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1. Review of a primiparous woman's labor and
birth record reveals a prolonged second stage 4. A group of
of labor and extended time in the stirrups. students are
Based on an interpreta- tion of these reviewing
findings, the nurse would be especially alert the causes
for which of the following? of post-
A) Retained placental fragments partum
B) Hypertension hemorrhag
C)Thrombophlebitis e. The
D) Uterine subinvolution students
demonstrat
2. As part of an inservice program, a nurse is e un-
describing a transient, self-limiting mood derstandin
disorder that affects mothers after childbirth. g of the
The nurse correctly identifies this as information
postpartum: when they
A) Depression identify
B) Psychosis
C)Bipolar disorder
D) Blues
3. A woman who is 2 weeks postpartum calls
the clinic and says, "My left breast hurts."
After further assess- ment on the phone, the
nurse suspects the woman has mastitis. In
addition to pain, the nurse would assess for
which of the following?
A) An inverted nipple on the affected breast
B) No breast milk in the affected breast
C)An ecchymotic area on the affected breast
D) Hardening of an area in the affected breast
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Thrombophlebitis
Blues
Hardening of an area in the attected breast
Uterine atony
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which of the following as the most common
cause?
A) Labor augmentation
B) Uterine atony
C)Cervical or vaginal lacerations
D) Uterine inversion
Inspecting the placenta
5. After presenting a class on measures to prevent
af- ter delivery for
post- partum hemorrhage, the presenter
intactness
determines that the teaching was successful
when the class states which of the following as
an important measure to prevent
postpartum hemorrhage due to retained pla-
cental fragments?
A) Administering broad-spectrum antibiotics
B) Inspecting the placenta after delivery for
intactness
C)Manually removing the placenta at delivery
D) Applying pressure to the umbilical cord to
remove the placenta
6. A multipara client develops thrombophlebitis after de- Dyspnea,
diaphoresis, hy-
livery. Which of the following would alert the conscious-
nurse to the need for immediate ness, and
intervention? coma
A) Dyspnea, diaphoresis, hypotension, and D) Pallor,
chest pain tachycardi
B) Dyspnea, bradycardia, hypertension, and a,
confu- sion seizures,
and
C)Weakness, anorexia, change in level of
jaundice
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