PN Learning System Maternal Newborn
Final Quiz
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Excel & Succeed - academic year (2026-2027)
40 Q&A
A nurse is caring for four newborns. Which of the following findings
should the nurse report to the provider?
A 12-hr-old newborn who has a heart rate of 70/min while sleeping
An average heart rate for a newborn is 80 to 100/min while sleeping. A
newborn's heart rate can increase to 180/min during episodes of crying. A
heart rate less than 80/min is bradycardia and should be reported to the
provider.
A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who plans to
formula feed her newborn. Which of the following actions should the
nurse include in the plan?
Have the client place ice packs on her breasts four times per day.
Engorgement can occur in the non-breastfeeding client. For some clients, it is
uncomfortable, and occasionally painful. Ice application to the breasts for 15
to 20 min, four times per day for 5 days, avoiding breast stimulation, and
keeping warm water off the breasts during showering are effective methods to
reduce milk production and suppress lactation.
A nurse is caring for a client wo is at 34 weeks of gestation and has a
prescription for terbutaline for preterm labor. Which of the following
statements by the client is the nurse's priority?
, "My heart feels as if it is racing."
The nurse should apply the urgent versus nonurgent priority-setting
framework. Using this framework, the nurse should consider urgent needs to
be the priority need because they pose more of a threat to the client. If the
pulse is greater than 130/min, the terbutaline needs to be held until the
provider is notified. The nurse might also need to use Maslow's hierarchy of
needs, the ABC priority-setting framework, or nursing knowledge to identify
which finding is the most urgent.
A nurse in an antepartum client answers a phone call from a client wo is
at 37 weeks of gestation reports, "I became very dizzy while lying in bed
this morning, but the feeling went away when I turned on my side."
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Instruct the client about vena cava syndrome and measures to prevent it.
This is the typical finding of vena cava syndrome, or hypotension that occurs
in clients who are pregnant upon assuming a supine position. It is caused by
compression of the inferior vena cava by the gravid uterus with a consequent
reduction in venous return. A side-lying position promotes uterine perfusion
and fetoplacental oxygenation.
A nurse is caring for a client who has trichomoniasis and a prescription
for metronidazole. Which of the following instructions should the nurse
reinforce with the client about the treatment plan?
"You and your partner need to take the medication and use a condom during
intercourse until cultures are negative."
Trichomonas vaginalis is the organism that causes the sexually transmitted
infection trichomoniasis. Both men and woman can be infected with
trichomoniasis. Clinical findings include yellowish to greenish, frothy,
mucopurulent, copious discharge with an unpleasant odor, as well as itching,
burning, or redness of the vulva and vagina. Trichomoniasis can be treated
easily with metronidazole. However, for the treatment to work, it is important to
Final Quiz
-exam elaborations with 100% verified answer/solutions-
Excel & Succeed - academic year (2026-2027)
40 Q&A
A nurse is caring for four newborns. Which of the following findings
should the nurse report to the provider?
A 12-hr-old newborn who has a heart rate of 70/min while sleeping
An average heart rate for a newborn is 80 to 100/min while sleeping. A
newborn's heart rate can increase to 180/min during episodes of crying. A
heart rate less than 80/min is bradycardia and should be reported to the
provider.
A nurse is contributing to the plan of care for a client who plans to
formula feed her newborn. Which of the following actions should the
nurse include in the plan?
Have the client place ice packs on her breasts four times per day.
Engorgement can occur in the non-breastfeeding client. For some clients, it is
uncomfortable, and occasionally painful. Ice application to the breasts for 15
to 20 min, four times per day for 5 days, avoiding breast stimulation, and
keeping warm water off the breasts during showering are effective methods to
reduce milk production and suppress lactation.
A nurse is caring for a client wo is at 34 weeks of gestation and has a
prescription for terbutaline for preterm labor. Which of the following
statements by the client is the nurse's priority?
, "My heart feels as if it is racing."
The nurse should apply the urgent versus nonurgent priority-setting
framework. Using this framework, the nurse should consider urgent needs to
be the priority need because they pose more of a threat to the client. If the
pulse is greater than 130/min, the terbutaline needs to be held until the
provider is notified. The nurse might also need to use Maslow's hierarchy of
needs, the ABC priority-setting framework, or nursing knowledge to identify
which finding is the most urgent.
A nurse in an antepartum client answers a phone call from a client wo is
at 37 weeks of gestation reports, "I became very dizzy while lying in bed
this morning, but the feeling went away when I turned on my side."
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Instruct the client about vena cava syndrome and measures to prevent it.
This is the typical finding of vena cava syndrome, or hypotension that occurs
in clients who are pregnant upon assuming a supine position. It is caused by
compression of the inferior vena cava by the gravid uterus with a consequent
reduction in venous return. A side-lying position promotes uterine perfusion
and fetoplacental oxygenation.
A nurse is caring for a client who has trichomoniasis and a prescription
for metronidazole. Which of the following instructions should the nurse
reinforce with the client about the treatment plan?
"You and your partner need to take the medication and use a condom during
intercourse until cultures are negative."
Trichomonas vaginalis is the organism that causes the sexually transmitted
infection trichomoniasis. Both men and woman can be infected with
trichomoniasis. Clinical findings include yellowish to greenish, frothy,
mucopurulent, copious discharge with an unpleasant odor, as well as itching,
burning, or redness of the vulva and vagina. Trichomoniasis can be treated
easily with metronidazole. However, for the treatment to work, it is important to
