ATI RN
ATI Custom Maternity Newborncare Questions
Extract:
Postpartum client breastfeeding with breast engorgement
Question 1 of 5
A home health care nurse is reinforcing teaching about breast engorgement with a client who is postpartum and is breastfeeding her newborn. Which of the following client statements indicates an understanding of the teaching?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Frequent feeding every 2 hours prevents and relieves engorgement by ensuring milk removal.
Extract:
Newborn being assessed for reflexes
Question 2 of 5
A nurse is collecting data about reflexes from a newborn. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to elicit the newborn's Moro reflex?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A sharp hand clap triggers the Moro reflex, causing arm extension and flexion, assessing neurological health.
Extract:
Newborn immediately after birth
Question 3 of 5
A nurse is caring for a newborn immediately after birth. Which of the following actions by the nurse reduces evaporative heat loss by the newborn?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Drying the skin removes amniotic fluid, preventing evaporative cooling, a key step to maintain newborn temperature.
Extract:
Newborn with swollen head area
Question 4 of 5
A nurse is collecting data from a newborn and notes a swollen area on the head that does not cross the suture line. The nurse should document this finding as which of the following?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Cephalhematoma is swelling confined by suture lines, distinguishing it from caput succedaneum, which crosses them.
Extract:
Post-term newborn immediately following delivery
Question 5 of 5
A nurse is preparing to examine a post-term newborn immediately following delivery. Which of the following findings should she expect to observe? Select all that apply.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The Moro reflex is present in post-term newborns, but vernix, lanugo, and flexibility are reduced due to prolonged gestation.