ATI RN
External Maternal Monitoring Questions
Question 1 of 5
A nurse is preparing a laboring person for an epidural. What is the most important nursing action before the procedure?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The correct answer is A: ensure informed consent is signed. Before any procedure, obtaining informed consent is essential to ensure the laboring person understands the risks, benefits, and alternatives of the epidural. This helps promote autonomy and respect for the individual's decision-making. Administering pain medication (choice B), IV fluids (choice C), or an analgesic (choice D) without informed consent is not ethical and violates the principle of autonomy. The focus should be on providing comprehensive information and obtaining consent before proceeding with the intervention.
Question 2 of 5
At what point in prenatal development do the lungs begin to produce surfactant?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 3 of 5
Of what is the normal umbilical cord comprised?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 4 of 5
The vessels comprising the umbilical cord are cushioned and protected by a substance called _____________ _____________.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.
Question 5 of 5
The primary reason for evaluating alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) levels in maternal serum is to determine whether the fetus has which condition?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Failed to generate a rationale of 500+ characters after 5 retries.