MATERNAL CHILD NURSING CARE
EXAM 150 QUESTIONS WIT CORRECT
ANSWERS 2024
1. Q1. The nurse assisted with the delivery of a newborn. Which
nursing action is most effective in preventing heat loss by
evaporation?
1. Warming the crib pad
2. Closing the doors to the room
3. Drying the infant with a warm blanket
4. Turning on the overhead radiant warmer: 3. Drying the infant with a
warm blanket
2. Q2. The mother of a newborn calls the clinic and reports that when
cleaning the umbilical cord, she noticed that the cord was moist and
that discharge was present. What is the most appropriate nursing
instruction for this mother?
1. Bring the infant to the
clinic. 2. This is a normal
occurrence.
3. Increase the number of times that the cord is cleaned per day.
,4. Monitor the cord for another 24 to 48 hours and call the clinic if the
discharge continues.: 1. Bring the infant to the clinic.
3. Q3. The nurse is assessing a newborn after circumcision and notes
that the circumcised area is red with a small amount of bloody
drainage. Which nursing action is most appropriate ?
1. Apply gentle pressure.
2. Reinforce the dressing.
3. Document the finding.
4. Contact the health care provider (HCP).: 3. Document the finding.
4. Q4. The nurse adminsters erythromycin ointment (0.5%) to the eyes
of a newborn and the mother asks the nurse why this is performed.
Which explanation is best for the nurse to provide about neonatal eye
prophylaxis ?
1. Protects the newborn's eyes from possible infections acquired
while hospitalized.
2. Prevents cataracts in the newborn born to a woman who is
susceptible to rubella.
3. Minimizes the spread of microorganisms to the newborn from
invasive procedures during labor.
4. Prevents an infection called ophthalmia neonatorum from
occuring after delivery in a newborn born to a mother with an
,untreated gonococcal infection.: 4. Prevents an infection called
ophthalmia neonatorum from occuring after delivery in a newborn born
to a mother with an untreated gonococcal infection.
5. Q5. The nurse prepares to administer a vitamin K injection to a
newborn, and the mother asks the nurse why her infant needs the
injection. What best response should the nurse provides?
1. "Your newborn needs vitamin K to develop immunity."
2. "The vitamin K will protect your newborn form being jaundiced."
3. "Newborns have sterile bowels, and vitamin K promotes the growth
of bacteria in the bowel."
4. "Newborns are deficient in vitamin K, and this injection prevents
your newborn from bleeding.": 4. "Newborns are deficient in vitamin
K, and this injection prevents your newborn from bleeding."
6. Q6. At each well-child visit, the neonate's anterior and posterior
fontanelles are inspected and palpated. The posterior fontanelle
should be closed by age:
1. 2 months
2. 6 months
3. 9 months
4. 12 months: 1. 2 months
, 7. Q7. A 12-hour-old neonate has edema on the scalp that crosses the
suture lines. This is:
1. Cephalohematoma
2. Caput succedaneum
3. Molding
4. Craniosynostosis: 2. Caput succedaneum
8. Q8. The corneal blink reflex disappears:
1. Approximately 4 hours after birth
2. At age 4 to 6 months
3. After the child is walking
4. Never: 4. Never
9. Q9. Of the following, which assessment finding is most indicative of
a full-term infant?
1. Long lanugo present on the infant's back
2. Incurving of the upper pinnae only
3. Palpable breast tissue of 8mm
4. Transparent skin over the abdomen: 3. Palpable breast tissue of 8mm
10. Q10. An otherwise healthy 3-day-old infant has small, yellowish-
white, 1 mm papules scattered in a transverse, linear distribution along
the nasal groove. These lesions are most likely:
1. Erythema toxicum
EXAM 150 QUESTIONS WIT CORRECT
ANSWERS 2024
1. Q1. The nurse assisted with the delivery of a newborn. Which
nursing action is most effective in preventing heat loss by
evaporation?
1. Warming the crib pad
2. Closing the doors to the room
3. Drying the infant with a warm blanket
4. Turning on the overhead radiant warmer: 3. Drying the infant with a
warm blanket
2. Q2. The mother of a newborn calls the clinic and reports that when
cleaning the umbilical cord, she noticed that the cord was moist and
that discharge was present. What is the most appropriate nursing
instruction for this mother?
1. Bring the infant to the
clinic. 2. This is a normal
occurrence.
3. Increase the number of times that the cord is cleaned per day.
,4. Monitor the cord for another 24 to 48 hours and call the clinic if the
discharge continues.: 1. Bring the infant to the clinic.
3. Q3. The nurse is assessing a newborn after circumcision and notes
that the circumcised area is red with a small amount of bloody
drainage. Which nursing action is most appropriate ?
1. Apply gentle pressure.
2. Reinforce the dressing.
3. Document the finding.
4. Contact the health care provider (HCP).: 3. Document the finding.
4. Q4. The nurse adminsters erythromycin ointment (0.5%) to the eyes
of a newborn and the mother asks the nurse why this is performed.
Which explanation is best for the nurse to provide about neonatal eye
prophylaxis ?
1. Protects the newborn's eyes from possible infections acquired
while hospitalized.
2. Prevents cataracts in the newborn born to a woman who is
susceptible to rubella.
3. Minimizes the spread of microorganisms to the newborn from
invasive procedures during labor.
4. Prevents an infection called ophthalmia neonatorum from
occuring after delivery in a newborn born to a mother with an
,untreated gonococcal infection.: 4. Prevents an infection called
ophthalmia neonatorum from occuring after delivery in a newborn born
to a mother with an untreated gonococcal infection.
5. Q5. The nurse prepares to administer a vitamin K injection to a
newborn, and the mother asks the nurse why her infant needs the
injection. What best response should the nurse provides?
1. "Your newborn needs vitamin K to develop immunity."
2. "The vitamin K will protect your newborn form being jaundiced."
3. "Newborns have sterile bowels, and vitamin K promotes the growth
of bacteria in the bowel."
4. "Newborns are deficient in vitamin K, and this injection prevents
your newborn from bleeding.": 4. "Newborns are deficient in vitamin
K, and this injection prevents your newborn from bleeding."
6. Q6. At each well-child visit, the neonate's anterior and posterior
fontanelles are inspected and palpated. The posterior fontanelle
should be closed by age:
1. 2 months
2. 6 months
3. 9 months
4. 12 months: 1. 2 months
, 7. Q7. A 12-hour-old neonate has edema on the scalp that crosses the
suture lines. This is:
1. Cephalohematoma
2. Caput succedaneum
3. Molding
4. Craniosynostosis: 2. Caput succedaneum
8. Q8. The corneal blink reflex disappears:
1. Approximately 4 hours after birth
2. At age 4 to 6 months
3. After the child is walking
4. Never: 4. Never
9. Q9. Of the following, which assessment finding is most indicative of
a full-term infant?
1. Long lanugo present on the infant's back
2. Incurving of the upper pinnae only
3. Palpable breast tissue of 8mm
4. Transparent skin over the abdomen: 3. Palpable breast tissue of 8mm
10. Q10. An otherwise healthy 3-day-old infant has small, yellowish-
white, 1 mm papules scattered in a transverse, linear distribution along
the nasal groove. These lesions are most likely:
1. Erythema toxicum
