ATI PN MATERNAL NEWBORN PROCTORED EXAM
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A nurse is caring for a client and her partner who have experienced a fetal death. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?
- Take photos of the newborn to give to the parents.
- Tell the parents that they can consider organ donations.
- Encourage the parents to avoid allowing older children to visit them in the hospital.
- Explain to the parents the need to name the newborn. - Take photos of the newborn to give to
the parents.
A nurse is caring for a client who is 36 weeks of gestation and has a prescription for an amniocentesis. For which of the following reasons should the nurse prepare the client for an ultrasound?
- to estimate fetal weight
- to locate a pocket of fluid
- to determine multiparity
- to pre-screen for fetal anomalies - B) to locate a pocket of fluid
A nurse in the antepartum clinic is assessing a client's adaptation to pregnancy. The client states that she is, ''happy one min and crying the next.'' The nurse should interpret the client's statement as an indication of which of the following?
- Emotional lability
- Focusing phase 2 / 3
- Cognitive restructuring
- Couvade syndrome - A) Emotional lability
A nurse is teaching a newly licensed nurse about collecting a specimen for the universal newborn screening. Which of the following statements should the nurse include in the teaching?
- Obtain an informed consent prior to obtaining the specimen
- Collect at least milliliter of the urine for the test
- Ensure that the newborn has been receiving feedings for 24 hours prior to obtaining the
specimen.
- Premature newborns may have false negative tests due to immature development of liver
enzymes. - C) Ensure that the newborn has been receiving feedings for 24 hrs prior to obtaining the specimen.
A nurse is assessing a newborn 12 hr after birth. Which of the following manifestations should the nurse report to the provider?
- Acrocyanosis
- Transient strabismus
- Jaundice
- Caput succedaneum - c) jaundice
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