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NUR 125 Quiz 1 Questions and Answers
Preventing and treating infections during childbirth have reduced
maternal and infant mortality rates. Of the following, which
scientific advancement has done the most to improve neonatal
mortality statistics?
Ans: Treatment advances for preterm infants
Which of the following are ethical dilemmas?
Ans: Using a surrogate for a pregnancy, research on umbilical cord
blood, and treating a very premature infant
The nurse collects data and begins to develop a trust relationship
with the client in which component of the nursing process?
Ans: Assesment
The nurse gives the client a bed bath and assists the client to eat
his breakfast. This is which component of the nursing process?
Ans: Implementation
In caring for clients, a healthcare team often uses critical
pathways. Which of the following are reasons critical pathways are
used?
Ans: Decreases cost for the client and hospital is followed by all
members of the healthcare team, provides organization for the care of
the client, includes all treatments and procedures
An adolescent girl asks the nurse when she should have her first
"Pap test." How should the nurse reply?
Ans: It is recommended you have your first ap smear when you turn 21
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A 35-year-old woman is having severe symptoms of PMS. She asks
the nurse what she can do to obtain relief from these symptoms.
What reply by the nurse is most likely to be helpful?
Ans: In addition to taking medications, stress reduction and regular
exercise are benficial
Which statement by a woman with a pelvic support disorder
should alert the nurse to instruct the woman to come in
immediately for examination by a health care provider?
Ans: My urine is cloudy
Which of the following statements made by the nurse are true
regarding preconception care?
Ans: The woman should increase her intake of folic acid, the woman
should be up to date on her vaccines, the woman should stop smoking.
The client who is 38 weeks pregnant tells the nurse that
sometimes during her nap she feels light-headed and starts to
sweat but feels better when she gets up. What is the client most
likely experiencing?
Ans: Supine hypotensive syndrome
The client is 16 weeks pregnant. If the pregnancy is progressing
as expected, where would the health care provider be able to
palpate the uterine fungus?
Ans: Halfway between the pubic bone and umbilicus
The nurse is reinforcing teaching with a pregnant client about a
proper diet during pregnancy. Which statement shows the client
understands approximately how many calories per day she needs
over her normal pre pregnant needs?
Ans: I will need about 300 more calories
The pregnant client states at her 36-week prenatal visit, "my back
is really hurting and no position really seems to help it." When
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NUR 125 Quiz 1 Questions and Answers
Preventing and treating infections during childbirth have reduced
maternal and infant mortality rates. Of the following, which
scientific advancement has done the most to improve neonatal
mortality statistics?
Ans: Treatment advances for preterm infants
Which of the following are ethical dilemmas?
Ans: Using a surrogate for a pregnancy, research on umbilical cord
blood, and treating a very premature infant
The nurse collects data and begins to develop a trust relationship
with the client in which component of the nursing process?
Ans: Assesment
The nurse gives the client a bed bath and assists the client to eat
his breakfast. This is which component of the nursing process?
Ans: Implementation
In caring for clients, a healthcare team often uses critical
pathways. Which of the following are reasons critical pathways are
used?
Ans: Decreases cost for the client and hospital is followed by all
members of the healthcare team, provides organization for the care of
the client, includes all treatments and procedures
An adolescent girl asks the nurse when she should have her first
"Pap test." How should the nurse reply?
Ans: It is recommended you have your first ap smear when you turn 21
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A 35-year-old woman is having severe symptoms of PMS. She asks
the nurse what she can do to obtain relief from these symptoms.
What reply by the nurse is most likely to be helpful?
Ans: In addition to taking medications, stress reduction and regular
exercise are benficial
Which statement by a woman with a pelvic support disorder
should alert the nurse to instruct the woman to come in
immediately for examination by a health care provider?
Ans: My urine is cloudy
Which of the following statements made by the nurse are true
regarding preconception care?
Ans: The woman should increase her intake of folic acid, the woman
should be up to date on her vaccines, the woman should stop smoking.
The client who is 38 weeks pregnant tells the nurse that
sometimes during her nap she feels light-headed and starts to
sweat but feels better when she gets up. What is the client most
likely experiencing?
Ans: Supine hypotensive syndrome
The client is 16 weeks pregnant. If the pregnancy is progressing
as expected, where would the health care provider be able to
palpate the uterine fungus?
Ans: Halfway between the pubic bone and umbilicus
The nurse is reinforcing teaching with a pregnant client about a
proper diet during pregnancy. Which statement shows the client
understands approximately how many calories per day she needs
over her normal pre pregnant needs?
Ans: I will need about 300 more calories
The pregnant client states at her 36-week prenatal visit, "my back
is really hurting and no position really seems to help it." When
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