NUR 254 MATERNAL AND PEDIATRICS EXAM 1
VERSION 2 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2026
◉ True Labor. Answer: Cervical Change & Contractions
◉ Para. Answer: # of viable pregnancies (>20 weeks)
◉ False Labor. Answer: Braxton Hicks contractions
◉ Nullgravida. Answer: Never pregnant
◉ Primigravida. Answer: Pregnant or one chile
◉ Multigravida. Answer: Pregnant second or more times
◉ Ovulation. Answer: Occurs 14 days before next menstruation
◉ Mature Ovum. Answer: Live 12-24 hours then starts to degenerate
◉ Sperm. Answer: Lives up to 5 days in female system
,◉ Naegeles Rule. Answer: add 7 days to LMP, subtract 3 months, add
1 year
◉ Term. Answer: Delivery at 37 to 42 weeks
◉ Preterm. Answer: Delivery after 20 weeks- 36 weeks 6/7 days
◉ Abortion. Answer: Delivery before 20 weeks
◉ Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG). Answer: Maintain corpus
leteum
In urine & serum 10 to 14 days after conception
◉ Human Placental Lactogen (hPL). Answer: Insulin antagonist by
placenta increase blood glucose
◉ Estrogen. Answer: Vasodilation, changes sensitivity of respiratory
system to carbon dioxide
Softens cervix, initiate uterine activity, maintain labor
Develops breasts for lactation, secretion of prolactin
◉ Presumptive Signs of Pregnancy. Answer: Subjective signs
, ◉ Probable signs of pregnancy. Answer: Objective signs
Positive pregnancy test, Ballottement, Hegar, Goddells
◉ Hormones of Pregnancy. Answer: progesterone and estrogen
Relaxin
◉ Breast function. Answer: Progesterone (glands)
Estrogen (ducts)
Prolactin (milk secretions)
◉ Hegars Sign. Answer: softening of the lower uterine segment
◉ Goddells sign. Answer: Cervical softening
◉ Ballottement. Answer: a sharp upward pushing against the
uterine wall with a finger inserted into the vagina for diagnosing
pregnancy by feeling the return impact of the displaced fetus
◉ Positive Signs of pregnancy. Answer: audible fetal heartbeat, fetal
movement felt by examiner, ultrasound visualization of fetus,
leopolds
◉ Muscular Uterine changes. Answer: Can hold 15-20 liters
VERSION 2 PRACTICE QUESTIONS 2026
◉ True Labor. Answer: Cervical Change & Contractions
◉ Para. Answer: # of viable pregnancies (>20 weeks)
◉ False Labor. Answer: Braxton Hicks contractions
◉ Nullgravida. Answer: Never pregnant
◉ Primigravida. Answer: Pregnant or one chile
◉ Multigravida. Answer: Pregnant second or more times
◉ Ovulation. Answer: Occurs 14 days before next menstruation
◉ Mature Ovum. Answer: Live 12-24 hours then starts to degenerate
◉ Sperm. Answer: Lives up to 5 days in female system
,◉ Naegeles Rule. Answer: add 7 days to LMP, subtract 3 months, add
1 year
◉ Term. Answer: Delivery at 37 to 42 weeks
◉ Preterm. Answer: Delivery after 20 weeks- 36 weeks 6/7 days
◉ Abortion. Answer: Delivery before 20 weeks
◉ Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG). Answer: Maintain corpus
leteum
In urine & serum 10 to 14 days after conception
◉ Human Placental Lactogen (hPL). Answer: Insulin antagonist by
placenta increase blood glucose
◉ Estrogen. Answer: Vasodilation, changes sensitivity of respiratory
system to carbon dioxide
Softens cervix, initiate uterine activity, maintain labor
Develops breasts for lactation, secretion of prolactin
◉ Presumptive Signs of Pregnancy. Answer: Subjective signs
, ◉ Probable signs of pregnancy. Answer: Objective signs
Positive pregnancy test, Ballottement, Hegar, Goddells
◉ Hormones of Pregnancy. Answer: progesterone and estrogen
Relaxin
◉ Breast function. Answer: Progesterone (glands)
Estrogen (ducts)
Prolactin (milk secretions)
◉ Hegars Sign. Answer: softening of the lower uterine segment
◉ Goddells sign. Answer: Cervical softening
◉ Ballottement. Answer: a sharp upward pushing against the
uterine wall with a finger inserted into the vagina for diagnosing
pregnancy by feeling the return impact of the displaced fetus
◉ Positive Signs of pregnancy. Answer: audible fetal heartbeat, fetal
movement felt by examiner, ultrasound visualization of fetus,
leopolds
◉ Muscular Uterine changes. Answer: Can hold 15-20 liters
