Maternity and Women's Health Nursing:
Women's Health Exam Questions With
100% Complete Solution Graded A+
A nurse instructs a client who is taking oral contraceptives to increase her intake of
dietary supplements. Which supplement should be increased?
Calcium
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Potassium - ANSWER-Vitamin C
A nurse is providing dietary counseling to a client at 14 weeks' gestation. The client is a
recent immigrant from Asia, and the nurse explores the foods that the client usually
eats. Which foods should the nurse counsel the client to avoid during pregnancy?
(Select all that apply.)
1.Yogurt
2.Oily fish
3.Apricots
4.Raw shellfish
5.Herbal supplements
6.Soft-scrambled eggs - ANSWER-4.Raw shellfish
5.Herbal supplements
6.Soft-scrambled eggs
,A nurse is caring for an adolescent in labor an hour after she was admitted to the
birthing unit. The adolescent is anxious and tense. She cries during contractions and
asks the nurse for epidural anesthesia. The nurse obtains the adolescent's current vital
signs and reviews her history and admission information. What nursing interventions are
essential before epidural anesthesia is administered? (Select all that apply.)
1.Performing a baseline vaginal examination
2.Telling the adolescent what to expect with each procedure
3.Identifying risk factors that contraindicate epidural anesthesia
4.Having the parents sign a consent form for the epidural anesthesia
5.Explaining the need to stay in one position while the epidural catheter is in place -
ANSWER-1.Performing a baseline vaginal examination
2.Telling the adolescent what to expect with each procedure
3.Identifying risk factors that contraindicate epidural anesthesia
Methods of relieving back pain are explained during a childbirth class. What activities
identified by the client permit the nurse to conclude that the teaching has been
understood? (Select all that apply.)
1.Tailor sitting
2.Pelvic rocking
3.Forward tilting
4 .Sacral pressure
5.Kegel exercises - ANSWER-2.Pelvic rocking
3.Forward tilting
4 .Sacral pressure
,Contraceptives that contain estrogen-like and/or progesterone-like compounds are
prepared in a variety of forms. Which contraceptives should the nurse tell clients have a
hormonal component? (Select all that apply.)
1.Oral drugs
2.Diaphragm
3.Cervical cap
4.Female condoms
5.Foam spermicide.
6.Transdermal agents - ANSWER-1.Oral drugs
6.Transdermal agents
A client undergoes anterior and posterior surgical repair of a cystocele and rectocele
and returns from the postanesthesia care unit with an indwelling catheter in place. What
should the nurse tell the client about the primary reasons for the catheter? (Select all
that apply.)
1.Discomfort is minimized.
2.Bladder tone is maintained.
3.Retention of urine is prevented.
4.Pressure on the suture line is relieved.
5.Hourly urine output can be easily measured - ANSWER-1.Discomfort is minimized
3.Retention of urine is prevented.
4.Pressure on the suture line is relieved.
A client comes to the fertility clinic for hysterosalpingography using radiopaque contrast
material to determine whether her fallopian tubes are patent. When preparing for the
test, the nurse explains to the client that she:
, 1.Will receive a local anesthetic and the pain will lessen
2.Will have to rest in bed for 8 hours after the test is completed
3.May have some persistent shoulder pain for 14 hours after the test
4.May become nauseated during the test, but the nausea will subside - ANSWER-
3.May have some persistent shoulder pain for 14 hours after the test
A nurse at a women's health clinic confirms that client teaching regarding the use of an
oral contraceptive is understood when the client states, "I:
1.Can stop the pill and try to get pregnant right away"
2.May miss two periods and not worry about being pregnant"
3.Will put a baby's picture on my bathroom mirror so I'll see it every morning"
4.Am so glad we won't have to use condoms even if I miss just one pill during the
month" - ANSWER-3.Will put a baby's picture on my bathroom mirror so I'll see it every
morning"
What antidote to the side effects of terbutaline (Brethine) should a nurse have
available?
1.Levodopa (l-Dopa)
2.Furosemide (Lasix)
3.Ritodrine (Yutopar)
4.Propranolol (Inderal) - ANSWER-4.Propranolol (Inderal)
A nurse is caring for a client who is being given intravenous magnesium sulfate to treat
preeclampsia. Which adverse side effect alerts the nurse to notify the health care
provider?
