Relias: Nursing Care of the Patient with Obstetric
and Postpartum Hemorrhage Assessment 2025 !!
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Question 1 of 63 • 750°mL
During a cesarean, the
provider communicates
that the drapes have been
suctioned out prior to the
delivery of the placenta.
The nurse notes the
suction canister has 350
mL of blood-tinged fluid
in it. The nurse quickly
switches to a new suction
canister prior to the
delivery of the placenta.
As the fascia is closed, the
provider again suctions
the drape, and the nurse
notes 600 mL of blood in
the new canister.
Twenty sponges in 4
sponge counter bags are
weighed with a total
amount of 400 g. The
nurse knows the dry
weight of 20 sponges and
4 counter bags is 250 g.
What amount of
quantitative blood loss
does the nurse record for
this birth?
Select an answer.
• 600 mL
1350 ml
• 750°mL
• 1100 mL
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Early nursing interventions • Massaging the fundus, emptying the bladder, and
in a Stage 1 hemorrhage quantifying blood loss
include:
Select an answer.
• Administering
uterotonics, drawing labs,
and moving to the OR
• Massaging the fundus,
ambulating the patient,
and quantifying blood
loss
• Massaging the fundus,
emptying the bladder, and
quantifying blood loss
O Evaluating vital signs,
assessing for cervical
lacerations, and
administering IV fluids
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Ms. Diaz expels a • State that for a Stage 2 hemorrhage, the protocol
grapefruit-sized clot. The recommends that the provider evaluates the patient
nurse massages Ms. Diaz and orders a uterotonic.
fundus and informs the
physician that the patient
has entered Stage 2 of
hemorrhage. The
physician states, "Let's just
watch her over the next
hour."
What should the prudent
nurse do?
Select an answer.
• State that for a Stage 2
hemorrhage, the protocol
recommends that the
provider evaluates the
patient and orders a
uterotonic.
O Follow the physician's
order, as it is the
physician's call, not the
nurse's.
• Tell the patient that the
doctor does not seem to
think her bleeding is
concerning.
• Ask the senior nurse what
to do, and follow that
advice.
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