ATI Proctored Ultimate Maternal Review Questions Maternal-Child Nursing (Chamberlain University)

ATI Proctored Ultimate Maternal Review Questions Maternal-Child Nursing (Chamberlain University) 1. A nurse is caring for a client who is in active labor and has gonorrhea. Which of the following should the nurse monitor for? ANS: chorioamnionitis 2. A nurse is caring for a client who has placenta previa. WOTF should the nurse expect? ANS: painless vaginal bleeding 3. A nurse is assessing a client who is 6 hours postpartum and has endometritis. Which of the following signs should the nurse expect? ANS: uterine tenderness 4. A Priority to report for client who is 27 weeks gestation and is preeclamptic? ANS: platelet count is 60 5. A nurse is planning care for a newborn who is scheduled to start phototherapy using a lamp. What should the nurse include in the plan? ANS: ensure the newborns eyes are closed beneath the shield 6. A nurse is assessing four newborns. Which of the following clinical findings should the nurse report to the provider? ANS: 2-hour old infant who has respiratory rate of 70 7. A nurse on a postpartum unit is caring for four clients. Which of the following clients should receive Rh immunoglobulin? ANS: the mother is Rh negative, and baby is Rh positive 8. Two days after delivery – teaching about lochia flow? ANS: Lochia flow normally lasts for about 21 days, and changes from bright red, to pinkish brown, to creamy white 9. Which site is preferred for giving an IM injection to a newborn? ANS: the middle third of the vastus lateralis 10. Which assessment finding indicates that placental separation has occurred during the 3rd stage of labor? ANS: lengthening of the umbilical cord 11. A nurse is assessing a full-term newborn upon admission to the nursery. Which of the following clinical findings should the nurse report to the provider? ANS: transient circumoral cyanosis 12. In which position should the nurse place the laboring client in order to increase the intensity of contractions and improve oxygenation to the fetus? ANS: squatting 13. A breastfeeding mother is complaining of cramping. Which is the main cause of the client’s afterpains? ANS: contractions of the uterus 14. A nurse is teaching a client and her partner about the technique of counter pressure during labor. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? ANS: apply pressure using a tennis ball to the lower back 15. A nurse is assessing a client who is 32 weeks gestation and is receiving magnesium sulfate via IV. Which of the following findings should the nurse report to the provider? ANS: loss of