(2025/2026) NSG 3500 EXAM 3 NEWEST
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
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The nurse is caring for a breastfeeding mother who asks
advice on foods that will provide both vitamin A and iron.
Which of the following should the nurse recommend?
1. 1⁄2 cup raw celery dipped in 1 ounce cream cheese.
2. 8 ounces yogurt mixed with 1 medium banana.
3. 12 ounces strawberry milk shake.
4. 11⁄2 cups raw broccoli. Correct Answer 4
A breastfeeding mother states that she has sore nipples.
In response to the complaint, the nurse assists with "latch
on" and recommends that the mother do which of the
following?
1. Use a nipple shield at each breastfeeding.
2. Cleanse the nipples with soap 3 times a day.
3. Rotate the baby's positions at each feed.
4. Bottle feed for 2 days then resume breastfeeding.
Correct Answer 3
Which of the following statements is true about
breastfeeding mothers as compared to bottle-feeding
mothers?
1. Breastfeeding mothers usually involute completely by 3
weeks postpartum.
,2. Breastfeeding mothers have decreased incidence of
diabetes mellitus later in life.
3. Breastfeeding mothers show higher levels of bone
density after menopause.
4. Breastfeeding mothers are prone to fewer bouts of
infection immediately postpartum. Correct Answer 2
A breastfeeding woman, 11⁄2 months postdelivery, calls
the nurse in the obstetrician's office and states, "I am very
embarrassed but I need help. Last night I had an orgasm
when my husband and I were making love. You should
have seen the milk. We were both soaking wet. What is
wrong with me?" The nurse should base the response to
the client on which of the following?
1. The woman is exhibiting signs of pathological
galactorrhea.
2. The same hormone stimulates orgasms and the milk
ejection reflex.
3. The woman should have a serum galactosemia
assessment done.
4. The baby is stimulating the woman to produce too much
milk. Correct Answer 2
A client who is 3 days postpartum asks the nurse, "When
may my husband and I begin having sexual relations
again?" The nurse should encourage the couple to wait
until after which of the following has occurred?
1. The client has had her six-week postpartum checkup.
2. The episiotomy has healed and the lochia has stopped.
3. The lochia has turned to pink and the vagina is no
longer tender.
,4. The client has had her first postpartum menstrual
period. Correct Answer 1
A breastfeeding client, 7 weeks postpartum, complains to
an obstetrician's triage nurse that when she and her
husband had intercourse for the first time after the
delivery, "I couldn't stand it. It was so painful. The doctor
must have done something terrible to my vagina." Which
of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?
1. "After a delivery the vagina is always very tender. It
should feel better the next time you have intercourse."
2. "Does your baby have thrush? If so, you should be
assessed for a yeast infection in your vagina."
3. "Women who breastfeed often have vaginal dryness. A
vaginal lubricant may remedy your discomfort."
4. "Sometimes the stitches of episiotomies heal too tight.
Why don't you come in to be checked?" Correct Answer 3
The nurse monitors his or her postpartum clients carefully
because which of the following physiological changes
occurs during the early postpartum period?
1. Decreased urinary output.
2. Increased blood pressure.
3. Decreased blood volume.
4. Increased estrogen level. Correct Answer 3
A woman, 24 hours postpartum, is complaining of profuse
diaphoresis. She has no other complaints. Which of the
following actions by the nurse is appropriate?
1. Take the woman's temperature.
2. Advise the woman to decrease her fluid intake.
, 3. Reassure the woman that this is normal.
4. Notify the neonate's pediatrician. Correct Answer 3
Which of the following laboratory values would the nurse
expect to see in a normal postpartum woman?
1. Hematocrit, 39%.
2. White blood cell count, 16,000 cells/mm .
3. Red blood cell count, 5 million cells/mm .
4. Hemoglobin, 15 grams/dL. Correct Answer 2
The nurse is discussing the importance of doing Kegel
exercises during the postpartum period. Which of the
following should be included in the teaching plan?
1. She should repeatedly contract and relax her rectal and
thigh muscles.
2. She should practice by stopping the urine flow
midstream every time she voids.
3. She should get on her hands and knees whenever
performing the exercises.
4. She should be advised that her Kegel exercises should
be performed during all
bowel movements. Correct Answer 2
The nurse is evaluating the involution of a woman who is 3
days postpartum. Which of the following findings would the
nurse evaluate as normal?
1. Fundus 1 cm above the umbilicus, lochia rosa.
2. Fundus 2 cm above the umbilicus, lochia alba.
3. Fundus 2 cm below the umbilicus, lochia rubra.
4. Fundus 3 cm below the umbilicus, lochia serosa.
Correct Answer 4
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED CORRECT
ANSWERS | A+ GRADE VERIFIED
ANSWERS
The nurse is caring for a breastfeeding mother who asks
advice on foods that will provide both vitamin A and iron.
