VATI RN MATERNAL NEWBORN ACTUAL EXAMS
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A nurse is teaching a class to clients who are pregnant. Which of the following topics
should the nurse include in the discussion about cesarean birth? (SATA) - ✔✔1.
Management of postpartum pain
2. Advantage of early ambulation post-surgical procedure.
3. The need for an indwelling urinary catheter during delivery.
✔✔A nurse is providing teaching to a postpartum client about strategies to reduce the
risk of newborn abduction from the facility. Which of the following instructions should the
nurse include in the teaching? - ✔✔Bring your newborn in the bassinet into the
bathroom with you.
✔✔A charge nurse is providing teaching to a newly licensed nurse who is caring for a
client who has postpartum hemorrhagic shock. Which of the following statements
should the charge nurse make? - ✔✔The most accurate indication of organ perfusion is
a clients urine output.
✔✔A nurse is assessing a newborn who is breastfed and has a weight loss of 11% at
48hrs after birth. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
- ✔✔Depressed fontanels.
, ✔✔A nurse is caring for a postpartum client who is breastfeeding her newborn and
reports that her nipples have become sore and cracked. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make? - ✔✔Apply colostrum to the nipples after feeding to
help them heal.
✔✔A nurse is receiving report on four newborns born in the past 12hrs. Which of the
following newborns should the nurse assess first? - ✔✔A newborn who has an axillary
temperature of 36C (96.8F).
✔✔A nurse is teaching a new guardian how to correctly use a car seat. Which of the
following statements by the guardian indicates an understanding of the teaching? - ✔✔I
should keep my baby in a rear-facing car seat until he is 2yrs old.
✔✔A nurse is planning to obtain a blood specimen from a newborn via a heel stick.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - ✔✔Cleanse the puncture site
with alcohol gauze prior to the procedure.
✔✔A nurse is teaching a client who has hyperemesis gravidarum about dietary
modifications. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the
teaching? - ✔✔I will eat small, frequent meals throughout the day.
✔✔A nurse is caring for a group of clients who are postpartum. Which of the following
clients is at an increased risk for a fall? - ✔✔A client who has an indwelling urinary
catheter.
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who is 3 days postpartum. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take? - ✔✔Obtain a vaginal culture.
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who is in active labor and receiving epidural anesthesia.
The client reports feeling nauseated and experiences a blood pressure drop from
125/70 mm Hg to 90/50 mm Hg. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
first? - ✔✔Turn the client to a lateral position.
✔✔A client who is in active labor is admitted to a labor and delivery unit and reports,
"My water just broke and my baby is breech." Which of the following actions should the
nurse take first? - ✔✔Check fetal heart tones.
✔✔A nurse is assessing a client who is in active labor. The client reports back labor
pains. Which of the following nonpharmacological interventions should the nurse
provide to manage the clients pain? - ✔✔Encourage the support person to apply sacral
counterpressure.
SCRIPT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔A nurse is teaching a class to clients who are pregnant. Which of the following topics
should the nurse include in the discussion about cesarean birth? (SATA) - ✔✔1.
Management of postpartum pain
2. Advantage of early ambulation post-surgical procedure.
3. The need for an indwelling urinary catheter during delivery.
✔✔A nurse is providing teaching to a postpartum client about strategies to reduce the
risk of newborn abduction from the facility. Which of the following instructions should the
nurse include in the teaching? - ✔✔Bring your newborn in the bassinet into the
bathroom with you.
✔✔A charge nurse is providing teaching to a newly licensed nurse who is caring for a
client who has postpartum hemorrhagic shock. Which of the following statements
should the charge nurse make? - ✔✔The most accurate indication of organ perfusion is
a clients urine output.
✔✔A nurse is assessing a newborn who is breastfed and has a weight loss of 11% at
48hrs after birth. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider?
- ✔✔Depressed fontanels.
, ✔✔A nurse is caring for a postpartum client who is breastfeeding her newborn and
reports that her nipples have become sore and cracked. Which of the following
statements should the nurse make? - ✔✔Apply colostrum to the nipples after feeding to
help them heal.
✔✔A nurse is receiving report on four newborns born in the past 12hrs. Which of the
following newborns should the nurse assess first? - ✔✔A newborn who has an axillary
temperature of 36C (96.8F).
✔✔A nurse is teaching a new guardian how to correctly use a car seat. Which of the
following statements by the guardian indicates an understanding of the teaching? - ✔✔I
should keep my baby in a rear-facing car seat until he is 2yrs old.
✔✔A nurse is planning to obtain a blood specimen from a newborn via a heel stick.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - ✔✔Cleanse the puncture site
with alcohol gauze prior to the procedure.
✔✔A nurse is teaching a client who has hyperemesis gravidarum about dietary
modifications. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the
teaching? - ✔✔I will eat small, frequent meals throughout the day.
✔✔A nurse is caring for a group of clients who are postpartum. Which of the following
clients is at an increased risk for a fall? - ✔✔A client who has an indwelling urinary
catheter.
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who is 3 days postpartum. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take? - ✔✔Obtain a vaginal culture.
✔✔A nurse is caring for a client who is in active labor and receiving epidural anesthesia.
The client reports feeling nauseated and experiences a blood pressure drop from
125/70 mm Hg to 90/50 mm Hg. Which of the following actions should the nurse take
first? - ✔✔Turn the client to a lateral position.
✔✔A client who is in active labor is admitted to a labor and delivery unit and reports,
"My water just broke and my baby is breech." Which of the following actions should the
nurse take first? - ✔✔Check fetal heart tones.
✔✔A nurse is assessing a client who is in active labor. The client reports back labor
pains. Which of the following nonpharmacological interventions should the nurse
provide to manage the clients pain? - ✔✔Encourage the support person to apply sacral
counterpressure.
