ati OB Exam 3 Test Questions with Answers
A home health nurse is teaching a client who is breastfeeding about managing breast engorgement. Which of the following client statements indicates understanding of the teaching?
ANSWER: "I’ll feed my baby every 2 hours."
A nurse is p...
A home health nurse is teaching a client who is breastfeeding about managing
breast engorgement. Which of the following client statements indicates
understanding of the teaching?
ANSWER: "I’ll feed my baby every 2 hours."
A nurse is preparing to administer methylergonovine IM to a client who experienced a
vaginal delivery. The nurse should explain to the client that the purpose of this
medication is to prevent which of the following conditions?
ANSWER: Postpartum hemorrhage
A nurse is preparing to measure the fundal height of a client who is at 22 weeks of
gestation. At which location should the nurse expect to palpate the fundus?
ANSWER: Slightly above the umbilicus
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 40 weeks gestation and is in active labor. The
client has 6 cm of cervical dilation and 100% cervical effacement. The nurse obtains
the client’s blood pressure reading as 82/52 mm Hg. Which of the following nursing
interventions should the nurse perform?
ANSWER: Assist the client to turn onto her side
.A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a client following a vaginal
examination by the provider which is documented as: –1. Which of the following
interpretations of this finding should the nurse make?
Answer: The presenting part is 1 cm above the ischial spines.
A nurse is admitting a client who is at 36 weeks gestation and has painless, bright red
vaginal bleeding. The nurse should recognize this finding as an indication of which of
the following conditions?
Answer: Placenta previa
A nurse is caring for a client during a nonstress test (NST). At the end of a 30-min
period of observation, the nurse notes the following findings: The fetal heart rate
baseline is 120/min with minimal variability and no accelerations. There are two
decelerations of 15 /min in the fetal heart rate during a period of fetal movement,
each lasting 20 seconds. Which of the following interpretations of these findings
should the nurse make?
Answer: A nonreactive test
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,A nurse in a provider’s office is caring for a client who is at 36 weeks of gestation and
scheduled for an amniocentesis. The client asks why she is having an ultrasound prior
to the
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, procedure. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the
nurse? Answer: . "It assists in identifying the location of the placenta
and fetus."
A nurse is caring for a client who is 6 hr postpartum. The client is Rh-negative
and her newborn is Rh-positive. The client asks why an indirect Coombs test was
ordered by the provider. Which of the following is an appropriate response by the
nurse?
ANSWER: "It detects Rh-positive antibodies in the mother’s blood."
A nurse is caring for a client who is 12 hr postpartum following a vaginal delivery.
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
ANSWER: . Fundus firm, at the level of the umbilicus
A nurse is caring for a client who is postpartum and finds the fundus slightly
boggy and displaced to the right. Based on these findings, which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
ANSWER: Assist the client to the bathroom to void
A nurse is caring for a client who is 5 hr postpartum following a vaginal birth of a
newborn weighing 9 lb 6 oz.
(4252 g). The nurse should recognize that this client is at risk for which of the
following postpartum
complications?
ANSWER: Uterine
atony
A nurse is caring for a client who is 4 hr postpartum following a vaginal birth. The
client has saturated a perineal pad within 10 min. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first?
ANSWER: Massage the client's fundus.
A nurse on the obstetric unit is caring for a client who experienced abruptio placentae.
The nurse observes petechiae and bleeding around the IV access site. The nurse
should recognize that this client is at risk for which of the following complications?
ANSWER: Disseminated intravascular coagulation
A nurse midwife is examining a client who is a primigravida at 42 weeks of
gestation and states that she believes she is in labor. Which of the following findings
confirm to the nurse that the client is in labor?
ANSWER: Cervical dilation
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