LATEST INTRODUCTORY MATERNITY AND
PEDIATRIC NURSING FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ A pregnant woman is at her 28 week prenatal visit. The nurse
gives her a sugar drink for what reason? Answer: Test for diabetes
◉ How should the nurse intervene to relieve perineal bruising and
edema following delivery? Answer: Place an ince pack on the area
for 12 hours.
◉ What is the nurse's primarily intervention in the initial care of the
newborn? Answer: Thermoregulation
◉ One hour post delivery the nurse notes the new mother has
saturated three perineal pads. What is the most appropriate nursing
action? Answer: Check the fundus for position and firmness.
◉ What does meconium-stained amniotic fluid indicate when the
infant is in a vertex presentation? Answer: Fetal distress
◉ The nurse tells the laboring woman that the baby is at minus 1
station. This means: Answer: "Fetal head is above the ischial spines."
, ◉ Vaginal examination reveals the presenting part is the infant's
head, which is well flexed on the chest. What is this presentation?
Answer: Vertex
◉ While discussing labor and delivery during a prenatal visit, a
primigravida asks the nurse when she should go to the hospital.
What is the nurse's most informative response? Answer: When
membranes have ruptured"
◉ A pregnant woman arrives at the emergency department (ED) and
reports she is in labor. After a thorough examination and diagnostic
testing, it is determined to be false labor. What signs and symptoms
would lead the nurse to suspect false labor? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: Positive Ballorment
Painless tightening of abdominal muscles
Cervix thick and not effaced
◉ Why should the nurse encourage the mother to void during the
fourth stage of labor? Answer: A full bladder could predispose the
mother to uterine hemorrhage.
◉ The nurse is caring for woman in the first stage of labor. What will
the nurse remind the patient about contractions during this stage of
labor? Answer: They dialate and efface the cervix.
PEDIATRIC NURSING FINAL STUDY GUIDE 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ A pregnant woman is at her 28 week prenatal visit. The nurse
gives her a sugar drink for what reason? Answer: Test for diabetes
◉ How should the nurse intervene to relieve perineal bruising and
edema following delivery? Answer: Place an ince pack on the area
for 12 hours.
◉ What is the nurse's primarily intervention in the initial care of the
newborn? Answer: Thermoregulation
◉ One hour post delivery the nurse notes the new mother has
saturated three perineal pads. What is the most appropriate nursing
action? Answer: Check the fundus for position and firmness.
◉ What does meconium-stained amniotic fluid indicate when the
infant is in a vertex presentation? Answer: Fetal distress
◉ The nurse tells the laboring woman that the baby is at minus 1
station. This means: Answer: "Fetal head is above the ischial spines."
, ◉ Vaginal examination reveals the presenting part is the infant's
head, which is well flexed on the chest. What is this presentation?
Answer: Vertex
◉ While discussing labor and delivery during a prenatal visit, a
primigravida asks the nurse when she should go to the hospital.
What is the nurse's most informative response? Answer: When
membranes have ruptured"
◉ A pregnant woman arrives at the emergency department (ED) and
reports she is in labor. After a thorough examination and diagnostic
testing, it is determined to be false labor. What signs and symptoms
would lead the nurse to suspect false labor? (Select all that apply.)
Answer: Positive Ballorment
Painless tightening of abdominal muscles
Cervix thick and not effaced
◉ Why should the nurse encourage the mother to void during the
fourth stage of labor? Answer: A full bladder could predispose the
mother to uterine hemorrhage.
◉ The nurse is caring for woman in the first stage of labor. What will
the nurse remind the patient about contractions during this stage of
labor? Answer: They dialate and efface the cervix.
