FINAL EXAM
Nursing Care of the Childbearing
Family at Concordia, St. Paul
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,A nurse is caring for a client in active labor who is experiencing
hypotension following epidural placement. Which of the following
actions should the nurse take?
A. Decrease IV fluids
B. Give O2 at 2L a min via NC
C. Place client in lateral postiion
D. Administer indomethacin
ANSWER
C. Place client in lateral position
A nurse is caring for an adolescent who weighs 57 kg. What is the
adolescent's daily maintenance fluid requirement? (Round the answer
to the nearest whole number.)
ANSWER
2240 mL/day
100mL/kg x first 10 kg
50mL/kg x second 10kg
20mL/kg x remainder weight in Kg
1000+500+740=2240
A nurse is preparing to administer 0.9% sodium chloride (0.9% NaCl) 6
mL/kg IV to infuse over 2 hr to an infant who weighs 8 kg. The nurse
,should set the IV pump to deliver how many mL/hr? (Round the
answer to the nearest whole number.)
ANSWER
24 mL/hr
A nurse is preparing to administer furosemide (Lasix) 2 mg/kg/dose
PO every 12 hr to an infant who weighs 12 lb. Available is furosemide
oral solution 10 mg/mL. How many mL should the nurse administer
per dose? (Round the answer to the nearest tenth.)
ANSWER
1.1 mL
A nurse is preparing to administer a liquid medication to an infant.
Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A. Administer the medication while the infant is supine.
B. Give the medication at the side of the infant's mouth.
C. Add the medication to a full bottle of the infant's formula.
D. Administer the medication slowly while holding the nares closed.
ANSWER
B. Give the medication at the side of the infant's mouth.
A nurse is teaching the parents of an infant who has acute otitis
media about how to administer antibiotic eardrops. Which of the
following instructions should the nurse include?
A. Chill the medication prior to administration.
B. Massage the anterior area of the infant's ear following
administration
, C. Hyperextend the infant's neck during administration.
D. Pull the auricle up and back during medication administration.
ANSWER
B. Massage the anterior area of the infant's ear following administration
A pt is 48 hours post-delivery. While assessing fundal height, the
nurse would expect the fundal height to be?
ANSWER
2 cm below umbilicus. (1 cm per 24 hours )
A- appearance/color of baby, its normal to have cyanosis immediately
after birth
0=pale or blue
1= pink body blue extremities
2= pink
P- pulse
0=absent
1= less than 100
2= greater than 100
G- grimace, gentle rubbing of soles
0=no response
1= grimacing
2= crying
A- activity (flaccid or moving limbs)
0=flaccid
1= some flexion
2= well flexed extremities