Test Bank Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care Chapter 16: Labor and Birth Processes ,100% CORRECT
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Test Bank Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care Chapter 16: Labor and Birth Processes MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. A new mother asks the nurse when the “soft spot” on her son’s head will go away. The nurse’s answer is based on the knowledge that the anterior fontanel closes after birth by: a....
1 a new mother asks the nurse when the “soft spot” on her son’s head will go away the nurse’s answer i
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Chapter 16: Labor and
Birth Processes
Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health
Care
Chapter 16: Labor and Birth Processes
Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A new mother asks the nurse when the “soft spot” on her
son’s head will go away. The nurse’s answer is based on the
knowledge that the anterior fontanel closes after birth by:
a. 2 months
b. 8 months
c. 12 months
d. 18 months
ANS: D
The larger of the two fontanels, the anterior fontanel closes by
18 months after birth.
The posterior fontanel closes at 6 to 8 weeks.
Eight months is much too early for the anterior fontanel to
close. It closes by 18 months after birth.
Twelve months is too soon. The anterior fontanel closes by 18
months.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 370
OBJ: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
TOP: Nursing Process: Planning
, 2. When assessing a woman in labor, the nurse is aware that
the relationship of the fetal body parts to one another is called
fetal:
a. Lie
b. Presentation
c. Attitude
d. Position
ANS: C
Attitude is the relation of the fetal body parts to each other.
Lie is the relation of the long axis (spine) of the fetus to the
long axis (spine) of the mother.
Presentation refers to the part of the fetus that enters the
pelvic inlet first and leads through the birth canal during labor
at term.
Position is the relation of the presenting part to the four
quadrants of the mother’s pelvis.
DIF: Cognitive Level: Knowledge REF: 370
OBJ: Client Needs: Health Promotion and Maintenance
TOP: Nursing Process: Assessment
3. When assessing the fetus using Leopold maneuvers, the
nurse feels a round, firm, movable fetal part in the fundal
portion of the uterus and a long, smooth surface in the
mother’s right side close to midline. What is the likely position
of the fetus?
a. ROA
b. LSP
c. RSA
d. LOA
ANS: C
Fetal position is denoted with a three-letter abbreviation. The
first letter indicates the presenting part in either the right or
left side of the maternal pelvis. The second letter indicates the
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