maternal newborn ati Exam
Study Guide – Practice
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2026/2027 Update.
A nurse is caring for a client in the prenatal clinic who is at 7 weeks of
gestation. The client reports urinary frequency and asks the nurse if this will
continue throughout her pregnancy. Which of the following responses by the
nurse is appropriate? - Answer✔✔-No, it should only last until about your 12th
week, but it will return near the end of the pregnancy."
Urinary frequency usually disappears at about 12 weeks of gestation but
returns near term as the enlarging uterus presses on the bladder. It can also
worsen following fetal descent.
A nurse in a prenatal clinic overhears a newly licensed nurse discussing
conception with a client. Which of the following statements by the newly
licensed nurse requires intervention by the nurse? - Answer✔✔-"Implantation
occurs between two and three weeks after conception."
,A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a client who is at 12 weeks of gestation.
The client asks about the cause of her heartburn. Which of the following
responses should the nurse make? - Answer✔✔-Increased progesterone
production causes decreased motility of smooth muscle.
Increased progesterone production causes a relaxation of the cardiac sphincter
and delayed gastric emptying, which can result in heartburn
A nurse is preparing to auscultate fetal heart tones for a client who is pregnant.
Using Leopold maneuvers, the nurse palpates a round, firm, moveable part in
the fundal portion of the uterus and a long, smooth surface on the mother's
right side. In which of the following maternal quadrants should the nurse
auscultate fetal heart tones? - Answer✔✔-Right upper quadrant
A nurse is caring for a client who is pregnant and undergoing a nonstress test.
The nurse records the FHR as 130 to 150/min, with no fetal movement for 15
min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - Answer✔✔-Apply
vibroacoustic stimulation to the woman's abdomen
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client at her first prenatal visit about
expected changes during gestation. (Move the steps into the box on the right,
placing them in the selected order of occurrence from earliest to latest in
gestation. Use all the steps.) - Answer✔✔-Breast tenderness Nausea and
vomiting Goodell's sign Quickening Striaegravidarum
A nurse in a prenatal clinic is determining a client's estimated date of delivery
using Naegele's rule. The first day of her last menstrual period was May 4.
Which of the following dates should the nurse tell the client is her estimated
date of delivery? - Answer✔✔-February 11
, A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is in labor about why epidural
anesthesia is not initiated until a good labor pattern has been established.
Which of the following explanations should the nurse include? - Answer✔✔-
"Given too soon, epidural anesthesia can prolong labor."
A nurse is reinforcing nutrition teaching with a client during the first prenatal
visit. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of the teaching? - Answer✔✔-"I can eat 12 to 18 ounces of
albacore tuna weekly."
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is 3 hr postpartum. The nurse notes
that the client's fundus is displaced to the right of midline, is firm, and is two
fingerbreadths above the umbilicus. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take? - Answer✔✔-Have the client urinate.
A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who is scheduled for a cesarean birth
based on the fetal lungs having reached maturity. Which of the following
findings indicates that the fetal lungs are mature? - Answer✔✔-
Lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio of 2:1
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who had an epidural anesthesia
block during the early stages of labor. The client's blood pressure is 80/40 mm
Hg and the fetal heart recording is 140/min. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first? - Answer✔✔-Place the client in a lateral position
A charge nurse observes a newly licensed nurse checking fetal heart tones
(FHT) for a client who is at 12 weeks of gestation. Which of the following
actions by the nurse indicates a need for intervention by the charge nurse? -
Answer✔✔-Listens with a fetoscope
Study Guide – Practice
Questions with Verified
Answers. GRADED A+. Latest
2026/2027 Update.
A nurse is caring for a client in the prenatal clinic who is at 7 weeks of
gestation. The client reports urinary frequency and asks the nurse if this will
continue throughout her pregnancy. Which of the following responses by the
nurse is appropriate? - Answer✔✔-No, it should only last until about your 12th
week, but it will return near the end of the pregnancy."
Urinary frequency usually disappears at about 12 weeks of gestation but
returns near term as the enlarging uterus presses on the bladder. It can also
worsen following fetal descent.
A nurse in a prenatal clinic overhears a newly licensed nurse discussing
conception with a client. Which of the following statements by the newly
licensed nurse requires intervention by the nurse? - Answer✔✔-"Implantation
occurs between two and three weeks after conception."
,A nurse in a prenatal clinic is caring for a client who is at 12 weeks of gestation.
The client asks about the cause of her heartburn. Which of the following
responses should the nurse make? - Answer✔✔-Increased progesterone
production causes decreased motility of smooth muscle.
Increased progesterone production causes a relaxation of the cardiac sphincter
and delayed gastric emptying, which can result in heartburn
A nurse is preparing to auscultate fetal heart tones for a client who is pregnant.
Using Leopold maneuvers, the nurse palpates a round, firm, moveable part in
the fundal portion of the uterus and a long, smooth surface on the mother's
right side. In which of the following maternal quadrants should the nurse
auscultate fetal heart tones? - Answer✔✔-Right upper quadrant
A nurse is caring for a client who is pregnant and undergoing a nonstress test.
The nurse records the FHR as 130 to 150/min, with no fetal movement for 15
min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take? - Answer✔✔-Apply
vibroacoustic stimulation to the woman's abdomen
A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client at her first prenatal visit about
expected changes during gestation. (Move the steps into the box on the right,
placing them in the selected order of occurrence from earliest to latest in
gestation. Use all the steps.) - Answer✔✔-Breast tenderness Nausea and
vomiting Goodell's sign Quickening Striaegravidarum
A nurse in a prenatal clinic is determining a client's estimated date of delivery
using Naegele's rule. The first day of her last menstrual period was May 4.
Which of the following dates should the nurse tell the client is her estimated
date of delivery? - Answer✔✔-February 11
, A nurse is reinforcing teaching with a client who is in labor about why epidural
anesthesia is not initiated until a good labor pattern has been established.
Which of the following explanations should the nurse include? - Answer✔✔-
"Given too soon, epidural anesthesia can prolong labor."
A nurse is reinforcing nutrition teaching with a client during the first prenatal
visit. Which of the following statements by the client indicates an
understanding of the teaching? - Answer✔✔-"I can eat 12 to 18 ounces of
albacore tuna weekly."
A nurse is collecting data from a client who is 3 hr postpartum. The nurse notes
that the client's fundus is displaced to the right of midline, is firm, and is two
fingerbreadths above the umbilicus. Which of the following actions should the
nurse take? - Answer✔✔-Have the client urinate.
A nurse is assisting in the care of a client who is scheduled for a cesarean birth
based on the fetal lungs having reached maturity. Which of the following
findings indicates that the fetal lungs are mature? - Answer✔✔-
Lecithin/sphingomyelin (L/S) ratio of 2:1
A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who had an epidural anesthesia
block during the early stages of labor. The client's blood pressure is 80/40 mm
Hg and the fetal heart recording is 140/min. Which of the following actions
should the nurse take first? - Answer✔✔-Place the client in a lateral position
A charge nurse observes a newly licensed nurse checking fetal heart tones
(FHT) for a client who is at 12 weeks of gestation. Which of the following
actions by the nurse indicates a need for intervention by the charge nurse? -
Answer✔✔-Listens with a fetoscope
