Newborn Final Quiz | Latest Version |
2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the priority action when a client experiences postpartum chills?
✔✔ Provide a warm blanket and monitor for infection
What is the expected finding in a newborn 12 hours after birth?
✔✔ Slightly moist umbilical cord stump
What is the correct response if the newborn has a respiratory rate of 68 breaths/min with nasal
flaring?
✔✔ Notify the provider immediately
What assessment finding suggests a potential postpartum bladder distention?
✔✔ Fundus displaced above and to the right of the umbilicus
What finding indicates a need to delay circumcision?
✔✔ Newborn has hypospadias
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,What is the appropriate response to a client requesting pain relief during active labor?
✔✔ Assess cervical dilation and fetal status
What is a contraindication to internal fetal monitoring?
✔✔ Active herpes lesion
What is the best position for a client receiving an epidural block?
✔✔ Side-lying or upright with curved spine
What finding in a newborn requires immediate intervention?
✔✔ Respiratory grunting and intercostal retractions
What is a priority assessment in a client with premature rupture of membranes?
✔✔ Monitor for signs of infection
What is the expected fetal heart tone location in a breech presentation?
✔✔ Above the maternal umbilicus
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, What lab result is most important to review before initiating magnesium sulfate?
✔✔ Serum creatinine
What finding suggests magnesium toxicity in a laboring client?
✔✔ Absent deep tendon reflexes
What is the appropriate nursing action after administration of terbutaline?
✔✔ Monitor maternal heart rate and lung sounds
What should the nurse do if variable decelerations are noted on the fetal monitor?
✔✔ Change the mother’s position
What is the priority action if a postpartum client complains of severe headache and visual
changes?
✔✔ Assess blood pressure immediately
What is the expected finding for a newborn of a mother with gestational diabetes?
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