NRSG 3302 Final Exam Questions And
Answers Latest Update 2024/2025
birth rate Answer: number of live births in 1 year per 1000 population
infant mortality rate Answer: number of deaths of infants younger than 1 year of age per 1000 live
births
maternal mortality rate Answer: number of maternal deaths from births and complications of
pregnancy, childbirth and puerperium (first 42 days after termination of pregnancy) per 100,000 live
births
professional negligence or malpractice Answer: failure of a person who has professional training to
act in a reasonable and prudent manner
duty (owed to pt)
breach of duty (did not carry out duty)
foreseeability (harm was preventable)
causation (relationship of cause and effect)
injury of harm (liability of causing harm)
consent Answer: legally, the person performing surgery/procedure is responsible to inform. used to
protect the surgeon and healthcare facility.
nurse may clarify information, witness client's signature and cosign form. if pt needs more information,
nurse is liable to contact surgeon and have them reiterate information. nurse is also liable in making
sure pt is conscious and capable of making informed decisions.
,consent may be signed by an emancipated minor and can be obtained by fax or phone with witness.
autonomy Answer: patient can make independent decisions/support patient decisions
fidelity Answer: be honest and faithful to promises
justice Answer: fairness; care given equitably, fairly, and justly
paternalism Answer: people in positions of authority restricting freedom in supposed best interest
of patient without consent
nonmaleficence Answer: non-harming or inflicting the least harm possible; avoiding risk
beneficence Answer: act of promoting good and doing what is best for the patient
veracity Answer: truth; do not withhold truth from patients
involution Answer: process of the uterus returning to its nearly prepregnant size, shape, and
location
takes 6-8 weeks
uterine atony Answer: boggy/soft uterus
concerned about postpartum hemorrhage
,massage fundus
what should you have the patient do when the fundus is deviated from midline? Answer: empty
bladder
factors that cause faster involution Answer: breastfeeding
normal labor/delivery
early ambulation
complete expulsion of placenta
factors that cause slower involution Answer: multiple gestations
C section
polyhydramnios
retained placenta
full bladder
multiple fetuses
, prolonged labor
lochia rubra Answer: first 1-3 days, RED
blood and debris
abnormal: saturating a pad in 15 min/less
lochia serosa Answer: days 3-10, pale serosanguinous to light brown
old blood, WBCs, serum, tissue, debris
lochia alba Answer: days 10-14
creamy yellow/white, usually gone by 2 weeks, can last 6 weeks
what are normal sized clots? Answer: grapes or smaller
what are abnormal sized clots? Answer: plum or larger
physical adaptations during pregnancy Answer: increased cardiac output
diuresis and diaphoresis
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