Antepartum Care RNC NIC Questions
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Caloric Requirement during pregnancy - ANSWER✔✔2500 kcals/day
Total recommended weight gain during pregnancy - ANSWER✔✔25 to 35 lbs
Inadequate intake of folic acid is associated with - ANSWER✔✔Neural tube
defects such as: myelomeningocele
Recommended dosage of folic acid to prevent NTD - ANSWER✔✔0.4 to 0.8 mg
daily
Recommended folic acid for previously affected children with NTD -
ANSWER✔✔4 mg daily x 4 weeks prior to conception and then for first three
months of pregnancy
Morning sickness is due to increased levels of... - ANSWER✔✔human chorionic
gonadotropin and progesterone
progesterone causes what changes with the stomach during pregnancy -
ANSWER✔✔decreased tone, decreased motility, delayed emptying
Progesterone has what effect on the gallbladder during pregnancy? -
ANSWER✔✔decreased muscle tone and motility leading to formation of gall
stones
, maternal oxygen requirements are _________ during pregnancy (increased or
decreased?) - ANSWER✔✔increased
palmar erythema is seen in 2/3 of white women and 1/3 of Af. Am due to
increased? - ANSWER✔✔estrogen
women experience increased urine output during pregnancy due to -
ANSWER✔✔increased renal blood flow
Pregnancy causes an _______ in liver enzyme labs due to _________ -
ANSWER✔✔elevation, estrogen
during pregnancy blood volume________ - ANSWER✔✔increases
Fetal heart tones are first detected during ___ weeks - ANSWER✔✔12
Fundal height measurement is used to assess gestational age starting at ____ weeks
- ANSWER✔✔20
Relief of supine hypotension during pregnancy is achieved by placing mother in
what position? - ANSWER✔✔lateral position with displacement of the uterus with
a wedge under the hips
edema of the lower extremities is caused by - ANSWER✔✔compression of pelvic
veins and inferior vena cava
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