PREGNANCY EXAM ACTUAL EXAM 200
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A 14-year-old emancipated Telling the mother, "I'm sorry, but I need to ask you to
minor at 22 weeks' gestation stay in the waiting area."
comes in for her second
prenatal examination. As
she enters the examination
room with her mother, she
tells the nurse that she does
not want her mother
present for the examination.
What should the nurse say?
A 16-year-old adolescent at Body image is very important to adolescents, so
24 weeks' gestation visits pregnant teenagers are concerned about body size.
the prenatal clinic for the
first time. After the physical
examination she tells the
nurse, "I can't believe how
big I am. Will I get much
bigger?" What information
about adolescent growth
and development does the
nurse need to know before
responding?
,A 24-year-old client who 340 more calories during the second trimester
has been told that she is
pregnant is at her first
prenatal visit. She is 5 feet 6
inches tall and weighs 130
lb. What should the nutrition
plan regarding her daily
caloric intake include?
A 36-year-old multigravida Neural tube defects
who is at 14 weeks'
gestation is scheduled for
an α-fetoprotein test. She
asks the nurse, "What does
this test do?" The nurse
bases the response on the
knowledge that this test can
reveal:
A 36-year-old primigravida, The machinery may be frightening to a laboring couple.
accompanied by her
husband, is admitted to the
birthing unit at 39 weeks'
gestation. External fetal
monitoring is instituted.
What should the nurse
consider when a fetus is
being monitored?
, A 42-year-old client Neural tube defect
undergoes amniocentesis
during the 16th week of
gestation because of
concern about Down
syndrome. What additional
information about the fetus
will examination of the
amniotic fluid reveal at this
time?
After a cesarean birth a Massaging the client's fundus
nurse performs fundal
checks every 15 minutes.
The nurse determines that
the fundus is soft and
boggy. What is the priority
nursing action at this time?
After a client gives birth, Appearance of a sudden gush of blood
what physiological
occurrence indicates to the
nurse that the placenta is
beginning to separate from
the uterus and is ready to
be expelled?
After being transported to Gently guiding the head downward
the hospital by the
ambulance, a pregnant -After the newborn's head has rotated externally, the
woman is brought into the nurse gently guides the head downward for the birth of
emergency department on the anterior shoulder. Gradually flexing the head toward
a stretcher. The nurse notes the mother's thigh, gently putting pressure on the head
that the fetus' head has by pulling upward, and gradually extending the head
emerged. How should the above the mother's symphysis pubis are all
nurse assist the mother in contraindicated.
the birth of the fetus'
anterior shoulder?