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NUR 3531 Exam 1 Review (100+ Questions) – Pregnancy, Fetal Monitoring, Infertility, Labor & Delivery

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This in-depth exam prep document for NUR 3531: Maternal and Child Nursing covers Exam 1 (2025/2026) and includes over 100 carefully organized questions and correct answers. It offers a clear and structured review of essential topics in maternal health, providing detailed explanations and clinical considerations ideal for foundational learning and NCLEX preparation. Key areas include: Pregnancy physiology and stages (gestation, fertilization, hormonal shifts, endometrial cycle) Prenatal screening and care across trimesters, including recommended labs, glucose testing, fundal height, and nutritional guidelines Fetal development and complications, such as spontaneous abortion, ectopic pregnancy, placenta previa, and gestational trophoblastic disease Infertility workups (male and female testing, medications like Clomiphene and Letrozole, ART techniques) Fetal assessment and monitoring, including NST, BPP, fetal heart rate (FHR) patterns, decelerations, and the VEAL CHOP interpretation model Labor and delivery scenarios, with nursing interventions for decelerations, uterine tachysystole, and contractions Additional content covers TORCH infections, Rh incompatibility, maternal weight gain, hormone function, and postpartum considerations. This document is especially valuable for: BSN and ADN students in maternity or obstetric nursing courses LPN-to-RN bridge program students NCLEX-RN candidates looking for maternal health review Nursing students preparing for OB clinicals or first maternal health exams It serves as a concise and effective tool for students seeking clarity on prenatal care, fetal assessment, and high-yield exam content. Keywords: NUR 3531, maternal nursing, pregnancy stages, prenatal labs, fetal monitoring, VEAL CHOP, NST, BPP, infertility, labor and delivery, Rhogam, fundal height, gestational diabetes, ectopic pregnancy, preeclampsia, fetal heart rate, NCLEX maternity

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germ cells - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔oocytes and spermatozoa


typical gestation period - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔40 weeks


Stage 1: Menstruation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔shedding of the endometrium and

decrease in estrogen and progesterone


Stage 2: Follicular Phase - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔pre-ovulation and prepare of the

release of an ovum. Follicle stimulating hormone and estrogen.


Stage 3: Ovulation - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔ovum released from follicle and drawn

into fallopian tube. Rise in estrogen

,Stage 4: Luteal phase - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔cilia stimulated, push the ovum

down the fallopian tube to uterus. Follicle transforms to corpus luteum.

progesterone releases and uterine wall thickens to prep for the egg.


How long is pregnancy? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔40 weeks from the first day of the

last menstrual period


Where does fertilization occur? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔lower 1/2 of fallopian tube


zygote - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔a fertilized egg with half egg and sperm genetic

material


12-16 blastocytes - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔travels to uterus


When does the blastocysts implant into the uterus - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔6 days


embryonic period - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2-8 weeks after conception. organs

developing. teratogenicity is a major concern.


Fetal period - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔9 weeks - birth


infertility - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔not able to get pregnant while having unprotected

sex for 1 year.


Hegar's sign - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔softening and compressibility of lower uterus

,Goodell's sign - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔softening of cervical tip


Chadwick's sign - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Bluish purple discoloration of the cervix,

vagina, and labia during pregnancy as a result of increased vascular

congestion, at 6 weeks.


Testing in first trimester - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔urine pregnancy test


CBC differential

Blood type + Rh factor

Rubella, hep C, HIV, ect.

pap smear

amniocentesis

well being


Testing in the second trimester - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Repeat CBC 24-26 weeks


glucose tolerance

MSAPD

amniocentesis

well being


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, Testing in third trimester - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔Group B testing in 36 weeks


screening + Diagnostic ultrasound

well being


Monitoring 1st/2nd trimester - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1/month


3rd trimester (28 weeks) - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔2 weeks


36 weeks - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔weekly


primary prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sex education, prenatal health

education, drug cessation, avoidance of toxins, supplementation


secondary prevention - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔early detection of disease, continue

prenatal care into second trimester, screen mothers health also


collaborative interventions - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔management and treatment of

pregnancy related conditions


Analgesics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔pain relievers


antiemetics - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔nausea/vomiting


folic acid - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔prevent neural tube defects

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