FREE Inpatient Obstetric Nurse Trivia Questions and Answers

Question 1

The fetus is at risk when a pregnant woman has organic mercury poisoning (methyl mercury) yet shows little symptoms.

Accepted Answer

High risk of impairment

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Virtually no risk of impairment

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Slight risk of impairment

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None of the above

Question 2

What treatment is recommended for a pregnant Graves' disease patient?

Accepted Answer

Propylthiouracil

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Radioactive iodine

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Methimazole

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None of the above

Question 3

The condition known as fetal scalp edema, which develops when the skull presses against the cervix, is

Accepted Answer

Caput succedaneum

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Molding

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Cephalohematoma

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None of the above

Question 4

How many weeks do post-term pregnancy last?

Accepted Answer

42

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39

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40

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41

Question 5

The kind of human milk that gives a newborn passive immunity is

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Colostrum

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Transitional

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Mature foremilk

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None of the above

Question 6

The main danger of having a midline episiotomy is

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Laceration

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Hemorrhage

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Urinary incontinence

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None of the above

Question 7

When hypertension without proteinuria appears after 20 weeks of pregnancy and continues for 6 weeks into the postpartum period, it is referred to as

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Gestational hypertension

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Chronic hypertension

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Preeclampsia

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None of the above