NUR 418 CHAPTERS 1, 2, 3 & 6 STUDY GUIDE 2026/2027 | PRACTICE QUESTIONS, VERIFIED
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW
Total Fertility Rate - ANS ✔✔The average number of children born to a woman during her
childbearing years.
(No birth control! Just having babies as they come)
Birth Rate - ANS ✔✔Number of live births per 1,000 people
Very Premature Birth - ANS ✔✔less than 32 weeks
Moderately premature birth - ANS ✔✔32-completed 33 weeks
Late premature birth - ANS ✔✔34-36 weeks
Total US preterm birth rate - ANS ✔✔has declined but still higher than other developed
countries
Complications of Preterm Birth - ANS ✔✔-leading global cause of death under the age of 5
-Long term effects (neuro effects)
-respiratory disorders
-Cerebral Palsy (due to decreased oxygenation in per-term period)
-Vision and hearing deficits
-Developmental delays
High birth weight - ANS ✔✔4000 gm or higher (8.8lbs)
,lowest mortality rates in year 1 of life
Normal Birth weight - ANS ✔✔2500gm-3999gm
(5.5lbs-8.7lbs)
Low birth weight - ANS ✔✔Less than 2500 grams (5.5lbs)
Very low birth weight - ANS ✔✔less than 1500 gm (3.3lbs)
Significantly higher mortality rates in first 1 year of life
Babies in what birth weight category will be on Glucose Protocol - ANS ✔✔High birth weights
and Very low birth weights
they cannot regulate their blood sugars
they also wont get a bath right away because being cold will make it worse
Infant Mortality - ANS ✔✔Death before first birthday
Maternal Death - ANS ✔✔death during pregnancy or within 42 days of pregnancy termination
caused by pregnancy related issues
Direct Obstetric death - ANS ✔✔Directly caused by the pregnancy
, Indirect Obstetric death - ANS ✔✔a death caused by a disease outside of the pregnancy but is
aggravated by the pregnancy
Late maternal death - ANS ✔✔more than 42 days after pregnancy termination from direct or
indirect cause
Pregnancy related death - ANS ✔✔death during or up to 1 year after pregnancy ends due to
pregnancy comlication
Maternal mortality ratio - ANS ✔✔deaths per 100,000 live births
Issues with teen pregnancy - ANS ✔✔-more likely to have additional teen pregnancies and not
marry
-Poverty/income disparities
-higher risk of STD
-lower education potential
-prematurity and low birth weight
-children with behavior issues and lower school achievement
Issues related to Tobacco/E-Cig use in pregnancy - ANS ✔✔-LBW (low birth weight)
-IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction)
-miscarriage
-abruption
-premature birth
-SIDS
-respiratory issues with newborn
-less likely to breastfeed
ANSWERS & COMPREHENSIVE NURSING REVIEW
Total Fertility Rate - ANS ✔✔The average number of children born to a woman during her
childbearing years.
(No birth control! Just having babies as they come)
Birth Rate - ANS ✔✔Number of live births per 1,000 people
Very Premature Birth - ANS ✔✔less than 32 weeks
Moderately premature birth - ANS ✔✔32-completed 33 weeks
Late premature birth - ANS ✔✔34-36 weeks
Total US preterm birth rate - ANS ✔✔has declined but still higher than other developed
countries
Complications of Preterm Birth - ANS ✔✔-leading global cause of death under the age of 5
-Long term effects (neuro effects)
-respiratory disorders
-Cerebral Palsy (due to decreased oxygenation in per-term period)
-Vision and hearing deficits
-Developmental delays
High birth weight - ANS ✔✔4000 gm or higher (8.8lbs)
,lowest mortality rates in year 1 of life
Normal Birth weight - ANS ✔✔2500gm-3999gm
(5.5lbs-8.7lbs)
Low birth weight - ANS ✔✔Less than 2500 grams (5.5lbs)
Very low birth weight - ANS ✔✔less than 1500 gm (3.3lbs)
Significantly higher mortality rates in first 1 year of life
Babies in what birth weight category will be on Glucose Protocol - ANS ✔✔High birth weights
and Very low birth weights
they cannot regulate their blood sugars
they also wont get a bath right away because being cold will make it worse
Infant Mortality - ANS ✔✔Death before first birthday
Maternal Death - ANS ✔✔death during pregnancy or within 42 days of pregnancy termination
caused by pregnancy related issues
Direct Obstetric death - ANS ✔✔Directly caused by the pregnancy
, Indirect Obstetric death - ANS ✔✔a death caused by a disease outside of the pregnancy but is
aggravated by the pregnancy
Late maternal death - ANS ✔✔more than 42 days after pregnancy termination from direct or
indirect cause
Pregnancy related death - ANS ✔✔death during or up to 1 year after pregnancy ends due to
pregnancy comlication
Maternal mortality ratio - ANS ✔✔deaths per 100,000 live births
Issues with teen pregnancy - ANS ✔✔-more likely to have additional teen pregnancies and not
marry
-Poverty/income disparities
-higher risk of STD
-lower education potential
-prematurity and low birth weight
-children with behavior issues and lower school achievement
Issues related to Tobacco/E-Cig use in pregnancy - ANS ✔✔-LBW (low birth weight)
-IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction)
-miscarriage
-abruption
-premature birth
-SIDS
-respiratory issues with newborn
-less likely to breastfeed
