(2025/2026) NSG 3500 EXAM 2
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
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What is the most common reason for a c-section? Correct
Answer Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD): fetus cannot
fit through pelvis
What pelvis shape is most favorable for a vaginal
delivery? Correct Answer Gynecoid
Which pelvis shape does not allow for a vaginal delivery?
Correct Answer Platypelloid
What is a nuchal cord? Correct Answer Umbilical cord
around the fetal neck
What intervention is taken if the cord cannot slip over the
neck during the delivery? Correct Answer Clamp cord
twice and cut in between
What does POOF stand for? Correct Answer Positioning-
lateral
Oxygen
Oxytocin stopped
Fluid administration
,What is oligohydramnios? What may it lead to? Correct
Answer Too little amniotic fluid (less than 300 mL) which
may cause cord compression during contractions
What treatment may be required for oligohydramnios?
Correct Answer Amnioinfusion
What is polyhydramnios? What may it lead to? Correct
Answer Too much amniotic fluid (more than 2 L) which
may cause malpresentation or prolapse of umbilical cord
What is meconium stained amniotic fluid related to?
Correct Answer 1. Post maturity
2. Hypoxic stress
3. Breech presentation
4. Cord compression
T or F: You should always perform a vaginal exam for
bleeding when placenta previa is suspected Correct
Answer False, DO NOT EXAMINE VAGINALLY
What is abruptio placentae? Correct Answer Premature
separation of a normally implanted placenta
What are the causes of abruptio placentae? Correct
Answer HTN, trauma, diabetes, cocaine use, alcohol
abuse, cigarette smoking, PROM, or an abnormally short
umbilical cord
, What are further complications of abruptio placentae?
Correct Answer 1. Couvelaire Uterus: Blood in
myometrium
2. DIC: Abnormal coagulation
What are the s&s if DIC? Correct Answer 1. Easy bruising
2. Petechiae
3. Bleeding from intravenous sites
What is a Succuriate Lobe? Correct Answer An extra lobe
in the placenta?
What is velamentous insertion? Correct Answer umbilical
cord inserts away from the placental edge - danger of
tearing vessels during delivery (usually delivered by c-
section)
What is a rupture of the uterus associated with? Correct
Answer Uterine scars from surgery, trauma, or congenital
anomalies
Signs of the rupture of the uterus? Correct Answer 1.
Contractions disappear
2. FHR decelerates
What is uterine inversion? What causes it? Correct
Answer Uterus turns inside out. Can be caused by
physician tugging on umbilical cord for delivery of
placenta.
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is the most common reason for a c-section? Correct
Answer Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD): fetus cannot
fit through pelvis
What pelvis shape is most favorable for a vaginal
delivery? Correct Answer Gynecoid
Which pelvis shape does not allow for a vaginal delivery?
Correct Answer Platypelloid
What is a nuchal cord? Correct Answer Umbilical cord
around the fetal neck
What intervention is taken if the cord cannot slip over the
neck during the delivery? Correct Answer Clamp cord
twice and cut in between
What does POOF stand for? Correct Answer Positioning-
lateral
Oxygen
Oxytocin stopped
Fluid administration
,What is oligohydramnios? What may it lead to? Correct
Answer Too little amniotic fluid (less than 300 mL) which
may cause cord compression during contractions
What treatment may be required for oligohydramnios?
Correct Answer Amnioinfusion
What is polyhydramnios? What may it lead to? Correct
Answer Too much amniotic fluid (more than 2 L) which
may cause malpresentation or prolapse of umbilical cord
What is meconium stained amniotic fluid related to?
Correct Answer 1. Post maturity
2. Hypoxic stress
3. Breech presentation
4. Cord compression
T or F: You should always perform a vaginal exam for
bleeding when placenta previa is suspected Correct
Answer False, DO NOT EXAMINE VAGINALLY
What is abruptio placentae? Correct Answer Premature
separation of a normally implanted placenta
What are the causes of abruptio placentae? Correct
Answer HTN, trauma, diabetes, cocaine use, alcohol
abuse, cigarette smoking, PROM, or an abnormally short
umbilical cord
, What are further complications of abruptio placentae?
Correct Answer 1. Couvelaire Uterus: Blood in
myometrium
2. DIC: Abnormal coagulation
What are the s&s if DIC? Correct Answer 1. Easy bruising
2. Petechiae
3. Bleeding from intravenous sites
What is a Succuriate Lobe? Correct Answer An extra lobe
in the placenta?
What is velamentous insertion? Correct Answer umbilical
cord inserts away from the placental edge - danger of
tearing vessels during delivery (usually delivered by c-
section)
What is a rupture of the uterus associated with? Correct
Answer Uterine scars from surgery, trauma, or congenital
anomalies
Signs of the rupture of the uterus? Correct Answer 1.
Contractions disappear
2. FHR decelerates
What is uterine inversion? What causes it? Correct
Answer Uterus turns inside out. Can be caused by
physician tugging on umbilical cord for delivery of
placenta.
