NURS 114 EXAM 1 PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS RECENTLY UPDATED
1. A 34-week gestation patient phones the health care providers office with
concerns about feeling light headed. She states she is dizzy while lying down
and states that she "feels like I could pass out." She also reports she has
awakened in the middle of the night feeling this way. The nurse should
a. Instruct the patient to see the HCP right away to have her blood pressure
checked
b. Discuss supine hypertension with the patient and encourage her to avoid
lying flat on her back
c. Reassure the patient that this is finding for the pregnant patient
a normal
d. Inform the patient to increase her fluid intake to two liters a day ANSWER -
B
2. Signs of pre-eclampsia include hypertension, generalized edema, and
a. Blurred vision
b. Proteinuria
c. +2 reflexes
d. Increased urinary output - ANSWER B
3. A patient is being admitted to the maternity unit because she is in early labor.
The nurse would initially
a. Assess maternal vital signs and fetal heartrate
b. Measure fundal height to determine fetal size
c. Perform a sterile vaginal exam to determine cervical dilation and effacement -
ANSWER A
5. While obtaining the obstetric history the pregnant patient reports she is 36
weeks with her fourth child. She states she had one elective abortion at 5 weeks,
a daughter who was born at 40 weeks gestation, and a son who was born at 37
weeks gestation. What is this patients GTPAL total?
a. 4-1-1-1-2
b. 3-1-1-1-2
c. 2-1-0-1-1
,
ANSWERS RECENTLY UPDATED
1. A 34-week gestation patient phones the health care providers office with
concerns about feeling light headed. She states she is dizzy while lying down
and states that she "feels like I could pass out." She also reports she has
awakened in the middle of the night feeling this way. The nurse should
a. Instruct the patient to see the HCP right away to have her blood pressure
checked
b. Discuss supine hypertension with the patient and encourage her to avoid
lying flat on her back
c. Reassure the patient that this is finding for the pregnant patient
a normal
d. Inform the patient to increase her fluid intake to two liters a day ANSWER -
B
2. Signs of pre-eclampsia include hypertension, generalized edema, and
a. Blurred vision
b. Proteinuria
c. +2 reflexes
d. Increased urinary output - ANSWER B
3. A patient is being admitted to the maternity unit because she is in early labor.
The nurse would initially
a. Assess maternal vital signs and fetal heartrate
b. Measure fundal height to determine fetal size
c. Perform a sterile vaginal exam to determine cervical dilation and effacement -
ANSWER A
5. While obtaining the obstetric history the pregnant patient reports she is 36
weeks with her fourth child. She states she had one elective abortion at 5 weeks,
a daughter who was born at 40 weeks gestation, and a son who was born at 37
weeks gestation. What is this patients GTPAL total?
a. 4-1-1-1-2
b. 3-1-1-1-2
c. 2-1-0-1-1
,
