CMN568 / CMN 568 UNIT 6 & FINAL EXAMS (LATEST
2025 UPDATES STUDY BUNDLE WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS) INTRO TO FAMILY NP EXAM QUESTIONS
AND VERIFIED ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT | GRADE
A - SOUTH ALABAMA
Calculation of estimated date of delivery (EDD)
.....ANSWER.....1st day of last menstrual period (LMP)
+
7 days
-
3 months
+
1 year
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Decherney Chap 6
2 periods that comprise the 1st trimester .....ANSWER.....1)
Embryonic period: 2 - 10 weeks gestational age
2) Fetal period: 8 weeks after fertilization OR 10 weeks after
onset of LMP
Decherney Ch 6
When does organogenesis occur? .....ANSWER.....Embryonic
period of 1st trimester
NOTE: This is when embryo is most sensitive to teratogens
Definition of "gravid" .....ANSWER.....Total # of pregnancies
regardless of outcome
Definition of parity .....ANSWER.....Total # of births, both before
and after 20 weeks gestation. Made up of 4 components:
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1) Full term births
2) Preterm births (wt ≥ 500 g or ≥ 20 weeks)
3) Abortions (induced or spontaneous)
4) Living children
NOTE: Each child in a multiple is counted individually in "parity"
but only ONCE in "gravid" total. (e.g. ONE pregnancy, MULTIPLE
children)
Definition of preterm infant .....ANSWER.....Born between 20 - 37
completed weeks of gestation (259 days)
Definition of term infant .....ANSWER.....Born between 37 0/7
and 40 0/7 weeks gestation (280 days)
Definition of post-term infant .....ANSWER.....Born after 42 weeks
gestation (294 days)
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Prenatal mortality rates ___________________
(increase/decrease) as gestation advances past due date
.....ANSWER.....Increase
NOTE: Mortality increases SHARPLY after 42 weeks gestation
Definition of macrosomic infant or large for gestational age
(LGA) fetus .....ANSWER.....Weight ≥ 90th percentile at any
gestational age.
Excessive fetal size should be suspected in women with
________________________. .....ANSWER.....Previous
macrosomic fetus OR women with DM
Definition of abortion .....ANSWER.....Expulsion/extraction of all
or part of placenta/membranes/fetus weighing < 500 g or with
an estimated gestational weight of < 20 weeks (or 139 days
from LMP)