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Exam 2024/2025 With Verified Answers




1. Client teaching is an important part of the maternity nurse's role. Which

factor has the greatest influence on successful teaching of the gravid

client?

A. The client's readiness to learn

2. A 38-week primagravida who works as a secretary and sits at a computer 8

hours a day tells the nurse that her feet have begun to swell. Which

instruction would be most effective in preventing pooling of blood in the

lower extremities?

C. Move about every hour

3. During a prenatal visit, the nurse discusses with a client the effects of

smoking on the fetus. When compared with nonsmokers, mothers who

smoke during pregnancy tend to produce infants who have

B. lower birth weights

4. A 26-year-old, gravida 2, para 1 client is admitted to the hospital at 28-

weeks gestation in preterm labor. She is given 3 doses of terbutaline

sulfate (Brethine) 0.25 mg subcutaneously to stop her labor contractions.

, The nurse plans to monitor for which primary side effect of terbutaline

sulfate?

C. Tachycardia and a feeling of nervousness

5. A mother who is breastfeeding her baby receives instructions from the

nurse. Which instruction is most effective to prevent nipple soreness?

C. correctly place the infant on the breast

6. A full term infant is transferred to the nursery from L & D. Which

information is most important for the nurse to receive when planning

immediate care for the newborn?

B. Infant's condition at birth and treatment received.

7. In developing a teaching plan for expectant parents, the nurse plans to

include information about when the parents can expect the infant's

fontanels to close. The nurse bases the explanation on knowledge that for

the normal newborn, the

D. anterior fontanel closes at 12-18 mos and the posterior fontanel by the end of the

second month.

8. When assessing a client who is 12-weeks gestation, the nurse recommends

the she and her husband consider attending childbirth preparation classes.

What is the best time for the couple to attend these classes?

D. At 30 weeks gestation.

9. The nurse should encourage the laboring client to begin pushing when

C. the cervix is completely dilated

, 10. The nurse is counseling a couple who has sought information about

conceiving. For teaching purposes, the nurse should know that ovulation

usually occurs

A. two weeks before menstruation.

11. The nurse instructs a laboring client to use accelerated-blow breathing.

The client begins to complain of tingling fingers and dizziness. What action

should the nurse take?

C. have the client breath into her cupped hands

12. When preparing a newborn care for expectant parents, what content should

the nurse teach concerning the newborn infant born at term gestation?

C. Vernix is a white, cheesy substance, predominately located in the skin folds.

13. Twenty-four hours after admission to the newborn nursery, a full-term male

infant develops localized edema on the right side of his head. The nurse

knows that, in the newborn, an accumulation of blood between the

periosteum and skull which does not cross the suture line is a newborn

variation known as

A. a cephalhematoma, caused by forceps trauma and may last up to 8 weeks.

14. An expectant father tells the nurse he fears that his wife "is losing her

mind". He states she is constantly rubbing her abdomen and talking to the

baby and that she actually reprimands the baby when it moves too much.

What recommendation should the nurse make to the expectant father?

D. Let him know that these behaviors are part of normal maternal/fetal bonding which

occurs once the mother feels fetal movement.

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