NUR 254 Exam 1
1. GESTATION
Answer Age of pregnancy
2. TRIMESTER
Answer Segment of pregnancy (13 weeks)
3. ANTEPARTUM
Answer Total time of pregnancy
4. INTRAPARTUM
Answer Labor and birth
5. POSTPARTUM
Answer Return to pre-pregnancy state (6 weeks post delivery)
6. GRAVIDA
Answer pregnant woman
7. NULLIGRAVIDA
Answer a woman who has never been pregnant
8. MULTIGRAVIDA 1 / 3
Answer a woman who has had two or more pregnancies
9. GRAVIDITY
Answer number of pregnancies regardless of outcome
10. PARA
Answer Number of viable deliveries (at least 20 weeks gestation)
11. TERM
Answer 38 to 42 weeks gestation
12. VIABILITY
Answer Currently 22 to 24 weeks gestation
13. GTPAL
Answer G-gravidity
T-total number of preterm births P-Total number of preterm births A-Total number of abortions (Spontaneous or elective) L-Total number of living children
14. PRESUMPTIVE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
Answer subjective signs or objective changes experienced by
mother those felt by the woman (amenorrhea, fatigue, nausea and vomiting, breast changes) 2 / 3
15. PROBABLE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
Answer (examiners objective findings) Positive pregnancy test, enlarge abdomen uterus, Gooddells signs, chadwick, hegars signs, ballottement, braxtons hicks contractions
16. POSITIVE SIGNS OF PREGNANCY
Answer xray, ultrasound, auscultation of fetal HR on doppler 10 weeks, examiner (not the mother) palpates fetal movement
- When is initial prenatal OB appointment?
Answer 8-12 weeks
- Immunizations for pregnancy
Answer Rubella, vericella, influenza, hep C, pertussis
- Follow up prenatal visits
Answer Initial visits up to 28 weeks are monthly 29-36 weeks is every 2 weeks
37-40 weeks weekly
- How to measure fundal height?
Answer Measure distance from pubic symphysis to the height part of the uterus
- Gestational age?
Answer Determined from menstrual hx, contraceptive hx, pregnancy test result and clinical evaluations
- Rh status
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