OB ANTEPARTUM CARE NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+

OB ANTEPARTUM CARE NCLEX QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY GRADED A+ During an examination, a client who's 32 weeks' pregnant becomes dizzy, light-headed, and pale while supine. What should the nurse do first? 1. Listen to fetal heart tones. 2. Take the client's blood pressure 3. Ask the client to breathe deeply 4. Turn the client on her left side. 4. Turn the client on her left side. As the enlarging uterus increases pressure on the inferior vena cava, it compromises venous return, which can cause dizziness, light-headedness, and pallor when the client is supine. The nurse can relieve these symptoms by turning the client on her left side, which relieves pressure on the vena cava and restores venous return. Although they're valuable assessments, fetal heart tone and maternal blood pressure measurements don't correct the problem. Because deep breathing has no effect on venous return, it can't relieve the client's symptoms. A nurse is reinforcing the instructions given to a client in her education plan about the signs of labor. The nurse determines that the client has an accurate understanding of the instructions when which statement is made by the client? 1. "False contractions are regular" 2. "False contractions intensify with walking." 3. "False contractions usually occur in the abdomen." 4. "False contractions move from the back to the front of the abdomen." 3. "False contractions usually occur in the abdomen." False labor contractions are usually felt in the abdomen, are irregular, and are typically relieved by walking. True lab