WHNP BOARD STUDY QUESTIONS 2025
|GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
GBS culture good for _____ weeks - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 5
T/F If admitted for PTL and no recent GBS culture, treat with abx -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ True: Swab and then treat prophylactically
during labor unless pt is discharged
GBS treated with - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Pcn or ampicillin.
C&S if allergic.
Lochia Day 1-3 PP - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Rubra: bright red. If
present after 3 days, may be indicative of retained placenta or
subinvolution
Lochia Day 3-10 pp - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Serosa: Pink/brown
(tinged, healing, dried blood)
Lochia Day 10-28 pp - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Alba: Yellow-
white. Going back to normal.
Immediately postpartum, the uterine fundus is palpable at or near -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ the level of the maternal umbilicus
,In the postpartum period, the uterus returns to the pelvis within _______
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 2 weeks
In the postpartum period, the fundus decreases ________ per 24 hrs -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1/2 inch
Often, women experience an increase in the amount of bleeding at 7-14
days pp due to ________ - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ the sloughing
of the eschar on the placental site
Delayed postpartum hemorrhages often occur when? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ At 7-14 days PP, when the sloughing of the eschar on
the placental site occurs
The mother who does not breastfeed may ovulate as early as _______
days after delivery - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 27
Average blood loss vaginal delivery - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
500mL
Average blood loss C-Section - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1000mL
, 1st degree perineal laceration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ superficial
injury to the skin and subcutaneous perineal tissue or vaginal epithelium
only
2nd degree perineal laceration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ extend
into the musculature of the perineal body, including the deep and
superficial transverse perineal muscles
3rd degree perineal laceration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ extend
beyond the muscles and involve the anal sphincter
4th degree perineal laceration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ an injury
involving the entire anal sphincter complex as well as the anal
epithelium
Mastitis usually due to milk ________ and _________ nipples -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ milk stasis and cracked nipples
Most common organism causing mastitis - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
staph aureus
1st line mastitis tx - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Dicloxacillin 500mg
BID x10 days
|GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWERS
GBS culture good for _____ weeks - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 5
T/F If admitted for PTL and no recent GBS culture, treat with abx -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ True: Swab and then treat prophylactically
during labor unless pt is discharged
GBS treated with - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Pcn or ampicillin.
C&S if allergic.
Lochia Day 1-3 PP - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Rubra: bright red. If
present after 3 days, may be indicative of retained placenta or
subinvolution
Lochia Day 3-10 pp - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Serosa: Pink/brown
(tinged, healing, dried blood)
Lochia Day 10-28 pp - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Alba: Yellow-
white. Going back to normal.
Immediately postpartum, the uterine fundus is palpable at or near -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ the level of the maternal umbilicus
,In the postpartum period, the uterus returns to the pelvis within _______
- ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 2 weeks
In the postpartum period, the fundus decreases ________ per 24 hrs -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1/2 inch
Often, women experience an increase in the amount of bleeding at 7-14
days pp due to ________ - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ the sloughing
of the eschar on the placental site
Delayed postpartum hemorrhages often occur when? - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ At 7-14 days PP, when the sloughing of the eschar on
the placental site occurs
The mother who does not breastfeed may ovulate as early as _______
days after delivery - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 27
Average blood loss vaginal delivery - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
500mL
Average blood loss C-Section - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 1000mL
, 1st degree perineal laceration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ superficial
injury to the skin and subcutaneous perineal tissue or vaginal epithelium
only
2nd degree perineal laceration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ extend
into the musculature of the perineal body, including the deep and
superficial transverse perineal muscles
3rd degree perineal laceration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ extend
beyond the muscles and involve the anal sphincter
4th degree perineal laceration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ an injury
involving the entire anal sphincter complex as well as the anal
epithelium
Mastitis usually due to milk ________ and _________ nipples -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ milk stasis and cracked nipples
Most common organism causing mastitis - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔
staph aureus
1st line mastitis tx - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Dicloxacillin 500mg
BID x10 days
