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NSG 310 – Exam Questions andAnswers
Chorionic villa - Answer-Where does exchange of oxygen and waste products occur in
placenta?
6-10 days - Answer-What is the interval between ovulation and implantation?
1:8 - Answer-What should the titer level be in order to make sure that one is immune to
rubella?
Hgb: >11
Hct: >33
Wbc: 5,000-15,000
Rbc: 5-6.25
Nuetrophils: 60-85
Lymphocytes: 15-40 - Answer-What are the normal lab values for the pregnant women:
-Hgb
-Hct
-Wbc
-Rbc
-Nuetrophils
-Lymphocytes
There are no clear limits of gestational age but infants born at 22-25 weeks of gestation
are considered to be on the threshold of viability - Answer-What is the age of viability?
Gravid - Answer-How many times she has been pregnant including miscarriages and
abortions
Para - Answer-The number of pregnancies a woman has had that have reached 20
weeks of gestation
Term - Answer-How long she carried the baby when she delivered (full term = usually
38-42 weeks)
20-37 weeks - Answer-Premature is how many weeks?
Abortion - Answer-Delivery before 20 weeks (spontaneous or elective); termination of
pregnancy
Living - Answer-Number of children she has living now including the one she just had
-alpha feto protein
, -14-34
-Neural Tube Defects - Answer-_______________________ is produced in the fetal GI
tract and liver and increasing levels are detectable in the serum of pregnant women
from __________ weeks of gestation and are used as a screening tool for
____________________________
spina bifida - Answer-If AFP is high, that means it is leaking out which could indicate
______________________
Last menstrual period + 1 year - 3 months + 7 days - Answer-How is EDC calculated?
2 cm in diameter and ranges from 30-90 cm long - Answer-How long is the umbilical
cord at term?
-two
-one - Answer-Within the umbilical cord, _________ arteries carry blood from the
embryo to the chronic vili and _________ vein returns blood to the embryo
Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) - Answer-What hormone determines a positive
pregnancy test?
Endocrine gland? Placenta? - Answer-What produces estrogen, progesterone and HCG
in early pregnancy?
-Stimulates growth of uterus
-Enlargement of genitalia
-Excreted in urine as estriol - Answer-What does estrogen do?
-Maintains pregnancy and the endometrium
-Develops decidua
-Nourished embryo for 5 weeks
-Decreases contractility of uterus - Answer-What does progesterone do?
-Nausea and vomiting
-Basis of urinary pregnancy tests
-Preserves the function of the ovarian corpus luteum (produces progesterone in early
pregnancy; miscarriage occurs when it stops functioning) - Answer-What does hCG do?
Secretes progesterone - Answer-What hormone does the corpus luteum secrete the
first 10-12 weeks of pregnancy?
Respiration, nutrition, metabolic exchange - Answer-What are the main functions of the
placenta?
-Drug of choice for preventing and treating seizure activity
-to induce labor
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