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Exam 1: NUR254 / NUR 254 (

Update 2025 / 2026) Concepts of Nursing; The Childbearing and Child Caring Families Test Review Questions and Answers - Galen

Question:

GI changes

Answer:

-decreased GI motility

• nausea/vomiting
• constipation/hemorrhoids
• delayed gallbladder emptying
• increased vascularity of gums, salvia
• heart burn
• hiatal hernia
• hems

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Question:

Renal changes

Answer:

• uterus relax, bladder displacement
• increased urinary stasis, frequency and UTI risk
• decreased bladder tone
• reduction in creatine, BUN and uric acid levels

Question:

cardio vascular system

• second trimester

Answer:

• slight hypertrophy, placement up and forward
• pulse increase- palpitations
• increased blood volume & cardiac output
• hyper coagulable state
• thrombosis risk

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Question:

respiratory changes

Answer:

-Increased oxygen consumption -Elevated diaphragm

-Increased chest circumference: dyspnea

Question:

vena cava syndrome

Answer:

Woman is supine. This reduces the blood flow returning to the heart and may cause maternal hypotension then baby becomes hypotoxic.

Question:

Musculosketal System

Answer:

• center of gravity shift forward, lordosis
• relaxation of joints
• gait unsteady
• abd muscles stretch and lose

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