COMPETENCY APPRAISAL 1

ASSIGNMENT 14
EXAM 14 RATIONALE

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Question Number: 9
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: During First Trimester, Miscarriages can happen (it may either be Threatened
miscarriage (early-under 16 weeks; Late-16 to 24 weeks), Imminent (inevitable)
miscarriage or Missed Miscarriage) however the cause is still “Unknown” but
majority may be possibly due to Chromosomal, Uterine Abnormalities

Reference:
Pillitteri, A. (2010). Chapter 21: Nursing Care of a Family Experiencing a Sudden Pregnancy
Complication. In A. Pillitteri, Maternal & Child Health Nursing Care of the
Childbearing & Childrearing Family, 6th Edition (p. 551). Philadelphia: Wolters
Kluwer: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

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Question Number: 35
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A Glucose tolerance test for non-pregnant women is done by drinking a liquid
containing a certain amount of glucose (usually 75 grams) which may take up
to 3 hours.

50 grams GTT is done for Pregnant women because all women appears to
develop insulin resistance as pregnancy progresses resulting in increased
normal body sugar level; 100 grams GTT is done when the pregnant
woman’s sugar level result after an hour of 50g OGTT is more than 140
mg/dL.
Reference:
Updated by: Brent Wisse, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of
Metabolism, Endocrinology & Nutrition, University of Washington School of
Medicine, Seattle, WA. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, Brenda Conaway, Editorial Director, and the A.D.A.M. Editorial team
(Aug.9,2018).https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003466.htm. A.D.A.M Inc.

Pillitteri A. (2010). Chapter 20 Nursing Care of a Family experiencing a

Pregnancy Complication from a Pre-existing or Newly Acquire Illness. In A.

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Pillitteri, Maternal and Child Health Nursing, Care of the Childbearing &
Childrearing Family, 6th Edition, Volume I (p.537-538). Wolters Kluwer Health/
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.