Which of the following should the nurse recommend?
1. 1⁄2 cup raw celery dipped in 1 ounce cream cheese.
2. 8 ounces yogurt mixed with 1 medium banana.
3. 12 ounces strawberry milk shake.
4. 11⁄2 cups raw broccoli. Correct Answer 4
A breastfeeding mother states that she has sore nipples.
In response to the complaint, the nurse assists with "latch
on" and recommends that the mother do which of the
following?
1. Use a nipple shield at each breastfeeding.
2. Cleanse the nipples with soap 3 times a day.
3. Rotate the baby's positions at each feed.
4. Bottle feed for 2 days then resume breastfeeding.
Correct Answer 3
Which of the following statements is true about
breastfeeding mothers as compared to bottle-feeding
mothers?
1. Breastfeeding mothers usually involute completely by 3
weeks postpartum.
,2. Breastfeeding mothers have decreased incidence of
diabetes mellitus later in life.
3. Breastfeeding mothers show higher levels of bone
density after menopause.
4. Breastfeeding mothers are prone to fewer bouts of
infection immediately postpartum. Correct Answer 2
A breastfeeding woman, 11⁄2 months postdelivery, calls
the nurse in the obstetrician's office and states, "I am very
embarrassed but I need help. Last night I had an orgasm
when my husband and I were making love. You should
have seen the milk. We were both soaking wet. What is
wrong with me?" The nurse should base the response to
the client on which of the following?
1. The woman is exhibiting signs of pathological
galactorrhea.
2. The same hormone stimulates orgasms and the milk
ejection reflex.
3. The woman should have a serum galactosemia
assessment done.
4. The baby is stimulating the woman to produce too much
milk. Correct Answer 2
A client who is 3 days postpartum asks the nurse, "When
may my husband and I begin having sexual relations
again?" The nurse should encourage the couple to wait
until after which of the following has occurred?
1. The client has had her six-week postpartum checkup.
2. The episiotomy has healed and the lochia has stopped.
3. The lochia has turned to pink and the vagina is no
longer tender.
,4. The client has had her first postpartum menstrual
period. Correct Answer 1
A breastfeeding client, 7 weeks postpartum, complains to
an obstetrician's triage nurse that when she and her
husband had intercourse for the first time after the
delivery, "I couldn't stand it. It was so painful. The doctor
must have done something terrible to my vagina." Which
of the following responses by the nurse is appropriate?
1. "After a delivery the vagina is always very tender. It
should feel better the next time you have intercourse."
2. "Does your baby have thrush? If so, you should be
assessed for a yeast infection in your vagina."
3. "Women who breastfeed often have vaginal dryness. A
vaginal lubricant may remedy your discomfort."
4. "Sometimes the stitches of episiotomies heal too tight.
Why don't you come in to be checked?" Correct Answer 3
The nurse monitors his or her postpartum clients carefully
because which of the following physiological changes
occurs during the early postpartum period?
1. Decreased urinary output.
2. Increased blood pressure.
3. Decreased blood volume.
4. Increased estrogen level. Correct Answer 3
A woman, 24 hours postpartum, is complaining of profuse
diaphoresis. She has no other complaints. Which of the
following actions by the nurse is appropriate?
1. Take the woman's temperature.
2. Advise the woman to decrease her fluid intake.
, 3. Reassure the woman that this is normal.
4. Notify the neonate's pediatrician. Correct Answer 3
Which of the following laboratory values would the nurse
expect to see in a normal postpartum woman?
1. Hematocrit, 39%.
2. White blood cell count, 16,000 cells/mm .
3. Red blood cell count, 5 million cells/mm .
4. Hemoglobin, 15 grams/dL. Correct Answer 2
The nurse is discussing the importance of doing Kegel
exercises during the postpartum period. Which of the
following should be included in the teaching plan?
1. She should repeatedly contract and relax her rectal and
thigh muscles.
2. She should practice by stopping the urine flow
midstream every time she voids.
3. She should get on her hands and knees whenever
performing the exercises.
4. She should be advised that her Kegel exercises should
be performed during all
bowel movements. Correct Answer 2
The nurse is evaluating the involution of a woman who is 3
days postpartum. Which of the following findings would the
nurse evaluate as normal?
1. Fundus 1 cm above the umbilicus, lochia rosa.
2. Fundus 2 cm above the umbilicus, lochia alba.
3. Fundus 2 cm below the umbilicus, lochia rubra.
4. Fundus 3 cm below the umbilicus, lochia serosa.
Correct Answer 4
