OB HESI TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
Good source of folic acid - Answer-Peanuts
Mom getting hypotensive on spine board after car wreck - Answer-Roll her on her side
on spine board
Mom goes to bathroom with contractions 5 mins apart, you hear baby cry - Answer-Hit
call light for help
Iron (SATA) - Answer-Dark stool normal, give at bedtime
Man calls clinic says his wife has been sad, happy, moody - Answer-Tell him normal
hormonal changes
Mag question - Answer-Stop infusion due to mag toxicity
One question her contractions get really close and she is dilated, stop Pitocin, then
contractions get 5 min aprat - Answer-Restart Pitocin per agency policy
Bright red trickling blood - Answer-Lacerated cervix
Teach adolescent pregnant girls - Answer-Proper nutritional needs
42 week ballard score - Answer-Check blood sugar
Breast feeding woman asks about birth control - Answer-Breast feed only every 2-3
hours
Rubella vaccine - Answer-Use birth control for 28 days
Baby as white curd patches in his mouth - Answer-Discuss medicine with mother
(candidiasis infection)
Mom has baby - Answer-She reaches out and traces profile with fingertips
HIV positive mom gives birth and is worried about passig it to baby - Answer-explain to
mom AZT for baby after birth
Hormone for positive pregnancy test - Answer-HCG
Baby born to diabetic mother - Answer-Check baby's blood sugar
ANSWERS
Good source of folic acid - Answer-Peanuts
Mom getting hypotensive on spine board after car wreck - Answer-Roll her on her side
on spine board
Mom goes to bathroom with contractions 5 mins apart, you hear baby cry - Answer-Hit
call light for help
Iron (SATA) - Answer-Dark stool normal, give at bedtime
Man calls clinic says his wife has been sad, happy, moody - Answer-Tell him normal
hormonal changes
Mag question - Answer-Stop infusion due to mag toxicity
One question her contractions get really close and she is dilated, stop Pitocin, then
contractions get 5 min aprat - Answer-Restart Pitocin per agency policy
Bright red trickling blood - Answer-Lacerated cervix
Teach adolescent pregnant girls - Answer-Proper nutritional needs
42 week ballard score - Answer-Check blood sugar
Breast feeding woman asks about birth control - Answer-Breast feed only every 2-3
hours
Rubella vaccine - Answer-Use birth control for 28 days
Baby as white curd patches in his mouth - Answer-Discuss medicine with mother
(candidiasis infection)
Mom has baby - Answer-She reaches out and traces profile with fingertips
HIV positive mom gives birth and is worried about passig it to baby - Answer-explain to
mom AZT for baby after birth
Hormone for positive pregnancy test - Answer-HCG
Baby born to diabetic mother - Answer-Check baby's blood sugar
