VATI RN Maternal Newborn
Assessment Exam Questions
with Correct Solutions
User [Date] [Course title]
, A charge nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about substance use disorders during pregnancy.
Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the
teaching? - Correct Answer: Encourage client who are prescribed methadone to breastfeed.
A nurse is caring for a client who received terbutaline subcutaneously. Which of the following findings is
an indication the medication was effective? - Correct Answer: Decreased frequency of contractions.
A charge nurse is discussing care of clients who are in labor with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following actions should the charge nurse include in the teaching regarding situations requiring an
amniotomy? - Correct Answer: Placing a fetal scalp electrode.
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has preeclampsia prior to administering
labetalol. For which of the following findings should the nurse withhold the medication? - Correct
Answer: Heart rate 54/min
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 30 weeks of gestation and observes the client choking while eating
lunch. The client is unable to speak or cough. Identify the sequence of steps the nurse should take to
clear the airway obstruction. - Correct Answer: 1. Stand posterior to the client.
2. Position arms under the client's axilla and across the client's chest.
3. Place thumb-side of a clenched fist to the client's mid-sternum area.
4. Initiate chest thrust to the client using a backward motion.
-If the client becomes unconscious, the nurse should perform CPR and activate emergency medical
services.
A nurse is preparing to administer an opioid analgesic to a client who is in active labor. Which of the
following assessments should the nurse perform? (SATA) - Correct Answer: Maternal blood pressure.
Pain level.
Fetal heart rate.
A nurse is reviewing the medical records of a client who is at 8 wks. of gestation. Which of the following
findings should the nurse identify as a risk factor for developing preeclampsia? - Correct Answer:
Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Assessment Exam Questions
with Correct Solutions
User [Date] [Course title]
, A charge nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about substance use disorders during pregnancy.
Which of the following statements by the newly licensed nurse indicates an understanding of the
teaching? - Correct Answer: Encourage client who are prescribed methadone to breastfeed.
A nurse is caring for a client who received terbutaline subcutaneously. Which of the following findings is
an indication the medication was effective? - Correct Answer: Decreased frequency of contractions.
A charge nurse is discussing care of clients who are in labor with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the
following actions should the charge nurse include in the teaching regarding situations requiring an
amniotomy? - Correct Answer: Placing a fetal scalp electrode.
A nurse is reviewing the medical record of a client who has preeclampsia prior to administering
labetalol. For which of the following findings should the nurse withhold the medication? - Correct
Answer: Heart rate 54/min
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 30 weeks of gestation and observes the client choking while eating
lunch. The client is unable to speak or cough. Identify the sequence of steps the nurse should take to
clear the airway obstruction. - Correct Answer: 1. Stand posterior to the client.
2. Position arms under the client's axilla and across the client's chest.
3. Place thumb-side of a clenched fist to the client's mid-sternum area.
4. Initiate chest thrust to the client using a backward motion.
-If the client becomes unconscious, the nurse should perform CPR and activate emergency medical
services.
A nurse is preparing to administer an opioid analgesic to a client who is in active labor. Which of the
following assessments should the nurse perform? (SATA) - Correct Answer: Maternal blood pressure.
Pain level.
Fetal heart rate.
A nurse is reviewing the medical records of a client who is at 8 wks. of gestation. Which of the following
findings should the nurse identify as a risk factor for developing preeclampsia? - Correct Answer:
Rheumatoid Arthritis.
