UNITEK OB EXAM 1 [CH 3-5] EXAM 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS Low birth weight
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? - ANS At the umbilicus
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 - ANS "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] - ANS - Fetal breathing
- Fetal motion
- Amniotic fluid volume
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, 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 - ANS Facial edema
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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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? - ANS 10 weeks gestational age
The vessels comprising the umbilical cord are cushioned and protected by a substance called -
ANS Whartons jelly [Q]
The normal volume of amniotic fluid is approximately ____ at 37 weeks gestation - ANS 1000
mL
Fetal development - ANS - 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
Meiosis - ANS - Chromosomes are reduced to half, 23 per chromosomes per cell, and only 1
sex chromosome
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? - ANS Low birth weight
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? - ANS At the umbilicus
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 - ANS "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] - ANS - Fetal breathing
- Fetal motion
- Amniotic fluid volume
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, 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 - ANS Facial edema
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? - ANS 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? - ANS 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? -
ANS 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? - ANS 10 weeks gestational age
The vessels comprising the umbilical cord are cushioned and protected by a substance called -
ANS Whartons jelly [Q]
The normal volume of amniotic fluid is approximately ____ at 37 weeks gestation - ANS 1000
mL
Fetal development - ANS - 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
Meiosis - ANS - Chromosomes are reduced to half, 23 per chromosomes per cell, and only 1
sex chromosome
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