OB EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

OB EXAM 2024 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS The nurse is reviewing a client's history. Which two predisposing causes of puerperal (postpartum) infection should prompt the nurse to monitor this client closely? Malnutrition and anemia Hemorrhage and trauma during labor Preeclampsia and retention of placental fragments Organisms in the birth canal and trauma during labor -----------CORRECT ANSWER: Hemorrhage and trauma during labor Which client is at the greatest risk for a postpartum infection? A primipara who gives birth to an infant weighing more than 8.5 lb A woman who required catheterization after voiding less than 75 mL A multipara with a hemoglobin level of 11 g at the time of admission The nurse is assessing a pregnant client at the end of her second trimester. Which clinical finding causes the nurse to suspect that the client has preeclampsia? Progressive weight gain Two urine samples showing proteinuria Dependent ankle edema during the late afternoon Blood pressure fluctuations on three successive measurements