Exam 1 OB NCLEX Questions With Answers And Rationales A+ Grade (100% Guaranteed Pass!)

Exam 1 OB NCLEX Questions With Answers And Rationales A+ Grade (100% Guaranteed Pass!) A nursing student is preparing a prenatal class on the process of fetal circulation. The nursing instructor asks the student specifically to describe the process through the umbilical cord. Which of the following statements from the student is correct? 1. "The one artery carries freshly oxygenated blood and nutrient-rick blood back from the placenta to the fetus." 2. "The two arteries carry freshly oxygenated blood back from the placenta to the fetus." 3. "The two arteries in the umbilical cord carry deoxygenated blood and waste products away from the fetus to the placenta." 4. "The two veins in the umbilical cord carry blood that is high in carbon dioxide and other waste products away from the fetus to the placenta." - ANS-3. "The two arteries in the umbilical cord carry deoxygenated blood and waste products away from the fetus to the placenta." Rational: Blood pumped by the embryo's heart leaves the embryo through two umbilical arteries. When oxygenated, the blood is returned by one umbilical vein. A nurse is performing an assessment on a client who is at 38 weeks gestation and notes that the FHR is 174/bpm. On the basis of this finding, the appropriate nursing action is to: 1. Notify the physician 2. Document the findings. 3. Check the mother's heart rate 4. Tell the client that the FHR is normal. - ANS-1. Notify the physican Rational: The FHR depends on gestational age and ranges from 160-170/bpm in the 1st trimester, but slows with fetal growth to 120-160/bpm near or at term. Because the FHR is increased from the reference range, the nurse should notify the physican. Continues...