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Midterm Exam: NR602/ NR 602 (2026/2027 Update) Primary Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family Practicum Exam Review Guide with Questions and Answers ()
Midterm Exam: NR602/ NR 602 (2026/2027
Update) Primary Care of the
Childbearing and Childrearing Family
Practicum Exam Review Guide with
Correct Questions and Answers ()
Q: Presumptive signs of pregnancy
Answer:
amenorrhea,
Nausea (2-16 weeks gestation)
Breast engorgement & darkening of the areolas: Occurs as early as 6-8 weeks gestation
• Breast tenderness
• Fatigue
• Urinary Frequency
• Slight increase in body temperature
• "Quickening": Mother feels the baby's movements for the 1st time
Q: When does quickening occur?
Answer:
16-20 weeks
Q: Rise in temperature coincides with which phase and why
Answer:
luteal phase and is the result of increased progesterone
Q: What are probable signs of pregnancy?
Answer:
Goodwell's sign
Chadwick's Sign
Hegar's sign
Mcdonald's sign
abdominal enlargement
Braxton HIcks contractions
Ballottement
Striae- stretch marks, skin is stretched to its capacity
Positive pregnancy test
Q: What is Chadwick's sign?
Answer:
purplish or bluish discoloration of the cervix, vagina, and vulva caused by increased vascular
congestion
Q: What is Goodwell's sign?
Answer:
softening of the cervix
Q: What is Hegar's sign?
Answer:
Softening moves from the cervix to the uterus.
softening of the lower uterine segment
Q: What is the McDonald's sign
Answer:
flex the body of the uterus against the cervix
Q: What are Braxton Hicks contractions?
Answer:
irregular, painless contractions
Q: When do Braxton Hicks contractions occur?
Answer:
begin in 2nd trimester
Q: What is ballottement?
Answer:
fetal part is displaced by a light tap of the examining finger
Q: What are positive signs of pregnancy?
Answer:
Palpation of the fetus by the health care provider
• Ultrasound and visualization of the fetus
• Fetal Heart Tones (FHT) auscultated by the HCP
Q: Which of the following is considered a presumptive symptom of pregnancy
Answer:
Amenorrhea
Q: Urine pregnancy tests are qualitative tests because
Answer:
They provide a positive or negative result
Q: The urine pregnancy tests is positive when it
Answer:
Reads a higher threshold (5-50) Hcg
Q: Prenatal care should begin
Answer:
as early in the pregnancy as possible
As soon as diagnosis is made
Q: A positive at home pregnancy test should be repeated in office and is considered
Answer:
Objective measurement
Q: diagnosis of pregnancy warrants a referral to
Answer:
an obstetrician/gynecologist to manage prenatal care and the delivery of the newborn.
Q: Naegele's Rule
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