OB Exam 1 Galen College of Nursing Questions With Complete Solutions

Rebounding of the floating fetus against the examiners finger. correct answer: Ballottement Absence of menstration for 3 or more months in a women who have established menstral cycles. correct answer: Amenorrhea first fetal movement felt by mother, noticed at 18-20 weeks correct answer: Quickening Number of Pregnancy regardless of duration or outcome correct answer: Gravida Development of organs correct answer: Organogenesis Subjective symptoms suggesting pregnancy correct answer: Presumptive signs Movement of the presenting parts of the fetus into the true pelvis correct answer: Lightening Objective information of pregnancy that can be documented by physical exam and are signs that are most often characteristic of pregnancy correct answer: Probable signs Intermittant painless contractions of the uterus observed throughout pregnancy correct answer: Braxton hicks contraction Pinkish or darkened streak resulting from stretching of the skin during pregnancy that occur on breast and abdomen correct answer: Striae Gravidarum Physical finding that can establish a diagnosis of pregnancy correct answer: Positive signs Dark lines of pigmentation that extends from the symphysis pubis to the umbilicus correct answer: Linea Nigra