Unitek OB Exam 1 [CH 3-5] with
questions and well verified answers
actual exam!!! 2026
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 36 weeks of gestation and has suspected placenta previa.
For which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ANSWER -A large amount
of bright red vaginal bleeding without pain
A nurse is caring for a client in the prenatal clinic who has a possible ectopic pregnancy at 8
weeks of gestation. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? -
ANSWER -Pelvic pain
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is at 6 weeks of gestation. The client tells the
nurse that she smokes one pack of cigarettes per day. The nurse should instruct the client that
her newborn is at increased risk for which clinical manifestations? - ANSWER -Low birth
weight
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is pregnant about expected changes related to
pregnancy. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the
teaching - ANSWER -"It is normal to have a white vaginal discharge"
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about a biophysical profile with a client who is at 40 weeks of
gestation. The nurse should explain that this profile focus on which of the following
parameters [Select all that apply] - ANSWER -- Fetal breathing
- Fetal motion
, - Amniotic fluid volume
A nurse is caring for a client who has just learned that she is pregnant. The nurse should
reinforce with the client to call her provider if she experiences any - ANSWER -Facial
edema
A nurse is preparing to palpate the uterine fundus of a client who is at 22 weeks of gestation to
measure fundal height. At which of the following locations should the nurse expect to find the
fundus? - ANSWER -At the umbilicus
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about quickening with a client who is at 6 weeks of gestation.
Which of the following information should the nurse include? - ANSWER -Quickening
occurs between the fourth and fifth months of pregnancy
A woman is who at 25 weeks pregnancy asks the nurse what her fetus looks like? What does
the nurse explain is one physical characteristic present in a 25 week old fetus? -
ANSWER -Lanugo covering the body
When preparing to teach a class about prenatal development, the nurse would include
information about folic acid supplementation. What is folic acid known to prevent? -
ANSWER -Neural tube defects
A couple just learned they are expecting their first child and are curious if they are having a
boy or a girl. At what point of development can the couple first expect to see the sex of their
child on ultrasound? - ANSWER -10 weeks gestational age
The vessels comprising the umbilical cord are cushioned and protected by a substance called -
ANSWER -Whartons jelly [Q]
The normal volume of amniotic fluid is approximately ____ at 37 weeks gestation -
ANSWER -1000 mL
Fetal development - ANSWER -- Each body cell contains 46 chromosomes, 22
autosomes, and 1 pair of sex chromosomes
- Determines the sex of the fetus
- The 46 chromosomes are the diploid number
questions and well verified answers
actual exam!!! 2026
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 36 weeks of gestation and has suspected placenta previa.
For which of the following findings should the nurse expect? - ANSWER -A large amount
of bright red vaginal bleeding without pain
A nurse is caring for a client in the prenatal clinic who has a possible ectopic pregnancy at 8
weeks of gestation. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect? -
ANSWER -Pelvic pain
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is at 6 weeks of gestation. The client tells the
nurse that she smokes one pack of cigarettes per day. The nurse should instruct the client that
her newborn is at increased risk for which clinical manifestations? - ANSWER -Low birth
weight
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is pregnant about expected changes related to
pregnancy. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an understanding of the
teaching - ANSWER -"It is normal to have a white vaginal discharge"
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about a biophysical profile with a client who is at 40 weeks of
gestation. The nurse should explain that this profile focus on which of the following
parameters [Select all that apply] - ANSWER -- Fetal breathing
- Fetal motion
, - Amniotic fluid volume
A nurse is caring for a client who has just learned that she is pregnant. The nurse should
reinforce with the client to call her provider if she experiences any - ANSWER -Facial
edema
A nurse is preparing to palpate the uterine fundus of a client who is at 22 weeks of gestation to
measure fundal height. At which of the following locations should the nurse expect to find the
fundus? - ANSWER -At the umbilicus
A nurse is reinforcing teaching about quickening with a client who is at 6 weeks of gestation.
Which of the following information should the nurse include? - ANSWER -Quickening
occurs between the fourth and fifth months of pregnancy
A woman is who at 25 weeks pregnancy asks the nurse what her fetus looks like? What does
the nurse explain is one physical characteristic present in a 25 week old fetus? -
ANSWER -Lanugo covering the body
When preparing to teach a class about prenatal development, the nurse would include
information about folic acid supplementation. What is folic acid known to prevent? -
ANSWER -Neural tube defects
A couple just learned they are expecting their first child and are curious if they are having a
boy or a girl. At what point of development can the couple first expect to see the sex of their
child on ultrasound? - ANSWER -10 weeks gestational age
The vessels comprising the umbilical cord are cushioned and protected by a substance called -
ANSWER -Whartons jelly [Q]
The normal volume of amniotic fluid is approximately ____ at 37 weeks gestation -
ANSWER -1000 mL
Fetal development - ANSWER -- Each body cell contains 46 chromosomes, 22
autosomes, and 1 pair of sex chromosomes
- Determines the sex of the fetus
- The 46 chromosomes are the diploid number
