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POSTPARTUM- Test Questions and Answers 100% Pass2.Pregnancy needs to be avoided for 1 to 3 months.
3.The vaccine is administered by the subcutaneous route.
4.Exposure to immunosuppressed individuals needs to be avoided.
5.A hypersensitivity reaction can occur if the client has an allergy to eggs. Correct Ans-A
rubella titer result of a 1-day postpartum client is less than 1:8, and a rubella virus vaccine is
prescribed to be administered before discharge. The nurse provides which information to the
client about the vaccine? Select all that apply.
1.Breast-feeding needs to be stopped for 3 months.
2.Pregnancy needs to be avoided for 1 to 3 months.
3.The vaccine is administered by the subcutaneous route.
4.Exposure to immunosuppressed individuals needs to be avoided.
5.A hypersensitivity reaction can occur if the client has an allergy to eggs. 6.The area of the
injection needs to be covered with a sterile gauze for 1 week.
1."What can I do for you?"
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-When a loss or death occurs, the nurse should ensure that parents have been honestly told
about the situation by their health care provider or others on the health care team. It is
important for the nurse to be with the parents at this time and to use therapeutic
communication techniques. The nurse must also consider cultural and religious practices and
beliefs. The correct option provides a supportive, giving, and caring response. Options 2, 3,
and 4 are blocks to communication and devalue the parents' feelings. Correct Ans-A
stillborn baby was delivered in the birthing suite a few hours ago. After the delivery, the
family remained together, holding and touching the baby. Which statement by the nurse
would further assist the family in their initial period of grief?
1."What can I do for you?"
2."Now you have an angel in heaven." 3."Don't worry, there is nothing you could have done
to prevent this from happening."
4."We will see to it that you have an early discharge so that you don't have to be reminded of
this experience."
2.Support the mother in her reaction to the newborn infant.
Precipitous labor is labor that lasts 3 hours or less. Women who have experienced precipitous
labor often describe feelings of disbelief that their labor progressed so rapidly. To assist the
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client to process what has happened, the best option is to support the client in her reaction to
the newborn infant. Options 1, 3, and 4 do not acknowledge the client's feelings. Correct
Ans-After a precipitous delivery, the nurse notes that the new mother is passive and only
touches her newborn infant briefly with her fingertips. What should the nurse do to help the
woman process the delivery?
1.Encourage the mother to breast-feed soon after birth.
2.Support the mother in her reaction to the newborn infant.
3.Tell the mother that it is important to hold the newborn infant.
4.Document a complete account of the mother's reaction on the birth record.
4.The mother washes and dries her hands before and after self-care of the perineum and asks
for a pair of gloves before feeding.
Hepatitis B virus is highly contagious and is transmitted by direct contact with blood and body
fluids of infected persons. The rationale for identifying childbearing clients with this disease is
to provide adequate protection of the fetus and the newborn, to minimize transmission to
other individuals, and to reduce maternal complications. The correct option provides the best
evaluation of maternal understanding of disease transmission. Option 1 will not affect disease
transmission. Options 2 and 3 are appropriate feeding techniques for bottle-feeding, but do
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not minimize disease transmission for hepatitis B. Correct Ans-The nurse evaluates the
ability of a hepatitis B-positive mother to provide safe bottle-feeding to her newborn during
postpartum hospitalization. Which maternal action best exemplifies the mother's knowledge
of potential disease transmission to the newborn?
1.The mother requests that the window be closed before feeding.
2.The mother holds the newborn properly during feeding and burping. 3.The mother tests the
temperature of the formula before initiating feeding. 4.The mother washes and dries her
hands before and after self-care of the perineum and asks for a pair of gloves before feeding.
4.Increase hydration by encouraging oral fluids.
The client's temperature should be taken every 4 hours while she is awake. Temperatures up
to 100.4° F (38° C) in the first 24 hours after birth often are related to the dehydrating effects
of labor. The appropriate action is to increase hydration by encouraging oral fluids, which
should bring the temperature to a normal reading. Although the nurse also would document
the findings, the appropriate action would be to increase hydration. Taking the temperature
in another 15 minutes is an unnecessary action. Contacting the HCP is not necessary.
Correct Ans-The postpartum nurse is taking the vital signs of a client who delivered a
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