HESI Maternity Exam

The nurse is providing instructions to a pregnant client who is scheduled for an amniocentesis. What instruction should the nurse provide? A. Strict bed rest is required after the procedure. B. Hospitalization is necessary for 24 hours after the procedure. C. An informed consent needs to ...

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 f...

A full term infant is admitted to the newborn nursery. After careful assessment, the nurse suspects that the infant may have an esophageal atresia. Which symptoms are this newborn likely to exhibit? A. Choking, coughing, and cyanosis. B. Projectile vomiting and cyanosis. C. Apneic spells and gr...

At 14-weeks gestation, a client arrives at the Emergency Center complaining of a dull pain in the right lower quadrant of her abdomen. The nurse obtains a blood sample and initiates an IV. Thirty minutes after admission, the client reports feeling a sharp abdominal pain and a shoulder pain. Assessme...

Which piece of equipment does the nurse use to assess the fetal heartbeat? - Answer Electronic Doppler A pregnant woman reports to the clinic complaining of loss of appetite, weight loss, and fatigue, and tuberculosis is suspected. A sputum culture reveals Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The nurse, p...

A home care nurse is instructing a client with hyperemesis gravidarum about measures to ease the N&V. the nurse tells the client to - Answer eat carbs such as cereals, rice and pasta A nurse is caring for a client with preE who is receiving a mag sulfate infusion to prevent eclampsia. Which findi...

Client teaching is an important part of the maternity nurse's role. Which factor has the greatest influence on successful teaching of the gravid client? - Answer A. The client's readiness to learn A 38-week primagravida who works as a secretary and sits at a computer 8 hours a day tells the nur...