NCLEX-PN

Category - Health Promotion

The nurse is teaching a group of student nurses about assessing a pregnant female client. Which of the following are probable signs of pregnancy?
  1. Quickening, Hegar’s sign, Goodell’s sign
  2. Fetal heart rate, fetal movements as felt by the examiner, fetal outline on ultrasound
  3. Ballottement, Hegars’s sign, Braxton-Hicks contractions
  4. Uterine enlargement, nausea and vomiting, linea nigra
Explanation
Answer: C - Ballottement, Hegar’s sign, Braxton-Hicks contractions, and Goodell’s sign are probable signs. Items in option B are positive signs and items in option D are presumptive signs. Quickening is a presumptive sign.
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