AWHONN NEONATAL COMPREHENSIVE
QUESTION BANK WITH TESTED SOLUTIONS
AND REVIEW AIDS
●● What are the risk factors for high-risk pregnancy?
Answer: Maternal age 17, Controlled hypertension, Multiple gestation,
Substance abuse
●● Which condition is most likely for a pregnant client with severe
vomiting, weight loss, and ketones in urine?
Answer: Hyperemesis gravidarum
●● Which patient should the nurse see first?
Answer: 30 weeks with absent fetal movement
●● What do late decelerations indicate?
Answer: Uteroplacental insufficiency, Fetal hypoxia, Decreased
oxygenation
●● How does a client with placenta previa present?
Answer: Painless bright red bleeding
,●● Which newborn is a priority to assess?
Answer: Blood glucose 42
●● What are the characteristics of a preterm infant?
Answer: Large head, Lanugo, Poor muscle tone
●● What is the priority intervention for a prolapsed cord?
Answer: Knee-chest position
●● What is the diagnosis for a client with sudden abdominal pain, rigid
uterus, and dark bleeding?
Answer: Abruptio placentae
●● What are the risks of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)?
Answer: Macrosomia, Hypoglycemia in newborn, Polyhydramnios,
RDS
●● Which finding requires immediate action?
Answer: Variable decelerations
●● What is the best test for fetal lung maturity?
Answer: L/S ratio
, ●● What symptoms are associated with severe preeclampsia?
Answer: Headache, Visual changes, Epigastric pain, Proteinuria
●● What sign indicates magnesium toxicity?
Answer: Respiratory depression
●● Which condition is the highest priority?
Answer: PROM with fever
●● What are the newborn transitions?
Answer: Respirations, Circulation changes, Thermoregulation, Nutrient
intake
●● What is the best position to prevent SIDS?
Answer: Supine
●● What causes transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN)?
Answer: Delayed lung fluid absorption
●● Which infant should be assessed first?
Answer: Newborn with RR 72/min and retractions
QUESTION BANK WITH TESTED SOLUTIONS
AND REVIEW AIDS
●● What are the risk factors for high-risk pregnancy?
Answer: Maternal age 17, Controlled hypertension, Multiple gestation,
Substance abuse
●● Which condition is most likely for a pregnant client with severe
vomiting, weight loss, and ketones in urine?
Answer: Hyperemesis gravidarum
●● Which patient should the nurse see first?
Answer: 30 weeks with absent fetal movement
●● What do late decelerations indicate?
Answer: Uteroplacental insufficiency, Fetal hypoxia, Decreased
oxygenation
●● How does a client with placenta previa present?
Answer: Painless bright red bleeding
,●● Which newborn is a priority to assess?
Answer: Blood glucose 42
●● What are the characteristics of a preterm infant?
Answer: Large head, Lanugo, Poor muscle tone
●● What is the priority intervention for a prolapsed cord?
Answer: Knee-chest position
●● What is the diagnosis for a client with sudden abdominal pain, rigid
uterus, and dark bleeding?
Answer: Abruptio placentae
●● What are the risks of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)?
Answer: Macrosomia, Hypoglycemia in newborn, Polyhydramnios,
RDS
●● Which finding requires immediate action?
Answer: Variable decelerations
●● What is the best test for fetal lung maturity?
Answer: L/S ratio
, ●● What symptoms are associated with severe preeclampsia?
Answer: Headache, Visual changes, Epigastric pain, Proteinuria
●● What sign indicates magnesium toxicity?
Answer: Respiratory depression
●● Which condition is the highest priority?
Answer: PROM with fever
●● What are the newborn transitions?
Answer: Respirations, Circulation changes, Thermoregulation, Nutrient
intake
●● What is the best position to prevent SIDS?
Answer: Supine
●● What causes transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN)?
Answer: Delayed lung fluid absorption
●● Which infant should be assessed first?
Answer: Newborn with RR 72/min and retractions
