NUR 230 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE 2026
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ||
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1. What is gravida? - ANSWER ✔ Total number of pregnancies
2. What is para? - ANSWER ✔ Total number of viable pregnancies (at lease
20 weeks gestation)
3. Describe Naegele's Rule? - ANSWER ✔ Used to determine the expected
date of delivery (EDD)
4. How is the EDD determined? - ANSWER ✔ Naegele's Rule:
5. (First day of last period+ 7 days) - 3 months
6. What are the signs of pregnancy? - ANSWER ✔ Presumptive, Probable,
Positive
7. What is a presumptive sign of pregnancy? - ANSWER ✔ N&V, breast
changes, fatigue, urinary frequency
,8. What is a probable sign of pregnancy? - ANSWER ✔ Goodell's sign,
Chadwick's sign, Hegar's sign, positive pregnancy test
9. What is a positive sign of pregnancy? - ANSWER ✔ Hearing fetal heart
tones (12 wks), Visualization of the fetus (4 wks), palpating fetal movement,
and visualizing fetal movements: Ultrasound (18 wks)
10.What are the effects of pregnancy on the cardiovascular system? - ANSWER
✔ There is extra fluid on board so the CO increases 10%-50%. The heart
rate increases 10-15 bpm
11.What is asked/done in first GYN appt? - ANSWER ✔ -Pap smear
-STD's
-Were they on birth control or antibiotics?
-Currently taking any medications?
-Currently using tobacco, alcohol, or illegal drugs?
- Ask about resources (social, financial)
-Any previous pregnancies
12.How much should caffeine be decreased to? - ANSWER ✔ 1-2 servings a
day
13.What foods are rich in iron? - ANSWER ✔ -Red meat
-Dark leafy greens
-Beans
-Poultry
14.Nursing Process - ANSWER ✔ assessment, diagnosis, planning,
implementation, evaluation
,15.assessment - ANSWER ✔ collecting subjective and objective data,
validation and documentation of data. determines nursing interventions that
influence health status
16.diagnosis - ANSWER ✔ analyzing subjective and objective data to make a
professional nursing judgment (nursing diagnosis) collaborative problem, or
referral
17.planning - ANSWER ✔ determining outcome criteria and developing a plan
18.implementation - ANSWER ✔ carrying out the plan
19.evaluation - ANSWER ✔ assessing whether outcome criteria have been met
and revising the plan as necessary
20.Holistic Nursing Assessment - ANSWER ✔ collective holistic subjective
and objective data to determine a clients' overall level or functioning in order
to make a professional clinical judgement. Whole body and mind
21.Initial comprehensive assessment - ANSWER ✔ total health assessment
when the client enters the health system
22.Ongoing/partial assessment - ANSWER ✔ data collection after the
comprehensive database is established that is compared to the baseline
, 23.Focused/problem-oriented assessment - ANSWER ✔ thorough assessment
of a particular client problem on a client with comprehensive database; does
not address areas not related to the problem
24.emergency assessment - ANSWER ✔ performed in life-threatening
situations
25.SBAR - ANSWER ✔ situation, background, assessment, recommendation
26.Tips for SBAR - ANSWER ✔ - communicate face to face with good eye
contact
- allow time for the receiver to ask question
- provide documentation of the data you are sharing
- validate what the receiver has heard (repeat back)
- when reporting over the telephone, read back and verify (document)
27.health promotion - ANSWER ✔ a set of actions that help people improve
their health and control over it. Focused on preventing and addressing the
underlying causes of illness rather than just treating and curing them
28.Subective data - ANSWER ✔ Any information that is self reported by the
patient
29.Classify Subjective Data - ANSWER ✔ -History of present concern
-Personal health history
-Family history
-Lifestyle and health practices
-Biographical information
-Physical symptoms
pain
COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS ||
100% GUARANTEED PASS
<RECENT VERSION>
1. What is gravida? - ANSWER ✔ Total number of pregnancies
2. What is para? - ANSWER ✔ Total number of viable pregnancies (at lease
20 weeks gestation)
3. Describe Naegele's Rule? - ANSWER ✔ Used to determine the expected
date of delivery (EDD)
4. How is the EDD determined? - ANSWER ✔ Naegele's Rule:
5. (First day of last period+ 7 days) - 3 months
6. What are the signs of pregnancy? - ANSWER ✔ Presumptive, Probable,
Positive
7. What is a presumptive sign of pregnancy? - ANSWER ✔ N&V, breast
changes, fatigue, urinary frequency
,8. What is a probable sign of pregnancy? - ANSWER ✔ Goodell's sign,
Chadwick's sign, Hegar's sign, positive pregnancy test
9. What is a positive sign of pregnancy? - ANSWER ✔ Hearing fetal heart
tones (12 wks), Visualization of the fetus (4 wks), palpating fetal movement,
and visualizing fetal movements: Ultrasound (18 wks)
10.What are the effects of pregnancy on the cardiovascular system? - ANSWER
✔ There is extra fluid on board so the CO increases 10%-50%. The heart
rate increases 10-15 bpm
11.What is asked/done in first GYN appt? - ANSWER ✔ -Pap smear
-STD's
-Were they on birth control or antibiotics?
-Currently taking any medications?
-Currently using tobacco, alcohol, or illegal drugs?
- Ask about resources (social, financial)
-Any previous pregnancies
12.How much should caffeine be decreased to? - ANSWER ✔ 1-2 servings a
day
13.What foods are rich in iron? - ANSWER ✔ -Red meat
-Dark leafy greens
-Beans
-Poultry
14.Nursing Process - ANSWER ✔ assessment, diagnosis, planning,
implementation, evaluation
,15.assessment - ANSWER ✔ collecting subjective and objective data,
validation and documentation of data. determines nursing interventions that
influence health status
16.diagnosis - ANSWER ✔ analyzing subjective and objective data to make a
professional nursing judgment (nursing diagnosis) collaborative problem, or
referral
17.planning - ANSWER ✔ determining outcome criteria and developing a plan
18.implementation - ANSWER ✔ carrying out the plan
19.evaluation - ANSWER ✔ assessing whether outcome criteria have been met
and revising the plan as necessary
20.Holistic Nursing Assessment - ANSWER ✔ collective holistic subjective
and objective data to determine a clients' overall level or functioning in order
to make a professional clinical judgement. Whole body and mind
21.Initial comprehensive assessment - ANSWER ✔ total health assessment
when the client enters the health system
22.Ongoing/partial assessment - ANSWER ✔ data collection after the
comprehensive database is established that is compared to the baseline
, 23.Focused/problem-oriented assessment - ANSWER ✔ thorough assessment
of a particular client problem on a client with comprehensive database; does
not address areas not related to the problem
24.emergency assessment - ANSWER ✔ performed in life-threatening
situations
25.SBAR - ANSWER ✔ situation, background, assessment, recommendation
26.Tips for SBAR - ANSWER ✔ - communicate face to face with good eye
contact
- allow time for the receiver to ask question
- provide documentation of the data you are sharing
- validate what the receiver has heard (repeat back)
- when reporting over the telephone, read back and verify (document)
27.health promotion - ANSWER ✔ a set of actions that help people improve
their health and control over it. Focused on preventing and addressing the
underlying causes of illness rather than just treating and curing them
28.Subective data - ANSWER ✔ Any information that is self reported by the
patient
29.Classify Subjective Data - ANSWER ✔ -History of present concern
-Personal health history
-Family history
-Lifestyle and health practices
-Biographical information
-Physical symptoms
pain
