Maternity Nursing questions with
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Progesterone ANS -Corpus luteum secretes this hormone that causes amenorhhea, and is the cause of
temperature spike during ovulation.
24 ANS -Ovulated egg is good for _____ hours.
Presumptive ANS -_________ signs of pregnancy
1. amenorrhea
2. nausea
3. vomiting
4. frequency
5. breast tenderness and fullness
6. quickening
7. fatigue
Probable ANS -_________ signs of pregnancy
1. positive pregnancy test
2. Goodell's sign
3. Chadwick's sign
4. Hegar's sign
5. uterine enlargement
6. Braxton Hicks contractions
Goodell's sign ANS -A sign of pregnancy that occurs around the 2nd month that is softening of the cervix.
Chadwick's sign ANS -A sign of pregnancy that occurs around the 4th week that is bluish coloring of the
vaginal mucosa and the cervix due to vasocongestion.
, Hegar's sign ANS -A sign of pregnancy that occurs around the 6th week that is the compressibility and
softening of the lower uterine segment.
Ballottement ANS -A sign of pregnancy that is the rebounding of the fetus against the examiner's fingers
on palpation
Braxton Hicks ANS -Contractions (irregular painless contractions that may occur intermittently
throughout pregnancy)
Gestation ANS -The time from fertilization of the ovum until the estimated date of confinement or
estimated date of delivery (about 280 days).
Nagele's ANS -The use of _______ rule for estimating the date of confinement (delivery) requires that
the woman have a regular 28-day menstrual cycle. It is calculated by subtracting 3 months and add 7
days to the first day of the last menstrual period; then add 1 year. Alternatively, add 7 days to the last
menstrual period and count forward 9 months.
Gravidity ANS -Refers to the # of pregnancies a woman has had.
Gravida ANS -Refers to a pregnant woman.
Nulligravida ANS -Refers to a woman who has never been pregnant.
Primigravida ANS -Refers to a woman who is pregnant for the first time.
Multigravida ANS -Refers to a woman who is in at least her second pregnandy
Parity ANS -Refers to the # of births (not the # of fetuses, e.g., twins) carried past 20 weeks'gestation,
whether or not the fetus was born alive.
Nullipara ANS -Refers to a woman who has not had a birth at more than 20 weeks of gestation.
answers 100%.
Progesterone ANS -Corpus luteum secretes this hormone that causes amenorhhea, and is the cause of
temperature spike during ovulation.
24 ANS -Ovulated egg is good for _____ hours.
Presumptive ANS -_________ signs of pregnancy
1. amenorrhea
2. nausea
3. vomiting
4. frequency
5. breast tenderness and fullness
6. quickening
7. fatigue
Probable ANS -_________ signs of pregnancy
1. positive pregnancy test
2. Goodell's sign
3. Chadwick's sign
4. Hegar's sign
5. uterine enlargement
6. Braxton Hicks contractions
Goodell's sign ANS -A sign of pregnancy that occurs around the 2nd month that is softening of the cervix.
Chadwick's sign ANS -A sign of pregnancy that occurs around the 4th week that is bluish coloring of the
vaginal mucosa and the cervix due to vasocongestion.
, Hegar's sign ANS -A sign of pregnancy that occurs around the 6th week that is the compressibility and
softening of the lower uterine segment.
Ballottement ANS -A sign of pregnancy that is the rebounding of the fetus against the examiner's fingers
on palpation
Braxton Hicks ANS -Contractions (irregular painless contractions that may occur intermittently
throughout pregnancy)
Gestation ANS -The time from fertilization of the ovum until the estimated date of confinement or
estimated date of delivery (about 280 days).
Nagele's ANS -The use of _______ rule for estimating the date of confinement (delivery) requires that
the woman have a regular 28-day menstrual cycle. It is calculated by subtracting 3 months and add 7
days to the first day of the last menstrual period; then add 1 year. Alternatively, add 7 days to the last
menstrual period and count forward 9 months.
Gravidity ANS -Refers to the # of pregnancies a woman has had.
Gravida ANS -Refers to a pregnant woman.
Nulligravida ANS -Refers to a woman who has never been pregnant.
Primigravida ANS -Refers to a woman who is pregnant for the first time.
Multigravida ANS -Refers to a woman who is in at least her second pregnandy
Parity ANS -Refers to the # of births (not the # of fetuses, e.g., twins) carried past 20 weeks'gestation,
whether or not the fetus was born alive.
Nullipara ANS -Refers to a woman who has not had a birth at more than 20 weeks of gestation.
