Maternity Nursing Exam With
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week 1 - week 13 [+ 12]
second trimester
week 14 - week 26 [+12]
third trimester
week 27 - week 40
presumptive signs of pregnancy
-presumptive = assumptive -CORRECT ANSWER amenorrhea
nausea and vomiting
breast tenderness [excessive hormone]
*urinary frequency* - maybe the one of first signs
what hormone causes amenorrhea? -CORRECT ANSWER progesterone
probable signs of pregnancy -CORRECT ANSWER -positive pregnancy test - test high
hcg (hCG level)
-Chadwick's sign
-Braxton Hick contraction
-Goodwell's sign
-Hegar's sign
-uterine enlargement
skin pigment changes:
-linea nigra [middle dark line]
-abdominal striae [stretch mark]
-darkening on aerola [around nipples]
-facial chloasma [mask of pregnancy]
what else can cause high hcg level leads to positive pregnancy test -CORRECT
ANSWER drugs
and hydatidiform mole
chadwick's sign -CORRECT ANSWER bruising on cervix and vaginal mucosa
-week 4
, Hegar's sign -CORRECT ANSWER softening of the lower uterine segments
second and third month
Goodwell's sign -CORRECT ANSWER softening of cervix
-second month
Braxton Hick contraction -CORRECT ANSWER through pregnancy
move blood flow to placenta
positive pregnancy signs -CORRECT ANSWER -fetal heartbeat: 10 - 12 months
-fetascope: 17 -20 months
-*nurse* feels fetal movement
-ultrasounds
GTPAL -CORRECT ANSWER G: gravidity
how many times that a woman is pregnant
T: term > 37 weeks
P: Preterm < 37 weeks
A: abortion: including spontaneously and selective
L: living children
TPAL = parity
parity = fetus make it beyond 20 weeks, including 20 weeks
viability -CORRECT ANSWER fetus make it beyond 20 weeks, not including 20 week, is
considered viable, also means fetus has the ability living outside of womb
Naegela's rule to calculate estimate due date -CORRECT ANSWER last date of
menstrual date + 7 days - 3 months + 1 year
or Yixi's thinking easier way
last date of menstrual date + 9 months + 7 days
nutrition requirement for pregnant women for *first trimester* -CORRECT ANSWER -4
food groups
-increase calories by 300 kcal for adults pregnancy, increase calories by 500 kcal for
*adolescent* pregnancy
-increase protein to 60 grams per day
expected weight gain for first trimester -CORRECT ANSWER 4 pounds
why do pregnant women not like to take iron supplements? -CORRECT ANSWER it
causes constipation and GI upset
Questions And Detailed
Answers||Latest Exam 2026-
2027||Already Graded A+
week 1 - week 13 [+ 12]
second trimester
week 14 - week 26 [+12]
third trimester
week 27 - week 40
presumptive signs of pregnancy
-presumptive = assumptive -CORRECT ANSWER amenorrhea
nausea and vomiting
breast tenderness [excessive hormone]
*urinary frequency* - maybe the one of first signs
what hormone causes amenorrhea? -CORRECT ANSWER progesterone
probable signs of pregnancy -CORRECT ANSWER -positive pregnancy test - test high
hcg (hCG level)
-Chadwick's sign
-Braxton Hick contraction
-Goodwell's sign
-Hegar's sign
-uterine enlargement
skin pigment changes:
-linea nigra [middle dark line]
-abdominal striae [stretch mark]
-darkening on aerola [around nipples]
-facial chloasma [mask of pregnancy]
what else can cause high hcg level leads to positive pregnancy test -CORRECT
ANSWER drugs
and hydatidiform mole
chadwick's sign -CORRECT ANSWER bruising on cervix and vaginal mucosa
-week 4
, Hegar's sign -CORRECT ANSWER softening of the lower uterine segments
second and third month
Goodwell's sign -CORRECT ANSWER softening of cervix
-second month
Braxton Hick contraction -CORRECT ANSWER through pregnancy
move blood flow to placenta
positive pregnancy signs -CORRECT ANSWER -fetal heartbeat: 10 - 12 months
-fetascope: 17 -20 months
-*nurse* feels fetal movement
-ultrasounds
GTPAL -CORRECT ANSWER G: gravidity
how many times that a woman is pregnant
T: term > 37 weeks
P: Preterm < 37 weeks
A: abortion: including spontaneously and selective
L: living children
TPAL = parity
parity = fetus make it beyond 20 weeks, including 20 weeks
viability -CORRECT ANSWER fetus make it beyond 20 weeks, not including 20 week, is
considered viable, also means fetus has the ability living outside of womb
Naegela's rule to calculate estimate due date -CORRECT ANSWER last date of
menstrual date + 7 days - 3 months + 1 year
or Yixi's thinking easier way
last date of menstrual date + 9 months + 7 days
nutrition requirement for pregnant women for *first trimester* -CORRECT ANSWER -4
food groups
-increase calories by 300 kcal for adults pregnancy, increase calories by 500 kcal for
*adolescent* pregnancy
-increase protein to 60 grams per day
expected weight gain for first trimester -CORRECT ANSWER 4 pounds
why do pregnant women not like to take iron supplements? -CORRECT ANSWER it
causes constipation and GI upset
