NRSG 2500 Exam 1 (Units 1 & 2)- QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW)
2026.
factors affecting labor (5 P's)
Passenger (fetus)
Passageway (the birth passage)
Powers (physiological forces of labor)
Position (relation between fetus and passage)
Psychological considerations
attitude
relationship of the fetus' body parts to one another
lie
how the spine of fetus corresponds with the spine of the mother
presentation
part that is encountered first when doing a vaginal exam
position
how the part of the fetus corresponds to mother's pelvis
engagement
fetal presenting part is settles in mother's pelvis
station
,fetal presentating part as it relates to ischial spines
Leopold's Maneuvers
usually performed after 36 weeks by the healthcare provider to determine the baby's position and
estimate their birth weight
1st Leopold Maneuver
involves feeling for the buttocks and head
2nd Leopold Maneuver
nurse palpates on which side the fetal back is located
3rd Leopold Maneuver
determines presentation and involves palpating the area just above the symphysis pubis
4th Leopold Maneuver
determines attitude and involves applying downward pressure in the direction of the symphysis
pubis
false pelvis
outer aspect of pelvic bones
true pelvis
inner space the fetus must progress through
progress in descent
measured by station
,normal processes & stages of labor (Cardinal Movements)
Engagement
Descent
Flexion
Internal Rotation
Extension
External Rotation
Expulsion
"Every Day Fine Infants Enter Eager & Excited"
skull sutures allow the cranial bones to overlap
passageway
false pelvis, true pelvis, progress in descent
powers
contractions
pushing
induction of labor
- can be done for medical reasons
- can be done for elective reasons
labor induction methods
, - amniotomy
- oxytocin
- prostaglandin
position (maternal)
- significantly affects labor process
- optimal position: upright
- supine position
psychological response
- culture
- previous experience
- maternal role attainment
nursing care of the labor patient
- determining if the patient is in labor (contractions alone are not labor)
- determining if amniotic sac is intact
determining if amniotic sac is intact
- patient history
- nitrazine paper will turn blue in presence of amniotic fluid
- check for color
- yellow or green fluid may mean meconium
true labor
WITH VERIFIED & REVISED ANSWERS (NEW)
2026.
factors affecting labor (5 P's)
Passenger (fetus)
Passageway (the birth passage)
Powers (physiological forces of labor)
Position (relation between fetus and passage)
Psychological considerations
attitude
relationship of the fetus' body parts to one another
lie
how the spine of fetus corresponds with the spine of the mother
presentation
part that is encountered first when doing a vaginal exam
position
how the part of the fetus corresponds to mother's pelvis
engagement
fetal presenting part is settles in mother's pelvis
station
,fetal presentating part as it relates to ischial spines
Leopold's Maneuvers
usually performed after 36 weeks by the healthcare provider to determine the baby's position and
estimate their birth weight
1st Leopold Maneuver
involves feeling for the buttocks and head
2nd Leopold Maneuver
nurse palpates on which side the fetal back is located
3rd Leopold Maneuver
determines presentation and involves palpating the area just above the symphysis pubis
4th Leopold Maneuver
determines attitude and involves applying downward pressure in the direction of the symphysis
pubis
false pelvis
outer aspect of pelvic bones
true pelvis
inner space the fetus must progress through
progress in descent
measured by station
,normal processes & stages of labor (Cardinal Movements)
Engagement
Descent
Flexion
Internal Rotation
Extension
External Rotation
Expulsion
"Every Day Fine Infants Enter Eager & Excited"
skull sutures allow the cranial bones to overlap
passageway
false pelvis, true pelvis, progress in descent
powers
contractions
pushing
induction of labor
- can be done for medical reasons
- can be done for elective reasons
labor induction methods
, - amniotomy
- oxytocin
- prostaglandin
position (maternal)
- significantly affects labor process
- optimal position: upright
- supine position
psychological response
- culture
- previous experience
- maternal role attainment
nursing care of the labor patient
- determining if the patient is in labor (contractions alone are not labor)
- determining if amniotic sac is intact
determining if amniotic sac is intact
- patient history
- nitrazine paper will turn blue in presence of amniotic fluid
- check for color
- yellow or green fluid may mean meconium
true labor
