NURS EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS ASSURED SUCCEED
How can hormonal influences during pregnancy cause backache?
Ans: They loosen ligaments and joints.
In the formula to estimate gestational age, women are considered pregnant from:
Ans: The first day of the last menstrual period
What is considered to be a common trigger of psoriasis?
Ans: Stress
What is a contributor to the increased incidence of heartburn during pregnancy?
Ans: The pregnancy hormone relaxin, which softens the lower esophageal sphincter
What is an indication of the second stage of labor?
Ans: Complete dilation of the cervix
When is round ligament pain most likely to occur in pregnant women?
Ans: Between 16–20 weeks gestation
How are pregnancy-related DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) needs best met?
Ans: By consuming 2 servings of fatty low-mercury-content fish per week
What is the most typical schedule of prenatal care in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy?
Ans: Visits scheduled every 4 weeks
Carbohydrate intolerance and increased insulin resistance first recognized in pregnancy is
known as:
Ans: Gestational diabetes
What is a common cause of leg cramps during pregnancy?
Ans: An imbalance of calcium and magnesium
The primary endocrine disorders affecting women are diabetes mellitus and:
Ans: Thyroid conditions
What is a potential benefit of circumcision?
Ans: Decreased incidence of urinary tract infections
What was the reason that prenatal care began in the early 1900s?
Ans: To screen for preeclampsia
What do current theories suggest as to how cranberry products can reduce UTIs?
Ans: Fructose keeps E. coli bacteria from adhering to bladder cell walls.
Screening for hyperlipidemia is recommended to begin at what age for women with no risk
factors?
Ans: 45
At what time during pregnancy does nausea typically occur?
Ans: At 6–8 weeks gestation
To maintain continence bladder pressure must be
, Ans: lower than urethral pressure.
What is the most common disorder leading to hyperthyroidism?
Ans: Graves’ disease
What is the most common cause of medical complications in pregnancy?
Ans: Hypertension
What is the term for a postpartum disorder in which bacteria ascend from the lower genital
tract and infect the uterus?
Ans: Postpartum endometritis
What has changed in terms of recommended antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated lower
UTIs?
Ans: Three-day regimens are now recommended.
What is more likely to occur in women with female genital cutting?
Ans: Birth-related complications
Optimal weight gain during pregnancy is based on the woman’s prepregnant BMI and:
Ans: Age
What should be addressed during late postpartum maternal evaluation (weeks 2–6)?
AnsThe need for birth control information or supplies
How does the third stage of labor end?
Ans: With the delivery of the placenta
Uncomplicated acute bacterial cystitis occurs in women who:
Ans: Have no signs of upper tract infection
Gender differences in heart disease can be found in:
Ans: All of the above
What is the term for stimulation of the uterus by an external agent to enhance uterine
contractions after labor has started?
Ans: Augmentation
What is the potential danger of a fetus born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid? Ans:
The infant can breathe meconium into the lungs.
What can be used as a space-filling device, replacing normal pressure on the vaginal walls
when levator ani support is unreliable?
Ans: Tampons
After how many weeks gestation is a pregnancy loss considered a fetal death or stillbirth?
Ans: 20 weeks
What is important to consider when vaginal bleeding occurs during the first trimester?
Ans: Ectopic pregnancy
How does women’s anatomy make them more susceptible to UTIs?
Ans: Their urethras are shorter.
What significantly increases the risk of hypertension in women?
How can hormonal influences during pregnancy cause backache?
Ans: They loosen ligaments and joints.
In the formula to estimate gestational age, women are considered pregnant from:
Ans: The first day of the last menstrual period
What is considered to be a common trigger of psoriasis?
Ans: Stress
What is a contributor to the increased incidence of heartburn during pregnancy?
Ans: The pregnancy hormone relaxin, which softens the lower esophageal sphincter
What is an indication of the second stage of labor?
Ans: Complete dilation of the cervix
When is round ligament pain most likely to occur in pregnant women?
Ans: Between 16–20 weeks gestation
How are pregnancy-related DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) needs best met?
Ans: By consuming 2 servings of fatty low-mercury-content fish per week
What is the most typical schedule of prenatal care in the first 28 weeks of pregnancy?
Ans: Visits scheduled every 4 weeks
Carbohydrate intolerance and increased insulin resistance first recognized in pregnancy is
known as:
Ans: Gestational diabetes
What is a common cause of leg cramps during pregnancy?
Ans: An imbalance of calcium and magnesium
The primary endocrine disorders affecting women are diabetes mellitus and:
Ans: Thyroid conditions
What is a potential benefit of circumcision?
Ans: Decreased incidence of urinary tract infections
What was the reason that prenatal care began in the early 1900s?
Ans: To screen for preeclampsia
What do current theories suggest as to how cranberry products can reduce UTIs?
Ans: Fructose keeps E. coli bacteria from adhering to bladder cell walls.
Screening for hyperlipidemia is recommended to begin at what age for women with no risk
factors?
Ans: 45
At what time during pregnancy does nausea typically occur?
Ans: At 6–8 weeks gestation
To maintain continence bladder pressure must be
, Ans: lower than urethral pressure.
What is the most common disorder leading to hyperthyroidism?
Ans: Graves’ disease
What is the most common cause of medical complications in pregnancy?
Ans: Hypertension
What is the term for a postpartum disorder in which bacteria ascend from the lower genital
tract and infect the uterus?
Ans: Postpartum endometritis
What has changed in terms of recommended antibiotic treatment for uncomplicated lower
UTIs?
Ans: Three-day regimens are now recommended.
What is more likely to occur in women with female genital cutting?
Ans: Birth-related complications
Optimal weight gain during pregnancy is based on the woman’s prepregnant BMI and:
Ans: Age
What should be addressed during late postpartum maternal evaluation (weeks 2–6)?
AnsThe need for birth control information or supplies
How does the third stage of labor end?
Ans: With the delivery of the placenta
Uncomplicated acute bacterial cystitis occurs in women who:
Ans: Have no signs of upper tract infection
Gender differences in heart disease can be found in:
Ans: All of the above
What is the term for stimulation of the uterus by an external agent to enhance uterine
contractions after labor has started?
Ans: Augmentation
What is the potential danger of a fetus born through meconium-stained amniotic fluid? Ans:
The infant can breathe meconium into the lungs.
What can be used as a space-filling device, replacing normal pressure on the vaginal walls
when levator ani support is unreliable?
Ans: Tampons
After how many weeks gestation is a pregnancy loss considered a fetal death or stillbirth?
Ans: 20 weeks
What is important to consider when vaginal bleeding occurs during the first trimester?
Ans: Ectopic pregnancy
How does women’s anatomy make them more susceptible to UTIs?
Ans: Their urethras are shorter.
What significantly increases the risk of hypertension in women?
