2022/2023 HESI RN Maternity V1 – Notes Practice Questions
The nurse is planning discharge teaching for a client who had an evacuation of gestational
trophoblastic disease (GTD)
two days ago. Which information is most important for the nurse to include in this client’s
teaching plan?
A. Oral contraceptive use for at least one year.
The nurse is planning care for a client at 30-weeks gestation who is experiencing
preterm labor. What maternal prescription is most important in preventing this fetus
from developing respiratory distress syndrome?
C. Betamethasone (Celestone) 12 mg deep IM.
The nurse is planning care for a 16-year-old, who has juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).
The nurse includes activities to strengthen and mobilize the joints and surrounding
muscle. Which physical therapy regimen should the nurse encourage the adolescent to
implement?
C. Exercise in a swimming pool.
A primigravida arrives at the observation unit of the maternity unit because thinks is in
labor. The nurse applies the external fetal heart monitor and determines that the fetal
heart rate is 140 beats/minute and the contractions are occurring irregularly every 10 to
15 minutes. What assessment finding confirms to the nurse that the client is not labor at
this time?
D. Contractions decrease with walking.
Which toy is most appropriate for a 10-year-old child with acute rheumatic fever who is on
strict bedrest?
D. Checkers
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During a well-child visit for their child, one of the parents who has an autosomal
dominant disorder tells the nurse, “We don’t plan on having any more children, since the
next child is likely to inherit this disorder.” How should the nurse respond?
D. Confirm that there is a 50% chance of their future children inheriting the disorder.
The nurse is caring for a one-year-old child following surgical correction of hypospadias.
What nursing action has the highest priority?
A.Monitor urinary output.
What goal is most important for the nurse to include in the plan of care for a client with
gestational diabetes?
A. Restrict carbohydrate intake.
A new mother is having trouble breastfeeding her newborn son. He is making frantic
rooting motions and will not grasp the nipple. What intervention would be most helpful
to this mother?
B. Ask the mother to stop feeding, comfort the infant, and then assist the mother to help
the baby lactch on.
The nurse is interacting with a female client who is diagnosed with postpartum depression.
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Which finding should the nurse document as an objective signs of depression? (Select all
that apply.)
A. Avoids eye contact.
B. Interacts with a flat
affect. C. Reports
feeling sad.
D. Expresses suicidal thoughts.
E. Has a disheveled appearance.
A full-term, 24-hour-old infant in the nursery regurgitates and suddenly turns cyanotic.
What should the nurse do first?
B. Stimulate the infant to cry.
The current vital signs for a primipara who delivered vaginally during the previous shift are:
temperature 100.4 F, heart rate 58 beats/minute, respiratory rate 16 breaths/minute, and
blood pressure 130/74. What action should the nurse implement?
A.Document the vital signs in the record.
The nurse is assessing a 9-year-old boy who has been admitted to the hospital with
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