Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
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Course
Nursing
Institution
Nursing
A nurse is providing dietary counseling to a client at 14 weeks' gestation. The client is a recent immigrant from Asia, and the nurse explores the foods that the client usually eats. Which foods should the nurse counsel the client to avoid during pregnancy? (Select all that apply.) - Raw shellfish
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Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
Maternity and Women's Health Nursing
test guide 2024 Graded A
A nurse is providing dietary counseling to a client at 14 weeks' gestation. The
client is a recent immigrant from Asia, and the nurse explores the foods that the
client usually eats. Which foods should the nurse counsel the client to avoid
during pregnancy? (Select all that apply.) - Raw shellfish
Herbal supplements
Soft-scrambled eggs
An expectant couple asks the nurse about the cause of low back pain during labor.
The nurse replies that this pain occurs most often when the fetus is positioned: -
Occiput posterior
How does the nurse know that a client at 40 weeks' gestation is experiencing true
labor? - Cervical dilation
A nurse is caring for a client who is receiving internal radiation for cancer of the
cervix. For which adverse reactions to the radiotherapy should the client be
monitored? (Select all that apply.) - Hemorrhage
Increased temperature
A client who has breast cancer had postlumpectomy chemotherapy and is now
scheduled for radiation on an outpatient basis. What is an important nursing
intervention while the client is receiving radiation? - Observing the irradiated site
daily for redness or irritation
Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
,Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
A nurse is counseling a pregnant woman with type 1 diabetes. What is the most
important nursing consideration in the planning of care for this client? -
Requirement of intensive prenatal care
A 7-lb, 4-oz (3290-g) boy is admitted to the nursery and placed in a warm crib. The
neonate begins to choke on mucus. How should the nurse suction him with a bulb
syringe? - By suctioning the mouth before the nostrils
What should the nurse's initial discussion include to best help new parents
understand the unique characteristics of a newborn? - Expected movements and
behaviors
A parent of a preterm infant in the neonatal intensive care unit, asks a nurse why
the baby is in a bed with a radiant warmer. The nurse explains that preterm
infants are at increased risk for hypothermia because they: - Lack the
subcutaneous fat that usually provides insulation
On a routine prenatal visit the sign or symptom that a healthy primigravida at 20
weeks' gestation will most likely report for the first time is: - Quickening
While caring for a client in labor, a nurse notes that during a contraction there is a
15-beat/min acceleration of the fetal heart rate above the baseline. What is the
nurse's next action? - Record the fetal response to contractions and continue to
monitor the heart rate
A nurse in the fertility clinic works with couples who have been trying to become
pregnant for more than 1 year. How can the nurse help ease the feeling of
isolation that infertile couples often experience? - Explore ways to promote
communication with family and friends
Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
,Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
During a pelvic examination of a 24-year-old woman, the nurse suspects a vaginal
infection because of the presence of a white curdlike vaginal discharge. What
other assessment supports a fungal vaginal infection? - An itchy perineum
A client states that she wishes to use the calendar method of birth control. The
nurse concludes that the client understands how to calculate the beginning of the
fertile period when she states, "I will: - Subtract 18 days from the length of my
shortest cycle"
A client who has had a mastectomy asks what the term ERP-positive means. How
should the nurse explain this finding? - The tumor cells generally exhibit a positive
response to hormone therapy that reduces estrogen.
A newborn of 30 weeks' gestation has a heart rate of 86 beats/min and slow,
irregular respirations. The infant grimaces in response to suctioning, is cyanotic,
and has flaccid muscle tone. What Apgar score should the nurse assign to this
neonate? - 3
A nurse in the fertility clinic is instructing a client who will be using progesterone
gel vaginally in the treatment of luteal phase infertility. When discussing the side
effects of progesterone, what should the nurse tell the client to expect? -
Enlarged, tender breasts
A health care provider determines that a fetus is in a breech presentation. For
which complication should the nurse monitor the client? - Nonreassuring fetal
signs, indicating prolapse of the cord
Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
, Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
Women who become pregnant for the first time at a later reproductive age (35
years or older) are at risk for what complications? (Select all that apply.) - Preterm
labor
Multiple gestation
Chromosomal anomalies
Bleeding in the first trimester
A client at term is admitted in active labor. She has tested positive for HIV. Which
intervention in the standard orders should the nurse question as a risk to the
fetus? - Internal fetal scalp electrode
A client who had a cesarean birth is unable to void 3 hours after the removal of an
indwelling catheter. How can the nurse evaluate whether the client's bladder is
distended? - By palpating the client's suprapubic area gently
What instruction should a nurse include when teaching about the correct use of a
female condom? - "Remove the condom before standing up."
A nurse expects signs of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in a neonate whose
mother: - Has type 1 diabetes
A preterm infant with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) has blood drawn for an
arterial blood gas analysis. What test result should the nurse anticipate for this
infant? - Decreased blood pH
After a spontaneous vaginal delivery the client expresses concern because the
newborn has a red rash with small papules on the face, chest, and back. What
condition does the nurse recognize? - Erythema toxicum
Maternity and Women's Health Nursing test guide 2024 Graded A
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