ATI Capstone Maternal Newborn Pre-
Assignment Questions and Answers
Rated A
Severe preeclampsia symptoms with seizure activity or coma. ✔✔Eclampsia
A variant of gestational hypertension where hematologic conditions coexist with severe
preeclampsia and hepatic dysfunction. ✔✔HELLP syndrome
Hypertension beginning after the 20th week of pregnancy with no proteinuria. ✔✔Gestational
Hypertension
Impaired tolerance to glucose with the first onset or recognition during pregnancy.
✔✔Gestational Diabetes
Severe morning sickness with unrelenting, excessive nausea or vomiting that prevents adequate
intake of food and fluids. ✔✔Hyperemesis gravidum
Hypertension beginning after the 20th week of pregnancy with 1 to 2+ proteinuria and a weight
gain of more than 2 kg per week in the second and third trimesters. ✔✔Mild preeclampsia
, 24-48 hours after birth: dependent, passive; focuses on own needs; excited, talkative ✔✔taking
in
Focuses on family and individual roles. ✔✔letting go
2nd-10th day postpartum, or up to several weeks: focuses on maternal role and care of the
newborn; eager to learn; may develop blues. ✔✔taking hold
A postpartum client's fundus is firm, 3 cm above the umbilicus and displaced to the right. Which
of the following interventions should the nurse take? ✔✔Assist the client to void then reassess
the fundus.
Correct
Displacement of the uterus is a sign of bladder distention. The nurse should assist the client to
void then reassess the fundus
Following delivery, the nurse places the newborn under a radiant heat warmer. Which of the
following is this action used to prevent? ✔✔Cold stress
Correct
Assignment Questions and Answers
Rated A
Severe preeclampsia symptoms with seizure activity or coma. ✔✔Eclampsia
A variant of gestational hypertension where hematologic conditions coexist with severe
preeclampsia and hepatic dysfunction. ✔✔HELLP syndrome
Hypertension beginning after the 20th week of pregnancy with no proteinuria. ✔✔Gestational
Hypertension
Impaired tolerance to glucose with the first onset or recognition during pregnancy.
✔✔Gestational Diabetes
Severe morning sickness with unrelenting, excessive nausea or vomiting that prevents adequate
intake of food and fluids. ✔✔Hyperemesis gravidum
Hypertension beginning after the 20th week of pregnancy with 1 to 2+ proteinuria and a weight
gain of more than 2 kg per week in the second and third trimesters. ✔✔Mild preeclampsia
, 24-48 hours after birth: dependent, passive; focuses on own needs; excited, talkative ✔✔taking
in
Focuses on family and individual roles. ✔✔letting go
2nd-10th day postpartum, or up to several weeks: focuses on maternal role and care of the
newborn; eager to learn; may develop blues. ✔✔taking hold
A postpartum client's fundus is firm, 3 cm above the umbilicus and displaced to the right. Which
of the following interventions should the nurse take? ✔✔Assist the client to void then reassess
the fundus.
Correct
Displacement of the uterus is a sign of bladder distention. The nurse should assist the client to
void then reassess the fundus
Following delivery, the nurse places the newborn under a radiant heat warmer. Which of the
following is this action used to prevent? ✔✔Cold stress
Correct
