MATERNAL CHILD NURSING CARE BY
PERRY 6TH EDITION EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Gravida. Answer: pregnant woman
⩥ nulligravida. Answer: Woman who has never been pregnant
⩥ Primigravida. Answer: a woman who is pregnant for the first time
⩥ why does multigravida have quicker delivery. Answer: cervix thins
and dialates at same time
⩥ why is primigravida longer labor. Answer: because cervix thins out
first before dialating
⩥ parity. Answer: number of pregnancies in which fetus or fetuses have
reached viability, not the number of fetuses born. Whether the fetus is
born alive or is stillborn does not affect parity
⩥ nullipara. Answer: a woman who has never borne a viable child
, ⩥ in order for birth to count. Answer: it must occur at 20 weeks
gestation or more for counting as birth whether live or stillborn
⩥ primpara. Answer: completed one pregnancy with fetus or fetuses
⩥ multipara. Answer: completed two or more pregnancies
⩥ grandmultipara. Answer: woman who has given birth 5 or more times
⩥ preterm. Answer: a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation
but ends before completion of 37 weeks of gestation
⩥ late preterm. Answer: pregnancy that has reached between 34 weeks 0
days and 36 weeks 6 days gestation
⩥ early term. Answer: pregnancy that has reached between 37 weeks 0
days and 38 weeks 6 days gestation
⩥ full term. Answer: 39-40 weeks 6 days
⩥ late term. Answer: 41 weeks to 41 weeks and 6 days
PERRY 6TH EDITION EXAM SCRIPT 2026
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ Gravida. Answer: pregnant woman
⩥ nulligravida. Answer: Woman who has never been pregnant
⩥ Primigravida. Answer: a woman who is pregnant for the first time
⩥ why does multigravida have quicker delivery. Answer: cervix thins
and dialates at same time
⩥ why is primigravida longer labor. Answer: because cervix thins out
first before dialating
⩥ parity. Answer: number of pregnancies in which fetus or fetuses have
reached viability, not the number of fetuses born. Whether the fetus is
born alive or is stillborn does not affect parity
⩥ nullipara. Answer: a woman who has never borne a viable child
, ⩥ in order for birth to count. Answer: it must occur at 20 weeks
gestation or more for counting as birth whether live or stillborn
⩥ primpara. Answer: completed one pregnancy with fetus or fetuses
⩥ multipara. Answer: completed two or more pregnancies
⩥ grandmultipara. Answer: woman who has given birth 5 or more times
⩥ preterm. Answer: a pregnancy that has reached 20 weeks of gestation
but ends before completion of 37 weeks of gestation
⩥ late preterm. Answer: pregnancy that has reached between 34 weeks 0
days and 36 weeks 6 days gestation
⩥ early term. Answer: pregnancy that has reached between 37 weeks 0
days and 38 weeks 6 days gestation
⩥ full term. Answer: 39-40 weeks 6 days
⩥ late term. Answer: 41 weeks to 41 weeks and 6 days
