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HESI MATERNITY OB EXAM LATEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
A male client with hypertension, who received new
antihypertensive prescriptions at his last visit returns to the clinic
two weeks later to evaluate his blood pressure (BP). His BP is
158/106 and he admits that he has not been taking the prescribed
medication because the drugs make him "feel bad". In explaining
the need for hypertension control, the nurse should stress that an
elevated BP places the client at risk for which pathophysiological
condition?
a. Blindness secondary to cataracts
b. Acute kidney injury due to glomerular damage
c. Stroke secondary to hemorrhage
d. Heart block due to myocardial damage - ANSWER-c. Stroke
secondary to hemorrhage
Which maternal behavior is the nurse most likely to see when a
new mother receives her infant for the first time? - ANSWER-Her
arms and hands receive the infant and she then traces the infant's
profile with her fingertips.
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A client at 32-weeks gestation is hospitalized with severe
pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), and magnesium sulfate is
prescribed to control the symptoms.
Which assessment finding indicates the therapeutic drug level has
been achieved? - ANSWER-A decreased in respiratory rate from
24 to 16
Urinary output must be monitored when administering magnesium
sulfate and should be at least 30 ml per hour.
1. What is the therapeutic level of magnesium sulfate?
2. What does it help prevent?
3. What indicates toxic levels? - ANSWER-1. The therapeutic
level of magnesium sulfate for a PIH client is 4.8 to 9.6 mg/dI.
2. Helps prevent seizures
3. 3
Twenty minutes after a continuous epidural anesthetic is
administered, a laboring client's blood pressure drops from
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120/80 to 90/60. What action should the nurse take? - ANSWER-
Place woman in a lateral position
A 38-week primigravida who works as a secretary and sits at a
computer for 8 hours each day tells the nurse that her feet have
begun to swell. Which instruction would be most effective in
preventing pooling of blood in the lower extremities? - ANSWER-
Move about every hour
A 26-year-old, gravida 2, para 1 client is admitted to the hospital
at 28-weeks gestation in preterm labor. She is given 3 doses of
terbutaline sulfate (Brethine) 0.25 mg subcutaneously to stop her
labor contractions. The nurse plans to monitor for which primary
side effect of terbutaline sulfate? - ANSWER-Tachycardia and a
feeling of nervousness
When do the anterior and posterior fontanels close? - ANSWER-
anterior fontanel closes at 12 to 18 months and the posterior by
the end of the second month.
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When assessing a client who is at 12-weeks gestation, the nurse
recommends that she and her husband consider attending
childbirth preparation classes. When is the best time for the
couple to attend these classes? - ANSWER-30 weeks gestation
The nurse should encourage the laboring client to begin pushing
when... - ANSWER-the cervix is completely dilated.
The nurse instructs a laboring client to use accelerated-blow
breathing. The client begins to complain of tingling fingers and
dizziness. What action should the nurse take? - ANSWER-Have
the client breathe into her cupped hands
Twenty-four hours after admission to the newborn nursery, a full-
term male infant develops localized edema on the right side of his
head. The nurse knows that, in the newborn, an accumulation of
blood between the periosteum and skull which does not cross the
suture line is a newbor variation known as... - ANSWER-a
cephalohematoma, caused by forceps trauma and may last up to
8 weeks.
HESI MATERNITY OB EXAM LATEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+| ||PROFESSOR
VERIFIED|| ||BRANDNEW!!!||
A male client with hypertension, who received new
antihypertensive prescriptions at his last visit returns to the clinic
two weeks later to evaluate his blood pressure (BP). His BP is
158/106 and he admits that he has not been taking the prescribed
medication because the drugs make him "feel bad". In explaining
the need for hypertension control, the nurse should stress that an
elevated BP places the client at risk for which pathophysiological
condition?
a. Blindness secondary to cataracts
b. Acute kidney injury due to glomerular damage
c. Stroke secondary to hemorrhage
d. Heart block due to myocardial damage - ANSWER-c. Stroke
secondary to hemorrhage
Which maternal behavior is the nurse most likely to see when a
new mother receives her infant for the first time? - ANSWER-Her
arms and hands receive the infant and she then traces the infant's
profile with her fingertips.
,2|Page
A client at 32-weeks gestation is hospitalized with severe
pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), and magnesium sulfate is
prescribed to control the symptoms.
Which assessment finding indicates the therapeutic drug level has
been achieved? - ANSWER-A decreased in respiratory rate from
24 to 16
Urinary output must be monitored when administering magnesium
sulfate and should be at least 30 ml per hour.
1. What is the therapeutic level of magnesium sulfate?
2. What does it help prevent?
3. What indicates toxic levels? - ANSWER-1. The therapeutic
level of magnesium sulfate for a PIH client is 4.8 to 9.6 mg/dI.
2. Helps prevent seizures
3. 3
Twenty minutes after a continuous epidural anesthetic is
administered, a laboring client's blood pressure drops from
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120/80 to 90/60. What action should the nurse take? - ANSWER-
Place woman in a lateral position
A 38-week primigravida who works as a secretary and sits at a
computer for 8 hours each day tells the nurse that her feet have
begun to swell. Which instruction would be most effective in
preventing pooling of blood in the lower extremities? - ANSWER-
Move about every hour
A 26-year-old, gravida 2, para 1 client is admitted to the hospital
at 28-weeks gestation in preterm labor. She is given 3 doses of
terbutaline sulfate (Brethine) 0.25 mg subcutaneously to stop her
labor contractions. The nurse plans to monitor for which primary
side effect of terbutaline sulfate? - ANSWER-Tachycardia and a
feeling of nervousness
When do the anterior and posterior fontanels close? - ANSWER-
anterior fontanel closes at 12 to 18 months and the posterior by
the end of the second month.
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When assessing a client who is at 12-weeks gestation, the nurse
recommends that she and her husband consider attending
childbirth preparation classes. When is the best time for the
couple to attend these classes? - ANSWER-30 weeks gestation
The nurse should encourage the laboring client to begin pushing
when... - ANSWER-the cervix is completely dilated.
The nurse instructs a laboring client to use accelerated-blow
breathing. The client begins to complain of tingling fingers and
dizziness. What action should the nurse take? - ANSWER-Have
the client breathe into her cupped hands
Twenty-four hours after admission to the newborn nursery, a full-
term male infant develops localized edema on the right side of his
head. The nurse knows that, in the newborn, an accumulation of
blood between the periosteum and skull which does not cross the
suture line is a newbor variation known as... - ANSWER-a
cephalohematoma, caused by forceps trauma and may last up to
8 weeks.
