Maternal OB Exam 2 2024/2025 question and Answer
Accurate Fall- Spring Session [ Labor and Birth Process]
A woman in her 40th week of pregnancy calls the nurse at the clinic and says she
is not sure whether she is in true or false labor. Which statement by the client
would lead the nurse to suspect that the woman is experiencing false labor?
A. "I'm feeling contractions mostly in my back."
B. "My contractions are about 6 minutes apart and regular."
C. "The contractions slow down when I walk around."
D. "If I try to talk to my partner during a contraction, I can't."
C. "The contractions slow down when I walk around."
A client is in the third stage of labor. Which finding would alert the nurse that the
placenta is separating?
A. uterus becomes globular
B. fetal head at vaginal opening
C. umbilical cord shortens
D. mucous plug is expelled
A. uterus becomes globular
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When assessing cervical effacement of a client in labor, the nurse assesses which
characteristic?
A. extent of opening to its widest diameter
B. degree of thinning
C. passage of the mucous plug
D. fetal presenting part
B. degree of thinning
A woman calls the health care facility stating that she is in labor. The nurse would
urge the client to come to the facility if the client reports which symptom?
A. increased energy level with alternating strong and weak contractions
B. moderately strong contractions every 4 minutes, lasting about 1 minute
C. contractions noted in the front of abdomen that stop when she walks
D. pink-tinged vaginal secretions and irregular contractions lasting about 30
seconds
B. moderately strong contractions every 4 minutes, lasting about 1 minute
, . A woman is in the first stage of labor. The nurse would encourage her to assume
which position to facilitate the progress of labor?
A. supine
B. lithotomy
C. upright
D. knee-chest
C. upright
,
A client has not received any medication during her labor. She is having frequent
contractions about every 1 to 2 minutes and has become irritable with her coach
and no longer will allow the nurse to palpate her fundus during contractions. Her
cervix is 8 cm dilated and 90% effaced. The nurse interprets these findings as
indicating:
A. latent phase of the first stage of labor.
B. perineal phase of the first stage of labor.
C. late active phase of the first stage of labor.
D. early phase of the third stage of labor.
C. late active phase of the first stage of labor.
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