Maternity FINAL PN 124 Exam Questions With Correct And Revised Answers (2024)

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Maternity FINAL PN 124 Exam QuestionsWith Correct And Revised AnswersHow to you determine estimated delivery date? - answerBy Naegele's rule, start with the 1stday of the women last normal menstrual period and count back 3 months, then add 7 daysGravida means? - answerPregnant womenHow do...

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Maternity FINAL PN 124 Exam Questions
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How to you determine estimated delivery date? - answer✔✔By Naegele's rule, start with the 1st
day of the women last normal menstrual period and count back 3 months, then add 7 days

Gravida means? - answer✔✔Pregnant women

How do you define parity using the 5 letter scale? - answer✔✔G=gravidity (pregnancies), t=term
births, p= preterm births, a= abortions, l=living children.
During pregnancy what can be dangerous to the fetus, oxygen deprivation can lead to decreased
intrauterine growth and low birth weight? - answer✔✔Smoking

What is a change during pregnancy involving the cardiovascular system? - answer✔✔An
increase in platelets and fibrinogen increase the women's risk for blood clots

Is not contraindicated for pregnant women at low risk? - answer✔✔Travel

What trimester is the ideal time to travel? - answer✔✔2nd

Women who contemplate foreign travel should be aware of what? - answer✔✔That many health
insurances do not cover birth in a foreign setting or even hospitalization for preterm labor

When traveling in a car, how should a pregnant women wear a restraint? - answer✔✔The lap
belt is worn low across the hip bones, snug but comfortable, the belt is worn above the pregnant
uterus and below the neck to avoid chafing
What information should be provided to patients and family during birth planning? -
answer✔✔Information about pregnancy related changes the mother will experience, fetal
development, labor, delivery, and the postpartum periods
Is family focused and are considered ideal only for those women with low risk pregnancies? -
answer✔✔Birthing centers

What factors negate the use of a birthing center? - answer✔✔High risk pregnancies and the need
for C-section births

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What are signs of impending labor? - answer✔✔About 2 weeks before the onset of labor, the
women may notice that the fetus seems to have settled or dropped into the pelvis. This is called
lightening, and is seen most often in nulliparas.

What happened once lightening occurs? - answer✔✔Urinary frequency returns and she may be
able to breathe more normally due to the abdomen cavity having more space
The amount of vaginal discharge normally increases as term approaches and blood tinged
mucous appears. This is called? - answer✔✔Bloody show. The mucus occludes the cervical os
(opening of the cervix) during pregnancy (mucous Plug)

Assessing that the cervix has begun to do what and are normal findings? - answer✔✔Soften, thin
(efface), and open (dilate)
Irregular tightening of the pregnant uterus that begins in the 1st trimester and increases in
frequency, duration, and intensity as pregnancy progresses. They are common as pregnancy
approaches term. These DO NOT dilate cervix? - answer✔✔Braxton Hicks

True labor is marked by what? - answer✔✔Regular, rhythmic contractions that cause
progressive cervical dilation and effacement/thinning and shorting or obliteration of the cervix
that occurs during late pregnancy, labor, or both

What are some standard precautions during childbirth? - answer✔✔The doctor who is attending
the birth should wear a sterile gown with waterproof front and sleeves, wear clean gloves and
gown when handling newborn after birth

What factors should be used to understand the process of labor? - answer✔✔Also called the 5
Ps,
Passageway=the pelvis and soft tissues
Passenger= the fetus
Powers= contractions
Position of mother= standing walking side lying squatting on hands and knees
Psyche= psychological response

What is a pelvimetry? - answer✔✔Type of assessment may be done for a woman who is not
currently pregnant, but is seeking preconception care. The diagnostic measurement may be
preformed for women who have had an injury or known development problem such as rickets.
If the spine of the fetus is perpendicular to that of the mother's, it is called? -
answer✔✔Transverse lie. Only 1% of deliveries involve a transverse lie. This is the most
common lie in women who have had many pregnancies, resulting in weakened abdominal walls,
maternal pelvic contracture or placenta Previa

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