NSPN 7100 FINAL EXAM
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 (FULL TEST)
5 Areas of Knowing - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -1. Knowing the profession: scope of
practice/competencies
2. Knowing the case: theory knowledge
3. Knowing the person: individuals wishes/preferences
4. Knowing the patient: knowledge of their admission/hx/risk factors
5. Knowing the self: awareness of strengths/limitations
What is involved in decision making? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -1. Cues
2. Judgement
3. Decision making
,4. Evaluation
Benefits of preconception care - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -- reduced pre term births
- reduced incidence of unintended pregnancies
- better neonatal health outcomes
- better maternal health outcomes
- reduced risk of environmental exposure to teratogens/toxins
What are the placentas jobs? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -- continuous supply of O2
- removes CO2 and waste
- produces hormones that facilitate development
- preps body for birth and lactation
When does the fetal heart start beating?/When is maternal-fetal circulation in
place? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Day 17
,By the end of the third week, villi are capable of carrying out the exchange
What are the two steroid placental hormones? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Estrogen
and progesterone
What are the two protein placental hormones? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Human
chorionic gonadotropin
Human chorionic somatommatropin
What are the metabolic functions of the placenta? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -1.
respiration
2. nutrition
3. excretion
4. storage
, How many veins/arteries in the umbilical cord? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -One vein,
two arteries
Substance that surrounds the umbilical cord: - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Wharton's
jelly
What are the two fetal membranes? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Chorion: outer
Amnion: inner
Describe chorion development - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Develops from
trophoblasts and has hair like projections known as chorionic villi that penetrate
the decidua basalis to form the placenta
Describe amnion development - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -inner cell membrane lying
closer to the fetus that becomes the covering of the umbilical cord and then
combines with the chorion to be the amniotic sac
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 (FULL TEST)
5 Areas of Knowing - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -1. Knowing the profession: scope of
practice/competencies
2. Knowing the case: theory knowledge
3. Knowing the person: individuals wishes/preferences
4. Knowing the patient: knowledge of their admission/hx/risk factors
5. Knowing the self: awareness of strengths/limitations
What is involved in decision making? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -1. Cues
2. Judgement
3. Decision making
,4. Evaluation
Benefits of preconception care - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -- reduced pre term births
- reduced incidence of unintended pregnancies
- better neonatal health outcomes
- better maternal health outcomes
- reduced risk of environmental exposure to teratogens/toxins
What are the placentas jobs? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -- continuous supply of O2
- removes CO2 and waste
- produces hormones that facilitate development
- preps body for birth and lactation
When does the fetal heart start beating?/When is maternal-fetal circulation in
place? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Day 17
,By the end of the third week, villi are capable of carrying out the exchange
What are the two steroid placental hormones? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Estrogen
and progesterone
What are the two protein placental hormones? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Human
chorionic gonadotropin
Human chorionic somatommatropin
What are the metabolic functions of the placenta? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -1.
respiration
2. nutrition
3. excretion
4. storage
, How many veins/arteries in the umbilical cord? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -One vein,
two arteries
Substance that surrounds the umbilical cord: - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Wharton's
jelly
What are the two fetal membranes? - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Chorion: outer
Amnion: inner
Describe chorion development - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -Develops from
trophoblasts and has hair like projections known as chorionic villi that penetrate
the decidua basalis to form the placenta
Describe amnion development - CORRECT ANSWER (S) -inner cell membrane lying
closer to the fetus that becomes the covering of the umbilical cord and then
combines with the chorion to be the amniotic sac
