HESI Maternity and Pediatrics Exam 2024 Questions and Answers Latest (2024 / 2025) (Verified Answers)

1. How is EDD calculated using Nagele's rule? ANS 1. Determine the first day of the LMP 2. Subtract 3 months 3. Add 7 days 4. Adjust the year 2. What is gravidity? ANS the number of pregnancies including current pregnancy. includes miscarriages, ectopic pregnancies, stillbirths. 3. What is parity? ANS number of births in which the fetus is carried past 20 weeks gestation(not number of fetuses [e.g., twins] 4. GTPAL ANS Gravida, Term, Preterm, Abortions, Living 5. What are presumptive signs of pregnancy? ANS Subjective signs perceived by the woman - Signs amenorrhea, breast changes & tenderness, nausea - Symptoms N/V, urinary freq, weight gain, fatigue, quickening (fetal movement), discoloration of vaginal mucosa 6. Probable signs of pregnancy ANS Uterine enlargement, Goodell's sign, Chadwick's sign, Hegar's sign, Ballottement, + Pregnancy test, Braxton Hicks contractions