Maternity & obstetric nursing worksheet with answers

When is the best time to teach a new mother about baby care, according to Rubin's phases?

1. AIn the first hour after birth
2. BIn the letting-go phase
3. CIn the taking-in phase
4. DIn the taking-hold phase

What is Goodell's sign?

1. AA bluish colour of the cervix
2. BFetal movements felt by the examiner
3. CSoftening of the lower uterine segment
4. DSoftening of the cervix

A pregnant teenager is at increased risk of which complication?

1. AMultiple pregnancy
2. BPost-term pregnancy beyond 42 weeks
3. CMacrosomia and shoulder dystocia
4. DPreterm birth and low birth weight

In early pregnancy, how does the serum hCG level normally change?

1. AIt falls steadily from the day of implantation
2. BIt stays at the same level throughout the first trimester
3. CIt rises slowly until it peaks just before birth
4. DIt roughly doubles every 2 to 3 days in the first weeks

After birth of the baby, the placenta has not been delivered after a long time despite active management. What is this called?

1. APlacenta praevia
2. BPlacental abruption
3. CUterine inversion
4. DRetained placenta

Which newborn complication is linked to poorly controlled gestational diabetes?

1. AA very small baby with growth restriction in most cases
2. BCongenital rubella
3. CRh disease of the newborn
4. DMacrosomia (a large baby) and birth injury

A woman at 30 weeks has regular painful contractions every 5 minutes with cervical change. Which treatment is expected to protect the baby's lungs if birth occurs?

1. AMethylergonovine
2. BAntenatal corticosteroids
3. COxytocin
4. DAnti-D immunoglobulin

A woman at 26 weeks has a haemoglobin of 95 g/L (9.5 g/dL) and a low ferritin. She is already taking oral iron but has severe side effects. What might be considered?

1. AIntravenous iron
2. BDoubling her caffeine intake
3. CA routine blood transfusion
4. DStopping iron and waiting until after birth