NURB 334 Final Exam questions and complete correct answers 2024
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NURB
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NURB
What is the scope of maternity nursing - correct answer Caring for patient, baby, partner and family pre-pregnancy through postpartum.
What are landmark years and changes within Maternity Nursing? - correct answer 1920s: spike in mortality led to origin of maternity nursing in trying to discover...
What is the scope of maternity nursing - correct answer Caring for patient, baby, partner and family pre-
pregnancy through postpartum.
What are landmark years and changes within Maternity Nursing? - correct answer 1920s: spike in
mortality led to origin of maternity nursing in trying to discover how to lower rates
1940s: extended care to include family during pregnancy process
1969: Association of Women's Health, Obstretical, and Neonatal nurses was born (governing)
Today: has subspecialties in maternity nursing
How has Maternity Nursing changed over the years? - correct answer Changed from looking at
pregnancy as solely a medical procedure to more patient driven and viewing pregnancy and birth as
healthcare provdiers being partners in care
Ethnocentrism - correct answer is the negative end viewing one's own culture as the best for everyone
Cultural relativism - correct answer is the positive end where you view your own culture as what is best
for you but value that another persons culture is what is best for them. This value comes in the form of
learning about and applying others cultures
Cultural competence - correct answer is having knowledge about patients culture so that you can act in a
way that meets clients' needs
hCG - correct answer initial hormone to maintain pregnancy
-prevents involution of corpus luteum.
-Corpus luteum increases production of estrogen & progesterone until the 11th week, when the placenta
takes over.
-Maximum level at 50-70 days & then begins to decrease.
-After progetersone and estrogen take over so hCG is no longer necessary
,-Detectable in maternal blood as soon as implantation occurs, usually 8-10 days after fertilization.
-Basis for pregnancy tests.
hCS - correct answer adjusts metabolism
-Stimulates adjustments in metabolism, so that adequate protein, glucose, & minerals are available for
developing fetus.
-Increases resistance to insulin, facilitates glucose transport across placental membrane, & stimulates
breast development.
progesterone - correct answer relaxation
-Responsible for body tissues to "relax" or decrease tone.
-Vascular: relax blood vessel walls (causes hemorrhoids and edema)
-GI: constipation, heartburn and gall bladder disease
-Respiratory: decrease airway resistance
-Renal: urinary stasis, bladder infections and UTIs
estrogen - correct answer proliferation
-Builds Tissue: Either increases the size or # of tissues, blood vessels, & blood cells.
-increase size of uterus, external genitalia, breast, blood, lymphatic, nerve supply to uterus
-Increased tidal volume (essentially how much the lungs can hold) (how much is availabel for gas
exchange), more efficiently ventilating
-Decreased blood PCO2
-Increased tidal volume
pregnancy metabolic changes - correct answer -Cells become insulin resistant
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