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ATI NUR223 Absection 4 Maternity Final Exam Questions
Extract:
A nurse is teaching the parent of a newborn about car seat use.
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following information should the nurse include?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: A 45-degree angle ensures an open airway and prevents head slumping, per safety guidelines.
Extract:
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 38 weeks of gestation and is in active labor. The client's cervix is 6 cm dilated and the fetal heart tracing is reactive. The client reports intense, continuous pain that is not relieved between contractions.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Intense, continuous pain unrelieved by contractions suggests a complication like placental abruption; notifying the provider is urgent.
Extract:
A nurse is caring for an adolescent client who is gravida 1 and para 0, admitted at 38 weeks of gestation with a diagnosis of preeclampsia.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following findings should the nurse identify as inconsistent with preeclampsia?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Deep tendon reflexes of +1 (normal or slightly increased) are inconsistent with preeclampsia, which typically presents with hyperreflexia due to central nervous system irritability.
Extract:
A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a client. Using Leopold maneuvers, the nurse palpates a round, firm, moveable part in the fundus of the uterus and a long, smooth surface on the client's right side.
Question 4 of 5
In which abdominal quadrant should the nurse expect to auscultate fetal heart tones?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The fetal back on the right side suggests the heart tones are best auscultated in the right upper quadrant, where the fetal back is located.
Extract:
A nurse is caring for a client who is at 12 weeks of gestation. The client asks why she needs an ultrasound examination.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following responses should the nurse provide?
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: An early ultrasound at 12 weeks primarily confirms a viable pregnancy by detecting fetal heartbeat and assessing gestational age.