1. The recommended frequency of prenatal visits during any complications is
a. every 4 weeks until 28 weeks, every 2 weeks until 36 weeks, then every week
b. every 2 weeks for the 1st 28 weeks, then every week
c. every 4 weeks until 38 weeks, then every week
d. every 4 weeks until 32 weeks, then every 2 weeks until 36 weeks, and then every week
2. A client who is laboring with a baby who is positioned in utero with the occupant to the maternal back and
right will be more likely to extremes which of the following?
a. Hypertension
b. back labor
c. a short labor
d. more painful frontal contractions
3. A pregnant client confined to the nurse that she is eating the laundry starch daily. The nurse should assess
the patient for
a. alopecia
b. iron deficiency anemia
c. weight loss
d. fecal impaction
4. The primigravida client comes from a routine visit at 20 weeks gestation. She tells the nurse that she feels
“funny” in the stomach; like “something is fluttering.” The nurse’s best response would be
a. Have you timed it? you might be having contractions
b. have you noticed any bleeding when this occurs
c. No word, it’s probably nothing. On the roof of the doctor anyway
d. you are feeling the movements of your baby needs perfectly normal
5. the mechanism of labor that allows the fetal head to present itself to fit in the widest anteroposterior
diameter of the pelvic cavity is
a. extension
b. internal rotation
c. flexion
d. descent
6. A father has been very involved and supportive during his partner’s pregnancy. At a 2 nd trimester clinic
visit, he tells the nurse that he’s been having headaches and backache unusual symptoms for him. He says
his appetite is “enormous,” and that although he is tired a lot, he is having difficulty sleeping. The nurse
should recognize that this cluster of symptoms commonly indicates
a. a hurting the baby during intercourse
b. fairly common reaction by partners a pregnant woman
c. kidney infection
d. unconscious rebellion against the fatherly role
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, 7. The nurse is assessing the mother’s knowledge of the function of the amniotic sac. Her statement is correct
when she SELECT ALL THAT APPLY
a. the fluid helps maintain environmental temperature
b. the fluid helps cushion the body against harm
c. the fluid aids in the musculoskeletal development
d. the fluid is responsible for the oxygen exchange
e. the fluid helps to keep the skin lubricated
8. The woman delivers a baby girl at 38 5/7 weeks gestation. Her baby is considered to have been
a. Post-term
b. preterm
c. premature
d. full-term
9. After woman receives intramuscular Nalbuphine hydrochloride (Nubain), her labor progressives rapidly.
Her baby is born less than one hour after the injection and has mild respiratory depression. Which
medication with the nurse obtain from the emergency drawer?
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