Exam 1: NUR254 / NUR 254 (Latest
Update 2025 / 2026) Concepts of Nursing; The Childbearing and Child Caring Families | Test Review Questions and Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct - 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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