Ace NUR 254 Exam 1 – Tips,
Practice Questions & Study
Notes 2026
Newborn VS - ANSWER ✔✨---
Adult VS - ANSWER ✔✨---
Term - ANSWER ✔✨--->37 weeks and above
Gravida - ANSWER ✔✨---pregnant woman
Primigravida - ANSWER ✔✨---pregnant for the first time
Parity - ANSWER ✔✨---the number of viable pregnancies
, Pre-term - ANSWER ✔✨---20 weeks to 36 weeks and 6 days
Viability - ANSWER ✔✨---capacity to live outside the uterus (22-25 weeks)
GPTAL - ANSWER ✔✨---Gravida, Pre-term, term, abortion, living
Abortion - ANSWER ✔✨---<20 weeks
Signs of pregnancy: Presumptive (Subjective) - ANSWER ✔✨---- breast tenderness, amenorrhea,
fatigue
Signs of pregnancy: Probable - ANSWER ✔✨---- pregnancy test, hegar, ballotments, goodell sign,
Chadwick
Signs of pregnancy: Positive - ANSWER ✔✨---- heart beat, visualization, palpating movement
Palmar erythema (PUPPS) - ANSWER ✔✨---itchy hands/ feet abnormal
- topical steroid
Linea Nigra - ANSWER ✔✨---a dark line appearing on the abdomen and extending from the pubis
toward the umbilicus
striae gravidarum - ANSWER ✔✨---stretch marks
Cardiac output - ANSWER ✔✨---increases by 30-50%
-Bp should stay about the same (highest when sitting)
- HR increases 15-20
- murmurs can be present
Practice Questions & Study
Notes 2026
Newborn VS - ANSWER ✔✨---
Adult VS - ANSWER ✔✨---
Term - ANSWER ✔✨--->37 weeks and above
Gravida - ANSWER ✔✨---pregnant woman
Primigravida - ANSWER ✔✨---pregnant for the first time
Parity - ANSWER ✔✨---the number of viable pregnancies
, Pre-term - ANSWER ✔✨---20 weeks to 36 weeks and 6 days
Viability - ANSWER ✔✨---capacity to live outside the uterus (22-25 weeks)
GPTAL - ANSWER ✔✨---Gravida, Pre-term, term, abortion, living
Abortion - ANSWER ✔✨---<20 weeks
Signs of pregnancy: Presumptive (Subjective) - ANSWER ✔✨---- breast tenderness, amenorrhea,
fatigue
Signs of pregnancy: Probable - ANSWER ✔✨---- pregnancy test, hegar, ballotments, goodell sign,
Chadwick
Signs of pregnancy: Positive - ANSWER ✔✨---- heart beat, visualization, palpating movement
Palmar erythema (PUPPS) - ANSWER ✔✨---itchy hands/ feet abnormal
- topical steroid
Linea Nigra - ANSWER ✔✨---a dark line appearing on the abdomen and extending from the pubis
toward the umbilicus
striae gravidarum - ANSWER ✔✨---stretch marks
Cardiac output - ANSWER ✔✨---increases by 30-50%
-Bp should stay about the same (highest when sitting)
- HR increases 15-20
- murmurs can be present
