PRN1831 Exam 1 Review practice questions &
answers 2024
1). Ob complications and emergencies
Ans: nonreassuring fetal status, maternal hemorrhage, fetal shoulder dystocia and
eclampsia
2). Who defines and regulates nursing scope of practice?
Ans: board of nursing can be found at NCSBN
3). What is evidence based practice?
Ans: nursing care in which all nursing interventions are based on current valid research
evidence
4). What are the ethical principles that guide nursing care?
Ans: standards of what is right/wrong with regard to important social values and
norms
Autonomy:the right to have control over their own body and make own decisions
Beneficence:Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action Nonmaleficence:duty
to do no harm
Justice:acting out of fairness
5). Which nurses are prescribers?
Ans: Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) GYN
6). Recommendations on pap smears for cervical cancer
Ans: age 21-29 should have done every 3 years if normal
7). Contraindications for contraceptive methods: iud
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, Ans: Pregnancy,Significantly distorted uterine anatomy,Unexplained vaginal bleeding
concerning for pregnancy or pelvic malignancy,Gestational trophoblastic disease with
persistently elevated betahuman chorionic gonadotropin levels,Ongoing pelvic infection
8). Hormonal contraceptives
Ans: deliver hormones to prevent ovulation and discourage implantation of fertilized
ova
9). Use of hormonal contraceptives in adolescents
Ans: Hormonal contraception is prescribed commonly to adolescents for myriad
indications from pregnancy prevention to treatment for acne, hirsutism or dysmenorrhea.
10). Nursing care of the client with gonorrhea
Ans: Pap smear and cultures of the cervix, urethra, and pharynx to evaluate for
gonorrhea and chlamydial infection. Blood is drawn for WBC
11). Contraception in breastfeeding- what is safe? know the appropriate use of progestin-only
pill
Ans: Progestin-only oral contraceptives, or "The Mini-Pill," contain only progestin (a
female hormone). The method, when used daily, is highly effective for breastfeeding
women.They may be prescribed if you have side effects from other types of birth control
pills.
12). What treatment options are available for pelvic floor disorder
Ans: *treatment -kegel exercises -pessaries (device like diaphragm that support
prolapse organ) -surgical repair
13). What hormone is detected in pregnancy testing?
Ans: hCG is a hormone produced by your placenta when you are pregnant. Can be
detected through *blood test: 11 days after conception or *urine test: 12-14 days after
conception
14). What is amenorrhea
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answers 2024
1). Ob complications and emergencies
Ans: nonreassuring fetal status, maternal hemorrhage, fetal shoulder dystocia and
eclampsia
2). Who defines and regulates nursing scope of practice?
Ans: board of nursing can be found at NCSBN
3). What is evidence based practice?
Ans: nursing care in which all nursing interventions are based on current valid research
evidence
4). What are the ethical principles that guide nursing care?
Ans: standards of what is right/wrong with regard to important social values and
norms
Autonomy:the right to have control over their own body and make own decisions
Beneficence:Doing good or causing good to be done; kindly action Nonmaleficence:duty
to do no harm
Justice:acting out of fairness
5). Which nurses are prescribers?
Ans: Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM) GYN
6). Recommendations on pap smears for cervical cancer
Ans: age 21-29 should have done every 3 years if normal
7). Contraindications for contraceptive methods: iud
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, Ans: Pregnancy,Significantly distorted uterine anatomy,Unexplained vaginal bleeding
concerning for pregnancy or pelvic malignancy,Gestational trophoblastic disease with
persistently elevated betahuman chorionic gonadotropin levels,Ongoing pelvic infection
8). Hormonal contraceptives
Ans: deliver hormones to prevent ovulation and discourage implantation of fertilized
ova
9). Use of hormonal contraceptives in adolescents
Ans: Hormonal contraception is prescribed commonly to adolescents for myriad
indications from pregnancy prevention to treatment for acne, hirsutism or dysmenorrhea.
10). Nursing care of the client with gonorrhea
Ans: Pap smear and cultures of the cervix, urethra, and pharynx to evaluate for
gonorrhea and chlamydial infection. Blood is drawn for WBC
11). Contraception in breastfeeding- what is safe? know the appropriate use of progestin-only
pill
Ans: Progestin-only oral contraceptives, or "The Mini-Pill," contain only progestin (a
female hormone). The method, when used daily, is highly effective for breastfeeding
women.They may be prescribed if you have side effects from other types of birth control
pills.
12). What treatment options are available for pelvic floor disorder
Ans: *treatment -kegel exercises -pessaries (device like diaphragm that support
prolapse organ) -surgical repair
13). What hormone is detected in pregnancy testing?
Ans: hCG is a hormone produced by your placenta when you are pregnant. Can be
detected through *blood test: 11 days after conception or *urine test: 12-14 days after
conception
14). What is amenorrhea
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