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PERINATAL NURSING FINAL EXAM ALL 500
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Which Of the following, which response would you classify a pregnant woman as
being most at risk for substance use during pregnancy?
a) I quit smoking last year.
b) I drank alcohol quite a bit during college.
c) I tried marijuana and cocaine as a teenager.
d) I smoked one to two packs of cigarettes per day the month before I became pregnant. -
CORRECT ANS✔✔d) I smoked one to two packs of cigarettes per day the month before I became
pregnant.
Question: A biophysical profile with a score of _____ or greater is considered a sign of fetal
well-being.
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a) 16
b) 8
c) 4
d) 2 - CORRECT ANS✔✔b) 8
Question: Surgical, medical, or mechanical methods may be used for labor induction. Which
technique is considered a mechanical method of induction?
a) Vaginal insertion of prostaglandins
b) Transcervical catheter
c) IV Pitocin
d) Amniotomy - CORRECT ANS✔✔b) Transcervical catheter
Question: Cervidil (prostaglandin) has been ordered for a pregnant woman at 43 weeks of
gestation. The nurse recognizes that this medication will be administered to:
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a) Increase amniotic fluid volume
b) Stimulate the amniotic membranes to rupture
c) Ripen the cervix in preparation for labor induction
d) Enhance utter-placental perfusion in an aging placenta - CORRECT ANS✔✔c) Ripen the cervix
in preparation for labor induction
Question: A high probability of successful induction of labor is associated with a Bishop score
of:
a) >4
b) >6
c) >8 - CORRECT ANS✔✔c) >8
Question: Use of the vacuum extractor increases risk for:
a) medically indicated episiotomy
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b) third and fourth degree perineal tears
c) neonatal cephalohematoma and retinal hemorrhage - CORRECT ANS✔✔c) neonatal
cephalohematoma and retinal hemorrhage
Question: Amnioinfusion is a reasonable therapeutic option when there are recurrent:
a) accelerations
b) late decelerations
c) early decelerations
d) variable decelerations - CORRECT ANS✔✔d) variable decelerations
Question: Possible causes of the onset of labor include all of the following except:
a) placental aging
b) pressure on cervix
c) uterine muscles stretched
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PERINATAL NURSING FINAL EXAM ALL 500
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED ANSWERS
LATEST UPDATE JUST RELEASED THIS YEAR
Question: Which Of the following, which response would you classify a pregnant woman as
being most at risk for substance use during pregnancy?
a) I quit smoking last year.
b) I drank alcohol quite a bit during college.
c) I tried marijuana and cocaine as a teenager.
d) I smoked one to two packs of cigarettes per day the month before I became pregnant. -
CORRECT ANS✔✔d) I smoked one to two packs of cigarettes per day the month before I became
pregnant.
Question: A biophysical profile with a score of _____ or greater is considered a sign of fetal
well-being.
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a) 16
b) 8
c) 4
d) 2 - CORRECT ANS✔✔b) 8
Question: Surgical, medical, or mechanical methods may be used for labor induction. Which
technique is considered a mechanical method of induction?
a) Vaginal insertion of prostaglandins
b) Transcervical catheter
c) IV Pitocin
d) Amniotomy - CORRECT ANS✔✔b) Transcervical catheter
Question: Cervidil (prostaglandin) has been ordered for a pregnant woman at 43 weeks of
gestation. The nurse recognizes that this medication will be administered to:
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a) Increase amniotic fluid volume
b) Stimulate the amniotic membranes to rupture
c) Ripen the cervix in preparation for labor induction
d) Enhance utter-placental perfusion in an aging placenta - CORRECT ANS✔✔c) Ripen the cervix
in preparation for labor induction
Question: A high probability of successful induction of labor is associated with a Bishop score
of:
a) >4
b) >6
c) >8 - CORRECT ANS✔✔c) >8
Question: Use of the vacuum extractor increases risk for:
a) medically indicated episiotomy
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b) third and fourth degree perineal tears
c) neonatal cephalohematoma and retinal hemorrhage - CORRECT ANS✔✔c) neonatal
cephalohematoma and retinal hemorrhage
Question: Amnioinfusion is a reasonable therapeutic option when there are recurrent:
a) accelerations
b) late decelerations
c) early decelerations
d) variable decelerations - CORRECT ANS✔✔d) variable decelerations
Question: Possible causes of the onset of labor include all of the following except:
a) placental aging
b) pressure on cervix
c) uterine muscles stretched
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