ATI RN
ATI Nur 232 Maternity Final Exam SP24 Questions
Extract:
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 37 weeks of gestation and has placenta previa. The client asks why the provider does not do an internal examination.
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following explanations of the primary reason should the nurse provide?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: An internal examination in placenta previa could disturb the low-lying placenta, causing severe bleeding, which is the primary reason to avoid it.
Extract:
A nurse is admitting a patient who is at 30 weeks of gestation and is in preterm labor. The patient has a new prescription for betamethasone and asks the nurse about the purpose of this medication.
Question 2 of 5
Which explanation should the nurse provide?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Betamethasone promotes fetal lung maturity, reducing the risk of respiratory distress in preterm infants.
Extract:
What is important for a woman to understand before undergoing a scheduled tubal ligation?
Question 3 of 5
She should schedule it to be done just before a menstrual flow
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Tubal ligation should be considered irreversible due to the low success rate of reversal procedures.
Extract:
A nurse in the labor and delivery unit is caring for a client who is undergoing external fetal monitoring. The nurse observes that the fetal heart rate begins to slow after the start of a contraction and the lowest rate occurs after the peak of the contraction.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Placing the client in the lateral position is the first action to improve placental blood flow and address late decelerations.
Extract:
A nurse is assessing a newborn immediately after a scheduled cesarean delivery.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following assessments should be the nurse's priority?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Respiratory distress is the priority assessment post-cesarean due to the risk of transient tachypnea of the newborn.