REX-PN REVIEW STUDY QUESTIONS
Drug Therapy in Pregnancy - Answers - Limited use of hypertension drugs due to
potential harm to the fetus
Patient TX for home - Answers - Modified bedrest, side lying left during rest, fetal kick
counts, daily monitoring of blood pressure, weight, urine protein, no smoking or alcohol,
monitoring and reporting symptoms
Diabetes on Fetus - Answers - Effects of diabetes on the fetus during pregnancy
Anatomy & Physiology of the Respiratory System - Answers - Study of the structure
and function of the respiratory system
4 types of nursing diagnoses - Answers - actual, risk, health promotion, syndrome
Hospice care - Answers - delivers palliative care to dying individual and support dying
person and that persons family and caregivers
palliative care - Answers - care that relieves suffering/symptoms when there is no cure
medical assisted suicide - Answers - decision by a competent person to end life and
not endure pain or suffering
DAR is what type of charting? - Answers - focus charting
D in DAR - Answers - data (subjective and objective)
A in DAR - Answers - action (nursing interventions)
R in DAR - Answers - response - client response to intervention/eval of effectiveness
of nursing action.
Charting by exception - Answers - a shorthand method of documenting normal
findings, based on clearly defined normals, standards of practice, and predetermined
criteria for assessments and interventions.
narrative documentation - Answers - the traditional method for simple paragraph from,
chronological order, repetitive and time consuming
Problem-oritented medical record - Answers - method of doc. that emphasizes client's
prob/concerns
what does problem-oriented medical records include? - Answers - database, problem
list, care plan, progress notes
, Morning sickness - Answers - Mild nausea in pregnancy
Hyperemesis gravidarum - Answers - Severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Ectopic Pregnancy - Answers - Pregnancy outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian
tube
Hydatidiform Mole - Answers - Abnormal growth of placental tissue
Abortion - Answers - Termination of pregnancy before 20 weeks
Prolapsed umbilical cord - Answers - Emergency situation where the umbilical cord is
visible or felt outside the vagina
Uterine rupture - Answers - Tearing of the uterine wall, either completely or partially
Amniotic Fluid Embolism - Answers - Fetal byproducts entering the mother's circulation
and obstructing blood vessels in the lungs
H-Gravidarum - Answers - Severe form of morning sickness with effects on food/fluid
intake, weight loss, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, and effects on fetus
Types of Abortion - Answers - Threatened, Inevitable, Incomplete, Complete,
Therapeutic, Elective
Preeclampsia - Answers - High blood pressure during pregnancy with potential
complications
Normal cardiac changes in pregnancy - Answers - Increase in blood volume, cardiac
output, heart rate, and oxygen consumption
Chronic HTN - Answers - Pre-existing high blood pressure before pregnancy
Gestational HTN - Answers - High blood pressure that starts around 20 weeks of
pregnancy
Severe preeclampsia - Answers - High blood pressure with symptoms like edema,
weight gain, proteinuria, CNS and pulmonary complications
Eclampsia - Answers - Severe preeclampsia with seizures
Gestational Risk Factors - Answers - Factors that increase the risk of gestational
hypertension, such as first-time pregnancy, extra weight, family history, age, multiple
pregnancies, chronic diseases
Drug Therapy in Pregnancy - Answers - Limited use of hypertension drugs due to
potential harm to the fetus
Patient TX for home - Answers - Modified bedrest, side lying left during rest, fetal kick
counts, daily monitoring of blood pressure, weight, urine protein, no smoking or alcohol,
monitoring and reporting symptoms
Diabetes on Fetus - Answers - Effects of diabetes on the fetus during pregnancy
Anatomy & Physiology of the Respiratory System - Answers - Study of the structure
and function of the respiratory system
4 types of nursing diagnoses - Answers - actual, risk, health promotion, syndrome
Hospice care - Answers - delivers palliative care to dying individual and support dying
person and that persons family and caregivers
palliative care - Answers - care that relieves suffering/symptoms when there is no cure
medical assisted suicide - Answers - decision by a competent person to end life and
not endure pain or suffering
DAR is what type of charting? - Answers - focus charting
D in DAR - Answers - data (subjective and objective)
A in DAR - Answers - action (nursing interventions)
R in DAR - Answers - response - client response to intervention/eval of effectiveness
of nursing action.
Charting by exception - Answers - a shorthand method of documenting normal
findings, based on clearly defined normals, standards of practice, and predetermined
criteria for assessments and interventions.
narrative documentation - Answers - the traditional method for simple paragraph from,
chronological order, repetitive and time consuming
Problem-oritented medical record - Answers - method of doc. that emphasizes client's
prob/concerns
what does problem-oriented medical records include? - Answers - database, problem
list, care plan, progress notes
, Morning sickness - Answers - Mild nausea in pregnancy
Hyperemesis gravidarum - Answers - Severe nausea and vomiting in pregnancy
Ectopic Pregnancy - Answers - Pregnancy outside the uterus, usually in the fallopian
tube
Hydatidiform Mole - Answers - Abnormal growth of placental tissue
Abortion - Answers - Termination of pregnancy before 20 weeks
Prolapsed umbilical cord - Answers - Emergency situation where the umbilical cord is
visible or felt outside the vagina
Uterine rupture - Answers - Tearing of the uterine wall, either completely or partially
Amniotic Fluid Embolism - Answers - Fetal byproducts entering the mother's circulation
and obstructing blood vessels in the lungs
H-Gravidarum - Answers - Severe form of morning sickness with effects on food/fluid
intake, weight loss, dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, and effects on fetus
Types of Abortion - Answers - Threatened, Inevitable, Incomplete, Complete,
Therapeutic, Elective
Preeclampsia - Answers - High blood pressure during pregnancy with potential
complications
Normal cardiac changes in pregnancy - Answers - Increase in blood volume, cardiac
output, heart rate, and oxygen consumption
Chronic HTN - Answers - Pre-existing high blood pressure before pregnancy
Gestational HTN - Answers - High blood pressure that starts around 20 weeks of
pregnancy
Severe preeclampsia - Answers - High blood pressure with symptoms like edema,
weight gain, proteinuria, CNS and pulmonary complications
Eclampsia - Answers - Severe preeclampsia with seizures
Gestational Risk Factors - Answers - Factors that increase the risk of gestational
hypertension, such as first-time pregnancy, extra weight, family history, age, multiple
pregnancies, chronic diseases
