EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
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ATI RN MATERNAL NEWBORN 2024 WITH NGN (PROCTORED)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES
A nurse is teaching a client who is at 41 weeks of gestation about a non-stress test. Which of the
following information should the nurse include in the teaching?
A . "This test will confirm fetal lung maturity."
B. "This test will determine the adequacy of placental perfusion".
C. "This test will detect fetal infection".
D. "This test will predict maternal readiness for labor".
"This test will confirm fetal lung maturity ".
The goal of a nonstress test is to provide useful information about your baby's oxygen supply by
checking his or her heart rate and how it responds to your baby's movement.
A nurse on the labor and delivery unit is assessing four clients. Which of the following clients is a
candidate for an induction of labor with misoprostol?
A. A client who has active genital herpes
B. A client who has gestational diabetes mellitus
C. A client who has a previous uterine incision D. A client who has placenta previa
A client who has gestational diabetes mellitus
pregnancy and labor complicated by Gestational DM can be safety treated with misoprostol to
induce labor
A nurse is monitoring a client who has preeclampsia and is receiving magnesium sulfate by continuous IV
infusion. Which of the following findings should the nurse reports to the provider?
,ATI RN MATERNAL NEWBORN 2024 WITH NGN (PROCTORED)
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A. Blood pressure 148/94mm Hg
B. Respiratory rate 14mm
C. Urinary output 20 mL/hr D. 2+deep tendon reflexes
Urinary output 20 mL/hr
Urine output should be at least 30 mL/hour while administering magnesium sulfate. If less,
notify provider of decreased urine output.
A nurse is caring for a client who is in the transition phase of labor and reports a pain level of 7 on a
scale of 0 to 10. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
A. Instruct the client to use effleurage
B. Apply counter pressure to the client sacral.
C. Assist the client with patterned-paced breathing.
D. Teach the client the technique of biofeedback
Assist the client with patterned-paced breathing.
Assist patient with pant-blow breathing to help manage pain
A nurse is caring for newborn immediately following birth and notes a large amount of mucus in the
newborn's mouth and nose. Identify the sequence the nurse should follow when performing suction
with a bulb syringe. (Move the streps into the box on the placing them in the selected order of
performance. Use all the streps.)
A. Assess the newborn for reflex bradycardia.
B. Compress the bulb syringe
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C. Place the bulb syringe in the newborn's mouth.
D. Use the bulb syringe to suction the newborn's nose.
Compress the bulb syringe
Place the bulb syringe in the newborn's mouth.
Use the bulb syringe to suction the newborn's nose.
Assess the newborn for reflex bradycardia. (this time assessment comes last because if
effective bulb suctioning was done, assessment for reflex bradycardia would be negative)
A community health nurse is providing education on gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) to a group of
clients who are pregnant when discussing risk factors, which of the following ethnicities should the
nurse identify as having the lowest incidence of GDM?
A. Asian - both Asians and Hispanics are at risk but Asians rank higher
B. Non-Hispanic White American
C. Hispanic
D. African American
Non-Hispanic White American
A nurse is assessing a client who is at 37 weeks of gestation. Which of the following statement by the
client requires immediate intervention by the nurse?
A. "It burns when I urinate
B. "My feet are really swollen today".
C. "I didn't have lunch today, but I have breakfast this morning".
D. "I have been seeing spot this morning"
"I have been seeing spot this morning"
patient might be undergoing labor and should be managed