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This detailed study guide supports learners using Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Maternity and Women’s Health Care, 13th Edition (2024) by Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk, Kitty Cashion, and Kathryn Rhodes Alden. It includes chapter-by-chapter outlines, topic summaries, NCLEX-style sample questions, and key concepts that strengthen understanding of prenatal, intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care. Designed to reinforce adaptive quizzing practice and improve performance in nursing exams, this guide helps students master evidence-based maternity nursing, patient safety, and clinical judgment skills essential for the NCLEX and advanced coursework.

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Elsevier adaptive quizzing 13TH edition with 100% complete answers
2024 (Deitra Leonard Lowdermilk; Kitty Cashion; Kathryn Rhodes
Alden)


Which side effect would the nurse review with an adolescent client who is prescribed estrogen therapy?
(SATA)

1. Nausea

2. Insomnia

3. Headache

4. Weight gain

5. Nervousness

6. Breast tenderness - ANS- 1. Nausea

2. Insomnia

3. Headache

4. Weight gain

5. Nervousness

6. Breast tenderness



The nurse emphasizes to the parent of a preschool child with atopic dermatitis that `the `child `should
`be `discouraged `from `scratching. `The `child's `parent `asks `why `scratching `should `be `avoided. `Which
`response `would `the `nurse `provide?

1. Scratching `causes `lesions `to `become `more `contagious

2. Scratching `spreads `dermatitis `to `other `areas `of `the `body.

3. Scratching `results `in `skin `breaks `that `can `lead `to `infection

4. Scratching `produces `changes `that `are `precursors `to `skin `cancer. `- `ANS- `3. `Scratching `results `in
`skin `breaks `that `can `lead `to `infection.

,A `15 `month `old `child `is `hospitalized `after `ingesting `toilet `bowl `cleaner. `The `parent `confides `that `she
`feels `guilty `about `leaving `the `cleaner `where `her `child `could `get `it. `Which `is `the `best `response `by
`the `nurse?

1. Anyone `could `make `a `mistake `don't `dwell `on `it.

2. Lets `not `worry `about `the `past. `Your `child `is `going `to `get `better.

3. It `was `an `accident, `but `you `should `consider `special `locks `on `your `closets.

4. That `was `careless `but `you `should `now `make `sure `that `you `poison-proof `your `house. `- `ANS- `3. `It
`was `an `accident, `but `you `should `consider `special `locks `on `your `closets.




The `nurse `observes `several `dark `round `areas `on `a `newborns `buttocks `on `a `dark `skinned `neonate.
`How `would `this `observation `be `documented?

1. Stork `bites.

2. Forceps `marks

3. Dermal `Melanocytosis

4. Ecchymotic `areas `- `ANS- `3. `Dermal `Malanocytosis



Which `is `a `complication `if `monocular `strabismus `is `not `correct?

1. Dyslexia `will `develop

2. Preiphreal `vision `will `disappear

3. Vision `is `both `eyes `will `be `diminished

4. Amblyopia `will `progress `in `the `weak `eye `- `ANS- `4. `Amblyopia



A `6 `year `old `child `is `about `to `have `and `IV `catheter `inserted. `Which `is `the `nurses `BEST `response
`when `the `child `starts `to `cry?

1. Do `you `want `the `IV `in `your `right `or `left `arm

2. Do `you `want `me `to `come `back `in `a `little `while

3. The `needle `will `hurt `for `a `second `don't `be `afraid

4. The `medication `in `the `IV `will `make `you `feel `better `- `ANS- `1. `Do `you `want `the `IV `in `your `right `or `left

,arm



A `client `asks `the `nurse `how `long `it `will `take `for `chest `pain `to `subside `after `sublingual `nitroglycerin `is
`taken. `Which `time `period `will `the `nurse `tell `the `client?

1. 1 `to `3 `minutes

2. 4 `to `5 `minutes

3. 30 `to `45 `seconds

4. 20 `to `25 `minutes `- `ANS- `1. `1 `to `3 `minutes



Which `medication `would `require `the `nurse `to `document `and `report `changes `in `urine `output `to `the
`health `care `provider?

1. Captopril

2. Losartan

3. Verapamil

4. Propranolol `- `ANS- `1. `Captopril



Which `information `would `the `nurse `include `when `teaching `a `client `how `to `lessen `the `pain `of `angina
`(SATA)

1. Avoid `eating `heavy `meals.

2. Use `air `conditioning `in `the `summer

3. Wait `at `least `1 `hour `after `eating `before `going `for `a `brisk `walk.

4. Weat `a `scarf `when `it `is `cold `outside `and `avoid `walking `into `a `cold `wind

5. Call `your `healthcare `provider `immediately `if `you `develop `a `headache `after `taking `a `nitrate. `-
`ANS- `1 `2
3

4

5

, after `surgery `total `parenteral `nutrition `is `instituted `via `a `central `venous `infusion. `After `4 `hours `of
`the `infusion `the `client `complains `of `nausea `fatigue `and `headache. `The `hourly `urine `output `is `twice
`the `amount `of `the `previous `hour. `After `contacting `the `primary `health `provider `which `action `would
`the `nurse `take `next?

1. Check `the `serum `glucose `levels

2. Obtain `an `Oxygen `saturation `level

3. Administer `a `prescribed `analgesic

4. Prepare `the `client `for `immediate `surgery `for `possible `bowel `obstruction. `- `ANS- `1. `Check `the
`serum `glucose `level.




Which `practice `by `an `infant's `caregiver `would `cause `the `nurse `to `intervene `immediately?

1. Cleaning `the `top `of `a `food `can `with `detergent

2. Using `a `can `opener `to `open `cans `of `baby `food.

3. Heating `a `bottle `of `formula `in `the `microwave `oven.

4. Having `premade `bottles `of `formula `in `the `refridgerator. `- `ANS- `3. `Heating `a `bottle `of `formula
`in `the `microwave `oven




Which `is `the `best `response `to `the `parent `of `an `infant `who `asks, `My `aunt `said `to `wipe `my `baby's
`gums `with `wine `to `ease `the `pain `of `teething `what `do `you `suggest?

1. Make `sure `the `wine `is `diluted `before `applying `to `the `gums

2. Your `aunt `means `well `but `that `is `not `a `good `idea.

3. You `can `use `a `teething `gel `that `contains `benzocaine `to `control `the `pain

4. Offer `something `to `chew `on `such `as `a `rubber `teether. `- `ANS- `4. `Offer `something `to `chew `on,
`such `as `a `rubber `teether.




Which `therapeutic `intervention `would `most `likely `be `required `for `a `newborn `with `developmental
`dysplasia `of `the `hip `(DDH)

1. A `Pavlik `harness

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