HESI RN
Hesi RN Maternal Newborn Questions
Extract:
Question 1 of 5
Abnormal FHR patterns can result in which condition?
Correct Answer: A,B,D,E
Rationale: Abnormal FHR patterns can lead to acidemia, hypoxia, meconium passage, and maternal hypotension effects, but not directly hypoglycemia.
Question 2 of 5
The nurse is performing a newborn assessment. Which symptom, if present in a newborn, would indicate respiratory distress?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Nasal flaring indicates increased breathing effort, a sign of respiratory distress in newborns, unlike normal respiratory patterns.
Question 3 of 5
A new parent asks the nurse about an area of swelling on the baby's head near the posterior fontanel that lies across the suture line. How should the nurse respond?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Caput succedaneum is swelling across suture lines that resolves spontaneously, unlike cephalhematoma, which is confined and may cause jaundice.
Question 4 of 5
After two miscarriages, a client is instructed to increase her daily intake of foods that includes folic acid. The client does not like green leafy vegetables and states she is allergic to soy. Which food should the nurse suggest that the client eat to obtain folic acid?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Strawberries are a good source of folic acid, suitable for the client's dietary restrictions, unlike yogurt, milk, or collard greens, which either lack folic acid or are disliked.
Question 5 of 5
A client in active labor receives a prescription for oxytocin 6 milliunits/minute intravenously (IV). The IV bag contains oxytocin 10 units in lactated Ringer's 1,000 mL. How many mL/hour should the nurse program the infusion pump to deliver? (Enter numerical value only.)
Correct Answer: 36
Rationale: Calculated as: (6 milliunits/min ÷ 10,000 milliunits) × 1,000 mL = 0.6 mL/min; 0.6 mL/min × 60 min/hour = 36 mL/hour.