ATI RN
ATI RN Maternal Newborn 2023 III Questions
Extract:
A nurse is assessing a full-term newborn upon admission to the nursery.
Question 1 of 5
What clinical findings should the nurse report to the provider?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Single palmar creases may indicate genetic conditions like Down syndrome, requiring reporting, unlike normal findings like transient cyanosis.
Extract:
A nurse in a provider's office is caring for a 20-year-old client who is at 12 weeks of gestation and requests an amniocentesis to determine the sex of the fetus.
Question 2 of 5
What responses should the nurse make?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Amniocentesis diagnoses genetic disorders, not just fetal sex, which can be determined less invasively via ultrasound, making this the appropriate response.
Extract:
A nurse is assessing a patient who is 6 hours postpartum and has endometritis.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Uterine tenderness is a hallmark of endometritis, an inflammation of the uterine lining often post-delivery.
Extract:
A nurse is providing teaching to the parents of a newborn about the Plastibell circumcision technique.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following information should the nurse include?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Yellow exudate forming within 24 hours is a normal healing sign with the Plastibell technique, not to be confused with infection.
Extract:
A postpartum nurse is caring for a client and their newborn.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following observations should indicate to the nurse that the client is in the taking-in phase of maternal role attainment?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Reviewing the birth experience with others is typical of the taking-in phase, where the mother is passive, dependent, and processes her new role by reflecting on the birth.