NCM 109: Complications of Pregnancy
Test Questions Fully Solved.
A. Nonbleeding disorder
B. Bleeding disorder - Answer Complications of pregnancy (types?)
High-risk pregnancy - Answer is one which a concurrent disorder, pregnancy-related
complication, or external factor jeopardizes the health of the woman, the fetus, or both.
•drug dependence (incld alcohol)
•intimate partner abuse
•mental illness(es)
•poor coping mechanisms
•cognitively challenged
•survivor of childhood sexual abuse - Answer Enumerate PSYCHOLOGICAL Factors that
categorize pregnancy as High Risk (Prepregnancy)
•Occupation involving
handling of toxic substances (Including radiation and anesthesia gases)
•Environmental
contaminants at home
•Isolated
•Lower economic level
•Poor access to transportation for care
•High altitude
•Poor housing
•Lack of support people - Answer Enumerate SOCIAL factors that categorize pregnancy as
High Risk (Prepregnancy)
•Visual or hearing challenges
•Pelvic inadequacy or misshape
•Uterine incompetency, position or structure
•Secondary major illness(heart disease, diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, hypertension, chronic
infection such as tuberculosis, hemopoletic or blood disorder, malignancy
•Poor gynecologic or obstetric history
•Hx of previous poor pregnancy outcome (miscarriage, stillbirth, intrauterine fetal death)
, •Hx of child with congenital anomalies
•Obesity (BMI >30)
•Underwelght (BMI <18.5)
•Pelvic inflammatory disease
•History of inherlted disorderSmall staturePotential blood Incompatibility
•Younger that age 18 years or older than 35 years
•Cigarette smoker
Substance abuser - Answer Enumerate PHYSICAL factors that categorize pregnancy as High
Risk (Prepregnancy)
•Loss of support person
•Illness of a family member
•Decrease in self-esteem
•Drug abuse (including alcohol and cigarette smoking)
•Poor acceptance of pregnancy - Answer Enumerate PSYCHOLOGICAL Factors that categorize
pregnancy as High Risk (Pregnancy)
•Refusal of or neglecled prenatal care
•Exposure to environmental teralogens
•Disruptive family incident
•Decreased economic support
•Conception less than 1 year after last pregnancy - Answer Enumerate SOCIAL factors that
categorize pregnancy as High Risk
(Pregnancy)
•Subject to trauma
•Fluid or electrolyte imbalance
•Intake of teratogen such as a drug
•Multiple gestation
•A bleeding disruption
•Poor placental formation or position
•Gestational diabetes
•Nutritional deficiency of iron, folic acid, or protein
•Poor weight gain
•Pregnancy-induced hypertension
•Infection
Test Questions Fully Solved.
A. Nonbleeding disorder
B. Bleeding disorder - Answer Complications of pregnancy (types?)
High-risk pregnancy - Answer is one which a concurrent disorder, pregnancy-related
complication, or external factor jeopardizes the health of the woman, the fetus, or both.
•drug dependence (incld alcohol)
•intimate partner abuse
•mental illness(es)
•poor coping mechanisms
•cognitively challenged
•survivor of childhood sexual abuse - Answer Enumerate PSYCHOLOGICAL Factors that
categorize pregnancy as High Risk (Prepregnancy)
•Occupation involving
handling of toxic substances (Including radiation and anesthesia gases)
•Environmental
contaminants at home
•Isolated
•Lower economic level
•Poor access to transportation for care
•High altitude
•Poor housing
•Lack of support people - Answer Enumerate SOCIAL factors that categorize pregnancy as
High Risk (Prepregnancy)
•Visual or hearing challenges
•Pelvic inadequacy or misshape
•Uterine incompetency, position or structure
•Secondary major illness(heart disease, diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, hypertension, chronic
infection such as tuberculosis, hemopoletic or blood disorder, malignancy
•Poor gynecologic or obstetric history
•Hx of previous poor pregnancy outcome (miscarriage, stillbirth, intrauterine fetal death)
, •Hx of child with congenital anomalies
•Obesity (BMI >30)
•Underwelght (BMI <18.5)
•Pelvic inflammatory disease
•History of inherlted disorderSmall staturePotential blood Incompatibility
•Younger that age 18 years or older than 35 years
•Cigarette smoker
Substance abuser - Answer Enumerate PHYSICAL factors that categorize pregnancy as High
Risk (Prepregnancy)
•Loss of support person
•Illness of a family member
•Decrease in self-esteem
•Drug abuse (including alcohol and cigarette smoking)
•Poor acceptance of pregnancy - Answer Enumerate PSYCHOLOGICAL Factors that categorize
pregnancy as High Risk (Pregnancy)
•Refusal of or neglecled prenatal care
•Exposure to environmental teralogens
•Disruptive family incident
•Decreased economic support
•Conception less than 1 year after last pregnancy - Answer Enumerate SOCIAL factors that
categorize pregnancy as High Risk
(Pregnancy)
•Subject to trauma
•Fluid or electrolyte imbalance
•Intake of teratogen such as a drug
•Multiple gestation
•A bleeding disruption
•Poor placental formation or position
•Gestational diabetes
•Nutritional deficiency of iron, folic acid, or protein
•Poor weight gain
•Pregnancy-induced hypertension
•Infection
