NSG222 EXAM 1 OB FAMILY
NURSING 2026 FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ Nurse's role in self-care.
Answer: provide information readily and acknowledge a client's right to
ask quesitons
◉ Culture.
Answer: beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that are accepted by a
population, a community, or an individual; learned
◉ Ethnicity.
Answer: social identity that is associated with shared behaviors and
patterns
◉ Enculturation.
Answer: when culture is passed on from generation to generation
◉ Acculturation.
Answer: process by which people adapt to a new cultural norm
◉ Assimilation.
,Answer: when a group completely changes their cultural identity to
become part of the majority culture
◉ Mucous Plug.
Answer: thick, tenacious mucous, which accumulates and thickens to
form and seal the endocervical canal and prevent the ascent of bacteria
and other substances into the uterus; expelled when cervical dilation
begins
◉ Goodell's Sign.
Answer: a probable indication of pregnancy in which the cervix and
vagina soften; caused by increased vascularization as a result of
hypertrophy and engorgement of the vessels below the growing uterus
◉ Chadwick's Sign.
Answer: probable sign of pregnancy in which the cervix and vulva
appear blue-purple as a result of increased vascularization
◉ Striae.
Answer: stretch marks; a form of scarring of the skin due to sudden
weight gain during pregnancy (striae gravidarum); may appear on the
abdomen, breasts and thighs
◉ Colostrum.
, Answer: clear, yellowish, high-protein, antibody-rich liquid secreted by
the breasts beginning in the fourth month of pregnancy and continuing
until several days after birth
◉ Supine Hypotensive Syndrome.
Answer: dizziness and a drop in blood pressure caused when the mother
is in a supine position and the weight of the uterus, infant, placenta, and
amniotic fluid compress the inferior vena cava, reducing return of blood
to the heart and cardiac output
◉ Pseudoanemia.
Answer: the apparent anemia that occurs during pregnancy due to rapid
expansion of blood volume; false anemia; lowered hematocrit (between
33-46%) as a result of the increase in plasma during pregnancy
◉ Linea Negra.
Answer: line of darker pigmentation extending from the umbilicus to the
pubis noted in some women during the later months of pregnancy;
caused by increase in estrogen, progesterone, and α-melanocyte
stimulating hormone levels
◉ Chloasma.
Answer: "mask of pregnancy"; an irregular darkening of the cheeks,
forehead, and nose; changes are often more obvious in women with
darker hair and skin and may be worsened by sun exposure; generally
disappears or fades significantly soon after pregnancy
NURSING 2026 FINAL PAPER
PRACTICE QUESTIONS ANSWERS
ACCURATE A+
◉ Nurse's role in self-care.
Answer: provide information readily and acknowledge a client's right to
ask quesitons
◉ Culture.
Answer: beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices that are accepted by a
population, a community, or an individual; learned
◉ Ethnicity.
Answer: social identity that is associated with shared behaviors and
patterns
◉ Enculturation.
Answer: when culture is passed on from generation to generation
◉ Acculturation.
Answer: process by which people adapt to a new cultural norm
◉ Assimilation.
,Answer: when a group completely changes their cultural identity to
become part of the majority culture
◉ Mucous Plug.
Answer: thick, tenacious mucous, which accumulates and thickens to
form and seal the endocervical canal and prevent the ascent of bacteria
and other substances into the uterus; expelled when cervical dilation
begins
◉ Goodell's Sign.
Answer: a probable indication of pregnancy in which the cervix and
vagina soften; caused by increased vascularization as a result of
hypertrophy and engorgement of the vessels below the growing uterus
◉ Chadwick's Sign.
Answer: probable sign of pregnancy in which the cervix and vulva
appear blue-purple as a result of increased vascularization
◉ Striae.
Answer: stretch marks; a form of scarring of the skin due to sudden
weight gain during pregnancy (striae gravidarum); may appear on the
abdomen, breasts and thighs
◉ Colostrum.
, Answer: clear, yellowish, high-protein, antibody-rich liquid secreted by
the breasts beginning in the fourth month of pregnancy and continuing
until several days after birth
◉ Supine Hypotensive Syndrome.
Answer: dizziness and a drop in blood pressure caused when the mother
is in a supine position and the weight of the uterus, infant, placenta, and
amniotic fluid compress the inferior vena cava, reducing return of blood
to the heart and cardiac output
◉ Pseudoanemia.
Answer: the apparent anemia that occurs during pregnancy due to rapid
expansion of blood volume; false anemia; lowered hematocrit (between
33-46%) as a result of the increase in plasma during pregnancy
◉ Linea Negra.
Answer: line of darker pigmentation extending from the umbilicus to the
pubis noted in some women during the later months of pregnancy;
caused by increase in estrogen, progesterone, and α-melanocyte
stimulating hormone levels
◉ Chloasma.
Answer: "mask of pregnancy"; an irregular darkening of the cheeks,
forehead, and nose; changes are often more obvious in women with
darker hair and skin and may be worsened by sun exposure; generally
disappears or fades significantly soon after pregnancy
