Answers 2024 Version- Berkeley College
, NUR 4410 Maternity Exam 1 with 35 Questions and
Answers 2024 Version- Berkeley College
- Question 1
pts
The nurse is performing an assessment on a client who is at 38 weeks'
gestation and notes that the fetal heart rate (FHR) is 194 beats per minute.
On the basis of this finding, what is the priority nursing action?
Notify the OB
- Question 2
pts
The nurse in the labor room is caring for a client in the active stage of the
first phase of labor. The nurse is assessing the fetal patterns and notes a late
deceleration on the monitor strip. What is the most appropriate nursing
action?
Administer oxygen via face mask.
- Question 3
pts
The nurse is monitoring a client in labor. The nurse suspects umbilical cord
compression if which is noted on the external monitor tracing during a
contraction?
Variable decelerations
- Question 4
pts
The nurse is monitoring a client in active labor and notes that the client is
having contractions every 3 minutes that last 45 seconds. The nurse notes
that the fetal heart rate between contractions is 100 beats per minute.
Which nursing action is most appropriate?
notify the PCP
- Question 5
pts
The nurse is admitting a pregnant client to the labor room and attaches an
external electronic fetal monitor to the client's abdomen. After attachment of