PNLE Board: MCN Exam Questions
And Answers
Fetal heart rate can be auscultated with a fetoscope as early as:
A. 5 weeks of gestation
B. 10 weeks of gestation
C. 15 weeks of gestation
D. 20 weeks of gestation -
correct answer ✅Answer: D. 20 weeks of gestation.
The FHR can be auscultated with a fetoscope at about 20 weeks of
gestation. FHR is usually auscultated at the midline suprapubic
region with Doppler ultrasound at 10 to 12 weeks of gestation. FHR
cannot be heard any earlier than 10 weeks of gestation.
When a mother bleeds and the uterus is relaxed, soft and non-
tender, you can account the cause to:
A. Atony of the uterus
B. Presence of uterine scar
C. Laceration of the birth canal
D. Presence of retained placenta fragments -
correct answer ✅Answer: A. Atony of the uterus.
, PNLE Board: MCN Exam Questions
And Answers
Uterine atony, or relaxation of the uterus is the most frequent
cause of postpartal hemorrhage. It is the inability to maintain the
uterus in contracted state.
A baby boy was born at 8:50pm. At 8:55pm, the heart rate was 99
bpm. She has a weak cry, irregular respiration. She was moving all
extremities and only her hands and feet were still slightly blue. The
nurse should enter the APGAR score as:
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8 -
correct answer ✅Answer: B. 6.
Heart rate of 99 bpm-1; weak cry-1; irregular respiration-1; moving
all extremities-2; extremities are slightly blue-1; with a total score
of 6.
Which of the following would be a disadvantage of breast feeding?
And Answers
Fetal heart rate can be auscultated with a fetoscope as early as:
A. 5 weeks of gestation
B. 10 weeks of gestation
C. 15 weeks of gestation
D. 20 weeks of gestation -
correct answer ✅Answer: D. 20 weeks of gestation.
The FHR can be auscultated with a fetoscope at about 20 weeks of
gestation. FHR is usually auscultated at the midline suprapubic
region with Doppler ultrasound at 10 to 12 weeks of gestation. FHR
cannot be heard any earlier than 10 weeks of gestation.
When a mother bleeds and the uterus is relaxed, soft and non-
tender, you can account the cause to:
A. Atony of the uterus
B. Presence of uterine scar
C. Laceration of the birth canal
D. Presence of retained placenta fragments -
correct answer ✅Answer: A. Atony of the uterus.
, PNLE Board: MCN Exam Questions
And Answers
Uterine atony, or relaxation of the uterus is the most frequent
cause of postpartal hemorrhage. It is the inability to maintain the
uterus in contracted state.
A baby boy was born at 8:50pm. At 8:55pm, the heart rate was 99
bpm. She has a weak cry, irregular respiration. She was moving all
extremities and only her hands and feet were still slightly blue. The
nurse should enter the APGAR score as:
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8 -
correct answer ✅Answer: B. 6.
Heart rate of 99 bpm-1; weak cry-1; irregular respiration-1; moving
all extremities-2; extremities are slightly blue-1; with a total score
of 6.
Which of the following would be a disadvantage of breast feeding?
