NSG 3500 Exam 1 – Nursing Practice: Maternal Health (Galen College of
Nursing)
NSG 3500 EXAM 1 – NURSING PRACTICE: MATERNAL HEALTH (GALEN
COLLEGE OF NURSING) NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
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The perinatal nurse explains to the new nurse that the maternal pelvic shape can
determine the fetal presentation. A fetus in a traverse presentation may be due to
which maternal pelvic type?
a. android
b. anthropoid
c. gynecoid
d. platpelloid - Correct Answer-D
The clinic nurse explains to a student that the hormone responsible for limiting
the maternal immune response to pregnancy is which of the following?
a. human chorionic gonadotropin
b. progesterone
c. prostaglandin
d. relaxin - Correct Answer-A
The nursing instructor explains to the students that external female genitalia
develop under which influence?
a. absence of androgens
d. ductal pair dominance
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, NSG 3500 Exam 1 – Nursing Practice: Maternal Health (Galen College of
Nursing)
c. ovary production
d. process of oogonia - Correct Answer-A
A nursing instructor is planning to teach students about the process of oogenesis.
Which information does the nurse plan to include?
a. all polar bodies int he ovary become ova
b it is regulated by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
c. the Graafian follicle eventually secretes prolactin
d. it usually occurs in a twice-monthly cycle - Correct Answer-B
A pregnant woman calls the OB clinic nurse to complain of sharp abdominal pain
with coughing or sneezing. What action by the nurse is best?
a. explain that the pain is from stretching of the ligaments
b. have the woman count her contractions each hour while awake
c. place the woman on bedrest until her next clinic visit
d. tell the woman to come to the clinic today - Correct Answer-A
The nurse explains to the student that the development of the lining of the uterus
is mediated by which hormone?
a. follicle-stimulating hormone
b. luteinizing hormone
c. progesterone
d. prostaglandin - Correct Answer-C
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, NSG 3500 Exam 1 – Nursing Practice: Maternal Health (Galen College of
Nursing)
A 17-year-old female is brought to the family practice clinic by her mother, who is
worried that her daughter has not yet developed secondary sex characteristics.
Which action by the nurse is best?
a. assess a family pedigree for genetic influences
b. explain that some girls don't develop until their 20s
c. inform them that their daughter will be tested for estrogen deficiency
d. obtain a urine sample for a pregnancy test - Correct Answer-C
The nursing instructor explains to a class that important effects of estrogen in the
proliferative phase of the uterine cycle include which of the following?
a. causes uterine spiral arteries to constrict, limiting blood flow
b. causes changes in cervical mucus to facilitate sperm penetration
c. leads to changed causing the uterus to be receptive to a fertilized ovum
d. results in rupture of endometrial blood vessels and the onset of menses -
Correct Answer-B
A woman is in the family planning clinic to learn about her cycle and the best
times to get pregnant. What information should the nurse plan to teach her?
a. an ovum can be fertilized for 12-24 hrs after ovulation
b. pregnancy can only occur during the follicular phase
c. there are no physiological signs that demonstrate ovulation
d. you can easily get pregnant if your cycles are irregular - Correct Answer-A
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Nursing)
NSG 3500 EXAM 1 – NURSING PRACTICE: MATERNAL HEALTH (GALEN
COLLEGE OF NURSING) NEWEST ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
The perinatal nurse explains to the new nurse that the maternal pelvic shape can
determine the fetal presentation. A fetus in a traverse presentation may be due to
which maternal pelvic type?
a. android
b. anthropoid
c. gynecoid
d. platpelloid - Correct Answer-D
The clinic nurse explains to a student that the hormone responsible for limiting
the maternal immune response to pregnancy is which of the following?
a. human chorionic gonadotropin
b. progesterone
c. prostaglandin
d. relaxin - Correct Answer-A
The nursing instructor explains to the students that external female genitalia
develop under which influence?
a. absence of androgens
d. ductal pair dominance
1|Page
, NSG 3500 Exam 1 – Nursing Practice: Maternal Health (Galen College of
Nursing)
c. ovary production
d. process of oogonia - Correct Answer-A
A nursing instructor is planning to teach students about the process of oogenesis.
Which information does the nurse plan to include?
a. all polar bodies int he ovary become ova
b it is regulated by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)
c. the Graafian follicle eventually secretes prolactin
d. it usually occurs in a twice-monthly cycle - Correct Answer-B
A pregnant woman calls the OB clinic nurse to complain of sharp abdominal pain
with coughing or sneezing. What action by the nurse is best?
a. explain that the pain is from stretching of the ligaments
b. have the woman count her contractions each hour while awake
c. place the woman on bedrest until her next clinic visit
d. tell the woman to come to the clinic today - Correct Answer-A
The nurse explains to the student that the development of the lining of the uterus
is mediated by which hormone?
a. follicle-stimulating hormone
b. luteinizing hormone
c. progesterone
d. prostaglandin - Correct Answer-C
2|Page
, NSG 3500 Exam 1 – Nursing Practice: Maternal Health (Galen College of
Nursing)
A 17-year-old female is brought to the family practice clinic by her mother, who is
worried that her daughter has not yet developed secondary sex characteristics.
Which action by the nurse is best?
a. assess a family pedigree for genetic influences
b. explain that some girls don't develop until their 20s
c. inform them that their daughter will be tested for estrogen deficiency
d. obtain a urine sample for a pregnancy test - Correct Answer-C
The nursing instructor explains to a class that important effects of estrogen in the
proliferative phase of the uterine cycle include which of the following?
a. causes uterine spiral arteries to constrict, limiting blood flow
b. causes changes in cervical mucus to facilitate sperm penetration
c. leads to changed causing the uterus to be receptive to a fertilized ovum
d. results in rupture of endometrial blood vessels and the onset of menses -
Correct Answer-B
A woman is in the family planning clinic to learn about her cycle and the best
times to get pregnant. What information should the nurse plan to teach her?
a. an ovum can be fertilized for 12-24 hrs after ovulation
b. pregnancy can only occur during the follicular phase
c. there are no physiological signs that demonstrate ovulation
d. you can easily get pregnant if your cycles are irregular - Correct Answer-A
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