OB Exam 2 Practice Questions and Answers
A nurse on the postpartum unit is caring for a group of clients with an
assistive personnel. Which of the following tasks should the nurse plan to
delegate to the AP? - Answer️️ -Provide a sitz bath to a client who has a
fourth degree laceration and ...
A nurse on the postpartum unit is caring for a group of clients with an
assistive personnel. Which of the following tasks should the nurse plan to
delegate to the AP? - Answer✔️✔️-Provide a sitz bath to a client who has a
fourth degree laceration and is 2 days postpartum
One of the first signs of hypovolemia is - Answer✔️✔️-Tachycardia
To best prevent infection, the nurse teaches the postpartum clinic to
perform which of the following tasks? - Answer✔️✔️-Change the perineal
pad with each voiding
A nurse is caring for a client who is postpartum and finds the fundus
slightly boggy and displaced to the right. Based on these findings, which of
the following action should the nurse take? - Answer✔️✔️-Help the patient
get up to the bathroom
A nurse is collecting data from a postpartum client and finds a large
amount of lochia rubra with several clots on the client's perineal. Which of
the following actions should the nurse take first? - Answer✔️✔️-Check the
fundus
A nurse is caring for a client who is experiencing shaking chills during the
immediate postpartum period. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take? - Answer✔️✔️-Get them a warm blanket
A women who is postpartum is complaining of profuse diaphoresis. She
has no other complaints. Which of the following actions by the nurse is
appropriate? - Answer✔️✔️-Reassure her this is normal
A nurse is caring for a postpartum client following a vaginal birth of a
newborn weighing 4252 g. The nurse should identify that this client is at
risk for which of the following postpartum complications? - Answer✔️✔️-
Uterine atony
A home health care nurse is reinforcing teaching about breast engorgement
with a client who is postpartum and is breastfeeding her newborn. Which
of the following client statements indicates understanding? - Answer✔️✔️-
"I'll feed my baby every 2 hours."
A nurse in a clinic is caring for a client who is 3 week PP following the
birth of a healthy newborn. The client reports feeling down and sad,
having no energy, and wanting to cry. Which of the following is a priority
action by the nurse? - Answer✔️✔️-Ask the client if she has considered
harming her newborn
Post-partum assessment - Answer✔️✔️-BUBBLEHE
BUBBLEHE - Answer✔️✔️-Breast= assess engorgement and latch
Emotional status= bonding with baby/ depression symptoms
Uterus Involution - Answer✔️✔️-return to pre-pregnancy state
1. fundus contracting
2. return of uterus to prior size
Afterpains - Answer✔️✔️-uterine shrinking
Breast feeding - Answer✔️✔️-releases oxytocin and can cause cramping for
up to 3 days PP
If a pad is saturated in minutes, they are hemorrhaging - Answer✔️✔️-15
minutes
Lochia rubra - Answer✔️✔️-red discharge
3 days PP
Lochia serosa - Answer✔️✔️-pink discharge
10 days PP
Lochia alba - Answer✔️✔️-white discharge
8 weeks PP
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