iron supplement - CORRECT
ANSWER vitamin C-citrus fruits, tomatoes, melons, strawberris
Heme iron- meats
which foods decrease iron supplement absorption - CORRECT ANSWER bran, tea,
coffee, milk, oxalates(spinach and swiss chard) egg yolk
When is iron absorbed best - CORRECT ANSWER when stomach is empty in between
meals
take with beverage that is not tea, coffee or milk
can take at night abdominal discomfort occurs in between meals
