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ATI NUR223 Absection 4 Maternity Final Exam Questions
Extract:
A nurse in a community clinic is counseling a client who received a positive test result for chlamydia.
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following statements should the nurse provide?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A single dose of azithromycin is the standard treatment for uncomplicated chlamydia, ensuring effective eradication.
Extract:
A nurse is caring for a client who is in the first stage of labor and is using pattern-paced breathing. The client says she feels lightheaded and her fingers are tingling.
Question 2 of 5
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Lightheadedness and tingling indicate hyperventilation; breathing into a paper bag restores CO2 levels, correcting respiratory alkalosis.
Extract:
A nurse observes that a newborn has a pink trunk and head, bluish hands and feet, and flexed extremities 5 min after delivery. He has a weak and slow cry, a heart rate of 130/min, and cries in response to suctioning.
Question 3 of 5
The nurse should document what Apgar score for this infant?
Correct Answer: 9
Rationale: Apgar score: Color (1), Heart rate (2), Respiratory effort (1), Muscle tone (1), Reflex irritability (2) = 9.
Extract:
A nurse is completing discharge teaching to a client in her 35th week of pregnancy who has mild preeclampsia.
Question 4 of 5
Which of the following information about nutrition should be included in the teaching?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Avoiding salt reduces fluid retention, helping manage hypertension in mild preeclampsia.
Extract:
A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a newborn immediately following birth.
Question 5 of 5
Which of the following actions by the nurse reduces evaporative heat loss by the newborn?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: Drying the newborn's skin prevents evaporative heat loss by removing moisture, maintaining body temperature.