Maternity OB HESI

Maternity – HESI Hints 1.woman had variable deceleration. What is nursing action? Turn her on herside2. 2.parents asking nurse why heel stick is important for baby ? It is routine examto check for metabolic deficiency3. 3.patient was on drug; what is side effect? Rapid abdominal girth4. 4.drug calc: magnesium sulfate, convert from mL to units. 240 mg. 5.Answer: 5. 6.herpes 2 baby: put baby in isolation room6. 7.Coke baby: mother was diagnosed with Coke. Baby is irritable, cries a lot. What do you do? Initiate seizure precaution. 8.Woman on Pitocin suddenly has problems and has variable decelerations. What do you do? Turn off Pitocin, decrease Pitocin. 9.Mom wants to know what substance to use when changing baby’s diaper? Clean water, baby lotion, talcum powder. 10.Woman’s hematocrit (values) and hemoglobin (value) levels are abnormalbut she says she’s been eating green veggies. She wants to know how pregnancy effects these lab values. The nurse says: plasma volume affects 11.Mom has mastitis. She is on antibiotics. Nurse advises patient to: Initially breastfeed on the unaffected breast. 12.New mother states her nipples are tender after breastfeeding for 2 days: assess position of infant while breastfeeding 13.Mom unsure about being a good parent: determine support from family, friends. 14.Mother is breastfeeding and wants to know what contraceptive to use: condoms and diaphragm with spermicide14. 15.Mother has diaphragm after birth. She wants to know if she should get a new one or keep it? Use alternative contraceptives until she can obtain a new one. 16.Nurse discovers postpartum client has a boggy uterus and is on left side. Encourage patient to void.