ATI RN
ATI RN Maternal Newborn Updated 2023 Questions
Extract:
An adolescent client who requests a prescription for birth control.
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following questions should the nurse ask?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Asking what the client knows about contraception assesses knowledge and guides education, a key nursing role, unlike the other less relevant or judgmental questions.
Extract:
A client who is in the second stage of labor and is experiencing a shoulder dystocia.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Assisting the client to pull their knees toward their abdomen (McRoberts maneuver) widens the pelvic outlet to relieve shoulder dystocia, unlike the other options, which are either incorrect or supplementary actions.
Extract:
A client who is 1 hr postpartum and has preeclampsia without severe features.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following actions should the nurse plan to take?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Assessing for edema monitors for worsening preeclampsia, unlike misoprostol (for labor induction), fluid restriction (not indicated), or an IV bolus (unnecessary without severe features).
Extract:
A client and their newborn.
Question 4 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 is typical of the taking-in phase, where the mother focuses on her own needs and reflects, unlike the other options, which align with later phases.
Extract:
A client who is in labor.
Question 5 of 5
The nurse observes late decelerations of the fetal heart rate on the external fetal monitor. After placing the client in a side-lying position, which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Administering oxygen via a face mask increases fetal oxygenation to address late decelerations (indicating hypoxia), unlike the other options, which don't directly improve oxygen delivery.