Women's Health Exam Questions With
100% Complete Solution Graded A+
A nurse instructs a client who is taking oral contraceptives to increase her intake of
dietary supplements. Which supplement should be increased?
Calcium
Vitamin C
Vitamin E
Potassium - ANSWER-Vitamin C
A nurse is providing dietary counseling to a client at 14 weeks' gestation. The client is a
recent immigrant from Asia, and the nurse explores the foods that the client usually
eats. Which foods should the nurse counsel the client to avoid during pregnancy?
(Select all that apply.)
1.Yogurt
2.Oily fish
3.Apricots
4.Raw shellfish
5.Herbal supplements
6.Soft-scrambled eggs - ANSWER-4.Raw shellfish
5.Herbal supplements
6.Soft-scrambled eggs
,A nurse is caring for an adolescent in labor an hour after she was admitted to the
birthing unit. The adolescent is anxious and tense. She cries during contractions and
asks the nurse for epidural anesthesia. The nurse obtains the adolescent's current vital
signs and reviews her history and admission information. What nursing interventions are
essential before epidural anesthesia is administered? (Select all that apply.)
1.Performing a baseline vaginal examination
2.Telling the adolescent what to expect with each procedure
3.Identifying risk factors that contraindicate epidural anesthesia
4.Having the parents sign a consent form for the epidural anesthesia
5.Explaining the need to stay in one position while the epidural catheter is in place -
ANSWER-1.Performing a baseline vaginal examination
2.Telling the adolescent what to expect with each procedure
3.Identifying risk factors that contraindicate epidural anesthesia
Methods of relieving back pain are explained during a childbirth class. What activities
identified by the client permit the nurse to conclude that the teaching has been
understood? (Select all that apply.)
1.Tailor sitting
2.Pelvic rocking
3.Forward tilting
4 .Sacral pressure
5.Kegel exercises - ANSWER-2.Pelvic rocking
3.Forward tilting
4 .Sacral pressure
,Contraceptives that contain estrogen-like and/or progesterone-like compounds are
prepared in a variety of forms. Which contraceptives should the nurse tell clients have a
hormonal component? (Select all that apply.)
1.Oral drugs
2.Diaphragm
3.Cervical cap
4.Female condoms
5.Foam spermicide.
6.Transdermal agents - ANSWER-1.Oral drugs
6.Transdermal agents
A client undergoes anterior and posterior surgical repair of a cystocele and rectocele
and returns from the postanesthesia care unit with an indwelling catheter in place. What
should the nurse tell the client about the primary reasons for the catheter? (Select all
that apply.)
1.Discomfort is minimized.
2.Bladder tone is maintained.
3.Retention of urine is prevented.
4.Pressure on the suture line is relieved.
5.Hourly urine output can be easily measured - ANSWER-1.Discomfort is minimized
3.Retention of urine is prevented.
4.Pressure on the suture line is relieved.
A client comes to the fertility clinic for hysterosalpingography using radiopaque contrast
material to determine whether her fallopian tubes are patent. When preparing for the
test, the nurse explains to the client that she:
, 1.Will receive a local anesthetic and the pain will lessen
2.Will have to rest in bed for 8 hours after the test is completed
3.May have some persistent shoulder pain for 14 hours after the test
4.May become nauseated during the test, but the nausea will subside - ANSWER-
3.May have some persistent shoulder pain for 14 hours after the test
A nurse at a women's health clinic confirms that client teaching regarding the use of an
oral contraceptive is understood when the client states, "I:
1.Can stop the pill and try to get pregnant right away"
2.May miss two periods and not worry about being pregnant"
3.Will put a baby's picture on my bathroom mirror so I'll see it every morning"
4.Am so glad we won't have to use condoms even if I miss just one pill during the
month" - ANSWER-3.Will put a baby's picture on my bathroom mirror so I'll see it every
morning"
What antidote to the side effects of terbutaline (Brethine) should a nurse have
available?
1.Levodopa (l-Dopa)
2.Furosemide (Lasix)
3.Ritodrine (Yutopar)
4.Propranolol (Inderal) - ANSWER-4.Propranolol (Inderal)
A nurse is caring for a client who is being given intravenous magnesium sulfate to treat
preeclampsia. Which adverse side effect alerts the nurse to notify the health care
provider?
