2026 Update) Nursing Care of the
Childbearing Family| Questions with Verified
Answers| 100% Correct| Grade A- GCU.
Perinatal - CORRECT ANSWER-All stages of pregnancy, birth, and the first 6 weeks after birth is
described as the term:
Antepartum - CORRECT ANSWER-Prenatal; period before birth:
Postpartum - CORRECT ANSWER-First 6 weeks after childbirth:
Down - CORRECT ANSWER-Trends in fertility and birth rate in the U.S. is currently going:
Healthy People 2030 - CORRECT ANSWER-This resource's goal is to reduce maternal/fetal
morbidity and mortality
Doula - CORRECT ANSWER-A caregiver who provides continuous physical, emotional, and
educational support for the mother before, during, and after childbirth.
Vaginal Birth After Cesarean - CORRECT ANSWER-VBAC
True; depending on scenario - CORRECT ANSWER-T/F: Nurses can start medications on the
laboring patient without the physician present/orders
, Legal negligence - CORRECT ANSWER-Care given against standard of care, it standard not met
and harm resulted.
Failure to rescue - CORRECT ANSWER-Not recognizing or acting early on signs of distress is
referred to as:
1 - Careful surveillance
2- quick actions to initiate appropriate interventions
3- activate a team response - CORRECT ANSWER-Three components to acting early when a
laboring patient or their fetus goes into distress:
Nuclear Family - CORRECT ANSWER-The traditional American family in which husband, wife, and
their children (either biologic or adopted) live as an independent unit, sharing roles,
responsibilities, and economic resources
Gravida - CORRECT ANSWER-Woman who is pregnant is referred to as:
Gravidity - CORRECT ANSWER-Pregnancy
Nulligravida - CORRECT ANSWER-A woman who has never been pregnant is referred to as:
Primigravida - CORRECT ANSWER-A woman who is pregnant for the first time is referred to as:
Multigravida - CORRECT ANSWER-A woman who has had two or more pregnancies is referred to
as:
Parity - CORRECT ANSWER-Number of pregnancies in which fetus/fetuses have reached viability
(20 weeks), NOT number of fetuses born