test bank featuring 350 accurate and verified questions
covering prenatal care, labor and delivery, postpartum
assessment, newborn care, complications, and nursing
interventions.
FHR can be heard by Doppler at: <<<answer>>>10-12 weeks GA
A charge nurse is teaching a group of staff nurses about fetal monitoring during
labor. Which of the following findings should the charge nurse instruct staff to
report to the provider? <<<answer>>>C. Absent early deceleration of fetal heart
rate
A nurse is assisting the provider administer a dinoprostone insert labor for a
client. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? <<<answer>>>A.
Place the client in semi-fowler position for 1 hr after administration
A nurse is planning to teach a group of clients who are pregnant about
breastfeeding after returning to work. Which of the following information should
the nurse include in the teaching? <<<answer>>>"Breast milk can be store in a
deep freezer for 12 months"
,A nurse is caring for a 2-day-old newborn who was born t 35 weeks gestation.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take? <<<answer>>>D. Insert an
orogastric decompression tube with low wall suction
A nurse is proving teaching about terbutaline to a client who is experiencing
preterm labor. Which of the following statements by the client indicated an
understanding of the teaching? <<<answer>>>D. "This medication could cause me
to experience heart palpitations"
A nurse is caring for a newborn who is 6 hr old and has type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take? <<<answer>>>B. Reassess
the blood glucose level prior to the next feeding
A nurse is teaching a prenatal class regarding false labor. Which of the following
information should the nurse include? <<<answer>>>D. "Your contractions will
become temporarily regular"
A nurse is assessing a client who is at 37 weeks gestation. Which of the following
statements by the client requires immediate intervention by the nurse?
<<<answer>>>D. "It burns when I urinate"
A nurse is proving teaching about expected changes during pregnancy to a client
who is at 24 weeks gestation. Which of the following information should the nurse
include? <<<answer>>>D. "You should expect yours uterus to double in size"
A nurse is assessing a preterm newborn who is at 32 weeks gestation. Which of
the following findings should the nurse expect? <<<answer>>>D. Sprase lanugo
,A nurse is reviewing the electronic medical record for a postpartum client, The
nurse should identify that which of the following factors places the client at risk
for infection? <<<answer>>>D. Meconium-stained fluid
A nurse in a providers office is assessing a client at her first antepartum visit. The
client states that the first day of her last menstrual cycle was March 8th. Use the
Nagele's rule to calculate the estimated date of delivery. <<<answer>>>1215
A nurse is planning care for a full-term newborn who is receiving phototherapy.
Which of the following actions should the nurse include in the plan of care?
<<<answer>>>B. Avoid using lotion or ointment on the newborn's skin
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing preterm labor and has a
prescription for 4 doses of dexamethasone 6 mg IM every 12-hr. Available is
dexamethasone 10 mg/mL. How many mL of dexamethasone should the nurse
administer per dose? (round answer to the nearest tenth) <<<answer>>>0.6 mL
A nurse is caring for a client who is in labor and request non pharmacological pain
management. Which of the following nursing actions promotes client comfort?
<<<answer>>>C. Assisting the client into a squatting position
A nurse is performing an initial assessment of a newborn who was delivered with
a nuchal cord. Which of the following clinical findings should the nurse expect?
<<<answer>>>Facial Petechiae
, A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving prenatal care and is at her 24-week
appointment. Which of the following laboratory tests should the nurse plan to
conduct? <<<answer>>>Blood type and Rh
A nurse is assessing a newborn upon admission to the nursery. Which o fit
following findings should the nurse expect? <<<answer>>>C. Chest circumference
2 cm (0.8in) smaller than the head circumference
A nurse is reviewing laboratory results for a client who is pregnant. The nurse
should expect with of the following laboratory values to increase?
<<<answer>>>B. Fasting blood glucose
A nurse is teaching about clomiphene citrate to a client who is experiencing
infertility. Which of the following adverse effects should the nurse include?
<<<answer>>>D. Breast Tenderness
A nurse in a provider's office is caring for a 20-year old client who is at 12 weeks
gestation and requests an amniocentesis to determine the sex of her fetus. Which
of the following responses should the nurse make? <<<answer>>>B. "We can
schedule the procedure for later today if you'd like"
A nurse in a women's health client is obtaining a health history from a client.
Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as increasing the client's
risk for developing pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)? <<<answer>>>B. Chlamydial
infection