Chapter 3 Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 2nd Edition

Chapter 3  Maternity and Pediatric Nursing 2nd Edition

Complete Chapter Questions And Answers
 

Sample Questions

1.
When describing the menstrual cycle to a group of young women, the nurse explains that estrogen levels are highest during which phase of the endometrial cycle?
A)
Menstrual
B)
Proliferative
C)
Secretory
D)
Ischemic

2.
After teaching a group of adolescent girls about female reproductive development, the nurse determines that teaching was successful when the girls state that menarche is defined as a woman’s first:
A)
Sexual experience
B)
Full hormonal cycle
C)
Menstrual period
D)
Sign of breast development

3.
A client with a 28-day cycle reports that she ovulated on May 10. The nurse would expect the client’s next menses to begin on:
A)
May 24
B)
May 26
C)
May 30
D)
June 1

4.
Which female reproductive tract structure would the nurse describe to a group of young women as containing rugae that enable it to dilate during labor and birth?
A)
Cervix
B)
Fallopian tube
C)
Vagina
D)
Vulva

5.
After teaching a group of pregnant women about breast-feeding, the nurse determines that the teaching was successful when the group identifies which hormone as important for the production of breast milk after childbirth?
A)
Placental estrogen
B)
Progesterone
C)
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone
D)
Prolactin

6.
The nurse is assessing a 13-year-old girl who has had her first menses. Which of the following events would the nurse expect to have occurred first?
A)
Evidence of pubic hair
B)
Development of breast buds
C)
Onset of menses
D)
Growth spurt

Answer Key

1.
B
2.
C
3.
A
4.
C
5.
D
6.
B