NACE Nursing care during childbearing and nursing care of the child questions and answers with solutions 2025

Subjective signs of pregnancy - ANSWER no period (amenorrhea), N/V, urinary frequency, quickening (flutters), breast tenderness Objective signs of pregnancy - ANSWER pregnancy tests (urine, serum, ultrasound), fetal heart tones and fundal height HCG - ANSWER human chorionic gonadotropin Fetal heart tones can be heard beginning at - ANSWER 20 weeks of gestation Fetal tachycardia - ANSWER HR over 160 for 10 min or more fetal bradycardia - ANSWER HR less than 120 for 10 min or more Fundal height can first be palpated at - ANSWER 10-12 weeks gestation Fundal height measurements correspond with gestational age from - ANSWER 16-36 weeks (16cm = 16 weeks) Fundal height is measured from - ANSWER Top of symphysis pubis to top of fundus During pregnancy underweight mothers should gain - ANSWER 28-40 lbs During pregnancy normal weight mothers should gain - ANSWER 25-35 lbs During pregnancy overweight mothers should gain - ANSWER 15-25 lbs During pregnancy obese mothers should gain - ANSWER 15 lbs Thiamine deficiency during fetal development - ANSWER congestive heart failure, stillbirths Folic acid deficiency during fetal development - ANSWER megaloblastic anemia, neural tube defects Vitamin D and calcium deficiency during fetal development - ANSWER skeletal defects