NSG 310 Exam 1 Practice Questions and Complete Solutions
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NSG 310
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NSG 310
The pseudo-anemia of pregnancy is caused by a greater increase in plasma volume than in hemoglobin levels
Vascular volume increases by 30-50% during pregnancy in order to provide adequate perfusion to the placenta
Pregnancy tests are based on the fact that early chorionic villa of the implanted o...
NSG 310 Exam 1 Practice Questions and
Complete Solutions
The pseudo-anemia of pregnancy is caused by ✅a greater increase in plasma volume
than in hemoglobin levels
Vascular volume increases by 30-50% during pregnancy in order to ✅provide
adequate perfusion to the placenta
Pregnancy tests are based on the fact that early chorionic villa of the implanted ovum
secretes the hormone that appears in the maternal blood and urine. This hormone is
✅hCG
The nurse is assessing a prenatal client at 25 weeks gestation. The nurse anticipates
measuring the fundal height at ✅25cms
*Which symptom is considered a first-trimester warning sign and should be reported
immediately* ✅vaginal bleeding
What is a major cause for the increase in multiple births in the United States?
✅increased use of infertility treatment
A woman in week 34 of gestation reports that she is very uncomfortable because of
heartburn. The nurse suggests that the woman ✅eat five small meals daily. this may
help with heartburn, nausea and vomiting
where does exchange of oxygen and waste products occur in the placenta ✅in the
chorionic villa
what is the interval between ovulation and implantation ✅- egg is released from
ovaries and travels down the fallopian tubes and waits 24 hours to be fertilized
- once conception occurs, the egg implants within 6-10 days
what should the titer level be in order to make sure that one is immune to rubella ✅at
least 1:8
what is the normal Hgb level in a pregnant woman ✅decreased, less than 11
what is the normal lab value for Hct in a pregnant woman ✅decreased, less than 33
what is the normal lab value for WBC in pregnant women ✅5-15k (elevated)
, what is the normal RBC count in pregnant women ✅5-6.25 (elevated)
what is the normal Neutrophil count in pregnancy ✅60-85% (elevated)
what is the normal number of lymphocytes in pregnancy ✅15-40%
what is the age of viability ✅20 weeks gestation
what is gravid ✅- gravid= how many times a woman has been pregnant, including
miscarriages and abortions
- gravida= woman who is pregnant
- gravidity= pregnancy
- multigravida= woman who has completed two or more pregnancies to stage of fetal
viability
what is para ✅the number of pregnancies a woman has had that have reached 20
weeks of gestation (fetal viability)
what is term ✅- how long a woman carried the baby when she delivered
- Full term is usually 38-42 weeks
what is premature ✅baby born/termination of fetus between 20 and 37 weeks
what is abortion ✅delivery before 20 weeks (spontaneous or elective); termination of
pregnancy
what does living mean ✅the number of children a woman has living now (including one
she just had)
what is alpha fetoprotein (AFP) ✅- produced in the fetal GI tract and liver and is found
in amniotic fluid
- increasing levels are detectable in the serum of pregnant women from 14-34 weeks of
gestation and are usually a screening tool for neural tube defects
- if EFP is high, means it is leaking out which can indicate spina bifida
what is EDC and how is it calculated ✅- estimated date of confinement (also seen as
estimated date of delivery, EDD)
- Nagel's rule: determine first day of last menstrual period, subtract 3 months, and add 7
days
how long is the umbilical cord and what is it composed of ✅- 2 cm in diameter and
ranges from 30-90cm long
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