ATI CAPSTONE OB MATERNTY
LATEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
LATEST VERSIONS QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTANSWERS
A nurse is teaching about nutrition guidelines to a parent of a newborn. Which of
the following statements by the parent indicates understanding of the teaching?
a) I should start solid foods when my baby is 3 months old."
b) "I should introduce cow's milk when my baby is 9 months old."
c) "I should wait to give fruit juice until my baby is 6 months of age."
d) "I should wait to begin fluoride supplements until my baby is 4 months of age."
A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a newborn immediately
following birth. Which of the following actions by the nurse reduces evaporative
heat loss by the newborn? a. Placing the newborn on a warm surface
b. Preventing air drafts
c. Drying the newborn's skin thoroughly
d. Maintaining ambient room temperature at 24° C (75° F)
A nurse on the postpartum unit is caring for a group of clients with an assistive
personnel (AP). Which of the following tasks should the nurse plan to delegate to
the AP?
,a) Provide a sitz bath to a client who has a fourth-degree laceration and is 2 days
postpartum.
b) Observe an area of redness on the breast of a client who is 1 day postpartum.
c) Monitor vital signs during admission of a client who has gestational
hypertension.
d) Change the perineal pad of a client who just transferred from labor and
delivery.
A nurse places a newborn under a radiant heat warmer after birth. The purpose of
this action is to prevent which of the following in the newborn?
a. Cold stress
b. Shivering
c. Basal metabolic rate reduction
d. Brown fat production
A nurse admits a woman who is at 38 weeks of gestation and in early labor with
ruptured membranes. The nurse determines that the client's oral
temperature is 38.9° C (102° F). Besides notifying the provider, which of the
following is an appropriate nursing action? a) Recheck the client's temperature
in 4 hr.
b) Administer glucocorticoids intramuscularly.
c) Assess the odor of the amniotic fluid.
d) Prepare the client for emergency cesarean section.
in a clinic is teaching the mother of a 4-month-old infant who has
been breastfed. The mother plans to switch her infant to an ironfortified formula.
Which of the following should be included in the teaching?
, A nurse
a. Iron facilitates development of vision in infants.
b. Iron facilitates growth of bones in infants.
c. Iron stores in infants begin to deplete.
d. Iron is poorly absorbed in infants.
A nurse in the newborn nursery is caring for a group of newborns. Which of the
following newborns requires immediate intervention?
a) A newborn who is 24 hr post-delivery and has not voided
b) A newborn who is 18 hr post-delivery and has acrocyanosis
c) A newborn who is 24-hr post-delivery and has not passed meconium
d) A newborn who is 12 hr post-delivery and has a temperature of 37.5° C (99.5° F)
A nurse in the nursery is caring for a newborn. The grandmother of the newborn
asks if she can take the newborn to the mother's room. Which of the following is
an appropriate response by the nurse? a. "You may carry your grandchild to the
room.'
b. "You can push the baby to the room in a wheeled bassinet."
c. "Have the mother call and I will take the baby to the room."
d. "If you show me your photo identification, you can take the infant."
LATEST 2026 ACTUAL EXAM WITH
LATEST VERSIONS QUESTIONS AND
CORRECTANSWERS
A nurse is teaching about nutrition guidelines to a parent of a newborn. Which of
the following statements by the parent indicates understanding of the teaching?
a) I should start solid foods when my baby is 3 months old."
b) "I should introduce cow's milk when my baby is 9 months old."
c) "I should wait to give fruit juice until my baby is 6 months of age."
d) "I should wait to begin fluoride supplements until my baby is 4 months of age."
A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is caring for a newborn immediately
following birth. Which of the following actions by the nurse reduces evaporative
heat loss by the newborn? a. Placing the newborn on a warm surface
b. Preventing air drafts
c. Drying the newborn's skin thoroughly
d. Maintaining ambient room temperature at 24° C (75° F)
A nurse on the postpartum unit is caring for a group of clients with an assistive
personnel (AP). Which of the following tasks should the nurse plan to delegate to
the AP?
,a) Provide a sitz bath to a client who has a fourth-degree laceration and is 2 days
postpartum.
b) Observe an area of redness on the breast of a client who is 1 day postpartum.
c) Monitor vital signs during admission of a client who has gestational
hypertension.
d) Change the perineal pad of a client who just transferred from labor and
delivery.
A nurse places a newborn under a radiant heat warmer after birth. The purpose of
this action is to prevent which of the following in the newborn?
a. Cold stress
b. Shivering
c. Basal metabolic rate reduction
d. Brown fat production
A nurse admits a woman who is at 38 weeks of gestation and in early labor with
ruptured membranes. The nurse determines that the client's oral
temperature is 38.9° C (102° F). Besides notifying the provider, which of the
following is an appropriate nursing action? a) Recheck the client's temperature
in 4 hr.
b) Administer glucocorticoids intramuscularly.
c) Assess the odor of the amniotic fluid.
d) Prepare the client for emergency cesarean section.
in a clinic is teaching the mother of a 4-month-old infant who has
been breastfed. The mother plans to switch her infant to an ironfortified formula.
Which of the following should be included in the teaching?
, A nurse
a. Iron facilitates development of vision in infants.
b. Iron facilitates growth of bones in infants.
c. Iron stores in infants begin to deplete.
d. Iron is poorly absorbed in infants.
A nurse in the newborn nursery is caring for a group of newborns. Which of the
following newborns requires immediate intervention?
a) A newborn who is 24 hr post-delivery and has not voided
b) A newborn who is 18 hr post-delivery and has acrocyanosis
c) A newborn who is 24-hr post-delivery and has not passed meconium
d) A newborn who is 12 hr post-delivery and has a temperature of 37.5° C (99.5° F)
A nurse in the nursery is caring for a newborn. The grandmother of the newborn
asks if she can take the newborn to the mother's room. Which of the following is
an appropriate response by the nurse? a. "You may carry your grandchild to the
room.'
b. "You can push the baby to the room in a wheeled bassinet."
c. "Have the mother call and I will take the baby to the room."
d. "If you show me your photo identification, you can take the infant."
