NURS 6552 WOMEN’S HEALTH FINAL
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ 7.What is the median age for the onset of menstruation for
adolescent girls in the United States?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 12
d. 13. Answer: C
◉ 8.What factor limits an individual's ability to function
productively as an adult?
a.Failure to take into account social and cultural norms
bThe inability to move through the world with credibility and
respect
c.Poverty
dFailure to negotiate the developmental tasks of adolescence
successfully. Answer: D
◉ 9.The type of thinking that influences the risk-taking behaviors of
adolescence
_____________________
,a.involves the use of symbols, advanced reasoning and expanded
possibilities.
b.works proactively to achieve autonomy.
c.encourages experimentation and foresight.
d.is rooted in the immediate and concrete.. Answer: A
◉ 10. What narrow term is often used to refer to the period of Early
Adulthood?
a. Productive years
b. Reproductive years
c. Young Adulthood
d. Adolescence. Answer: B
◉ 1. Which of the following is considered primary prevention?
a. Targeted immunization
b. Serves that limit an existing disability
c. Routine laboratory screening
d. Rehabilitation. Answer: A
◉ 2. What area of injury prevention is a focus of the USPSTF's
guidelines for counseling all healthy, asymptomatic women? a.
motor vehicle accidents
b. falls
,c. domestic violence
d. All of the above. Answer: C
◉ 3. What is the USPSTF recommendation regarding firearms?
a. Removed from homes with children under the age of ten
b. Stored in locked compartments
c. Removed from home or stored, unloaded, in locked compartments
d. Removed from private homes. Answer: B
◉ 1. Where in the breast do most malignancies develop?
a. Upper inner quadrant
b. Upper outer quadrant
c. Lower outer quadrant
d. Lower inner quadrant. Answer: B
◉ 1. In the GTPAL system for recording pregnancy history, the "T"
stands for: _________
a. Term births.
b. Terminal pregnancies.
c. Total number of pregnancies.
d. Type of birth (spontaneous, assisted, or cesarean).. Answer: A
, ◉ 1. What does a service grade of D represent in the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations?
a. Service carries insufficient evidence to recommend it
b. Service is found to be beneficial
c. Service is found to be either of no benefit or potentially harmful
d. Service should not be routinely provided. Answer: C
◉ 2. The USPSTF assigns a certainty level to assess the net benefit of
a preventive service based on __________________________________ a. the
nature of the overall evidence available.
b. the cost-effectiveness of a service.
c. known health outcomes.
d. select studies in a limited primary care population.. Answer: A
◉ 3. What screening recommendation is similar across all groups for
colorectal cancer?
a. Screening women age 76 to 85 based on risk factors
b. Screening only for those women at increased risk
c. Screening for all women starting at age 50
d. Against routine screening in adults age 76 and over. Answer: C
COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE 2026
◉ 7.What is the median age for the onset of menstruation for
adolescent girls in the United States?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 12
d. 13. Answer: C
◉ 8.What factor limits an individual's ability to function
productively as an adult?
a.Failure to take into account social and cultural norms
bThe inability to move through the world with credibility and
respect
c.Poverty
dFailure to negotiate the developmental tasks of adolescence
successfully. Answer: D
◉ 9.The type of thinking that influences the risk-taking behaviors of
adolescence
_____________________
,a.involves the use of symbols, advanced reasoning and expanded
possibilities.
b.works proactively to achieve autonomy.
c.encourages experimentation and foresight.
d.is rooted in the immediate and concrete.. Answer: A
◉ 10. What narrow term is often used to refer to the period of Early
Adulthood?
a. Productive years
b. Reproductive years
c. Young Adulthood
d. Adolescence. Answer: B
◉ 1. Which of the following is considered primary prevention?
a. Targeted immunization
b. Serves that limit an existing disability
c. Routine laboratory screening
d. Rehabilitation. Answer: A
◉ 2. What area of injury prevention is a focus of the USPSTF's
guidelines for counseling all healthy, asymptomatic women? a.
motor vehicle accidents
b. falls
,c. domestic violence
d. All of the above. Answer: C
◉ 3. What is the USPSTF recommendation regarding firearms?
a. Removed from homes with children under the age of ten
b. Stored in locked compartments
c. Removed from home or stored, unloaded, in locked compartments
d. Removed from private homes. Answer: B
◉ 1. Where in the breast do most malignancies develop?
a. Upper inner quadrant
b. Upper outer quadrant
c. Lower outer quadrant
d. Lower inner quadrant. Answer: B
◉ 1. In the GTPAL system for recording pregnancy history, the "T"
stands for: _________
a. Term births.
b. Terminal pregnancies.
c. Total number of pregnancies.
d. Type of birth (spontaneous, assisted, or cesarean).. Answer: A
, ◉ 1. What does a service grade of D represent in the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations?
a. Service carries insufficient evidence to recommend it
b. Service is found to be beneficial
c. Service is found to be either of no benefit or potentially harmful
d. Service should not be routinely provided. Answer: C
◉ 2. The USPSTF assigns a certainty level to assess the net benefit of
a preventive service based on __________________________________ a. the
nature of the overall evidence available.
b. the cost-effectiveness of a service.
c. known health outcomes.
d. select studies in a limited primary care population.. Answer: A
◉ 3. What screening recommendation is similar across all groups for
colorectal cancer?
a. Screening women age 76 to 85 based on risk factors
b. Screening only for those women at increased risk
c. Screening for all women starting at age 50
d. Against routine screening in adults age 76 and over. Answer: C
