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Maternity Test Bank Exam 1 Practice Questions and Answers Chapter 13: Labor and Birth Processes 1. A new mother asks the nurse when the soft spot on her sons head will go away. The nurses answer is based on the knowledge that the anterior fontanel closes after birth by _____ months. a. 2 c. 12...

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Maternity Test Bank Exam 1 Practice

Questions and Answers

Chapter 13: Labor and Birth Processes

1. A new mother asks the nurse when the soft spot on her sons head will go away. The nurses answer is

based on the knowledge that the anterior fontanel closes after birth by _____ months.

a. 2 c. 12

b. 8 d. 18 - ANSWER✔✔-d. 18

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. c. Attitude.

b. Presentation. d. Position. - ANSWER✔✔-c. Attitude.

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 mothers right side close to midline.

What is the likely position of the fetus?

a. ROA c. RSA

b. LSP d. LOA - ANSWER✔✔-c. RSA

4. The nurse has received report regarding her patient in labor. The womans last vaginal examination was

recorded as 3 cm, 30%, and ?2-2. The nurses interpretation of this assessment is that:

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a. The cervix is effaced 3 cm, it is dilated 30%, and the presenting part is 2 cm above the ischial spines.

b. The cervix is 3 cm dilated, it is effaced 30%, and the presenting part is 2 cm above the ischial spines.

c. The cervix is effaced 3 cm, it is dilated 30%, and the presenting part is 2 cm below the ischial spines.

d. The cervix is dilated 3 cm, it is effaced 30%, and the presenting part is 2 cm below the ischial spines. -

ANSWER✔✔-b. The cervix is 3 cm dilated, it is effaced 30%, and the presenting part is 2 cm above the

ischial spines.

5. To care for a laboring woman adequately, the nurse understands that the __________ stage of labor

varies the most in length?

a. First c. Third

b. Second d. Fourth - ANSWER✔✔-a. First

6. The nurse would expect which maternal cardiovascular finding during labor?

a. Increased cardiac output

b. Decreased pulse rate

c. Decreased white blood cell (WBC) count

d. Decreased blood pressure - ANSWER✔✔-a. Increased cardiac output

7. The factors that affect the process of labor and birth, known commonly as the five Ps, include all

except:

a. Passenger. c. Powers.

b. Passageway. d. Pressure. - ANSWER✔✔-d. Pressure.

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8. The slight overlapping of cranial bones or shaping of the fetal head during labor is called:

a. Lightening. c. Ferguson reflex.

b. Molding. d. Valsalva maneuver. - ANSWER✔✔-b. Molding.

9. Which presentation is described accurately in terms of both presenting part and frequency of

occurrence?

a. Cephalic: occiput; at least 95% c. Shoulder: scapula; 10% to 15%

b. Breech: sacrum; 10% to 15% d. Cephalic: cranial; 80% to 85% - ANSWER✔✔-a. Cephalic: occiput; at

least 95%

10. With regard to factors that affect how the fetus moves through the birth canal, nurses should be

aware that:

a. The fetal attitude describes the angle at which the fetus exits the uterus.

b. Of the two primary fetal lies, the horizontal lie is that in which the long axis of the fetus is parallel to

the long axis of the mother.

c. The normal attitude of the fetus is called general flexion.

d. The transverse lie is preferred for vaginal birth. - ANSWER✔✔-c. The normal attitude of the fetus is

called general flexion.

11. As relates to fetal positioning during labor, nurses should be aware that:

a. Position is a measure of the degree of descent of the presenting part of the fetus through the birth

canal.

b. Birth is imminent when the presenting part is at +4 to +5 cm below the spine.

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c. The largest transverse diameter of the presenting part is the suboccipitobregmatic diameter.

d. Engagement is the term used to describe the beginning of labor. - ANSWER✔✔-b. Birth is imminent

when the presenting part is at +4 to +5 cm below the spine.

12. Which basic type of pelvis includes the correct description and percentage of occurrence in women?

a. Gynecoid: classic female; heart shaped; 75%

b. Android: resembling the male; wider oval; 15%

c. Anthropoid: resembling the ape; narrower; 10%

d. Platypelloid: flattened, wide, shallow; 3% - ANSWER✔✔-d. Platypelloid: flattened, wide, shallow; 3%

13. In relation to primary and secondary powers, the maternity nurse comprehends that:

a. Primary powers are responsible for effacement and dilation of the cervix.

b. Effacement generally is well ahead of dilation in women giving birth for the first time; they are closer

together in subsequent pregnancies.

c. Scarring of the cervix caused by a previous infection or surgery may make the delivery a bit more

painful, but it should not slow or inhibit dilation.

d. Pushing in the second stage of labor is more effective if the woman can breathe deeply and control

some of her involuntary needs to push, as the nurse directs. - ANSWER✔✔-a. Primary powers are

responsible for effacement and dilation of the cervix

14. While providing care to a patient in active labor, the nurse should instruct the woman that:

a. The supine position commonly used in the United States increases blood flow.

b. The all fours position, on her hands and knees, is hard on her back.

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