COMPLICATIONS OF PREGNANCY PRACTICE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE
When explaining to a patient about the factors that can lead to
spontaneous abortion, a nurse makes sure to discuss which of the
following factors? (select all that apply)
a. severe maternal illness, such as poorly controlled diabetes, heart
disease,and inflammatory bowel disease
b. severe depression
c. incompetent cervix
d. African American race
e. maternal infections
f. environmental chemicals
g. presence of IUD
h. taking excessive amounts of Vitamin A and C
i. trauma --CORRECT ANSWER--a. severe maternal illness, such as
poorly controlled diabetes, heart disease,and inflammatory bowel
disease
c. incompetent cervix
e. maternal infections
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, f. environmental chemicals
g. presence of IUD
i. trauma
A patient comes in worried to a pregnancy clinic and informs the
nurse that she has been experiencing vaginal bleeding and spotting, on
and off cramps. The doctor has assessed the patient and confirms that
the cervix is closed. The nurse would inform the patient that she is
experiencing what type of spontaneous abortion:
a. inevitable abortion
b. incomplete abortion
c. complete abortion
d. threatened abortion --CORRECT ANSWER--d. threatened abortion
An abortion is classified as which of the following:
a. loss of pregnancy before fetus is viable at more than 20 weeks or
less than 450 grams
b. loss of pregnancy before fetus is viable at less than 20 weeks or
more than 450 grams
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EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS GRADED A+ LATEST UPDATE
When explaining to a patient about the factors that can lead to
spontaneous abortion, a nurse makes sure to discuss which of the
following factors? (select all that apply)
a. severe maternal illness, such as poorly controlled diabetes, heart
disease,and inflammatory bowel disease
b. severe depression
c. incompetent cervix
d. African American race
e. maternal infections
f. environmental chemicals
g. presence of IUD
h. taking excessive amounts of Vitamin A and C
i. trauma --CORRECT ANSWER--a. severe maternal illness, such as
poorly controlled diabetes, heart disease,and inflammatory bowel
disease
c. incompetent cervix
e. maternal infections
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, f. environmental chemicals
g. presence of IUD
i. trauma
A patient comes in worried to a pregnancy clinic and informs the
nurse that she has been experiencing vaginal bleeding and spotting, on
and off cramps. The doctor has assessed the patient and confirms that
the cervix is closed. The nurse would inform the patient that she is
experiencing what type of spontaneous abortion:
a. inevitable abortion
b. incomplete abortion
c. complete abortion
d. threatened abortion --CORRECT ANSWER--d. threatened abortion
An abortion is classified as which of the following:
a. loss of pregnancy before fetus is viable at more than 20 weeks or
less than 450 grams
b. loss of pregnancy before fetus is viable at less than 20 weeks or
more than 450 grams
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