ATI RN · ATI Maternal Newborn · Postpartum Body Changes
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A couple has delivered a 28-week fetal demise. Which of the following nursing actions are appropriate to take?Select one that doesn't apply
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Encourage the couple to try to get pregnant again in the near future.
The nurse is providing care to a patient 2 hours after a cesarean birth. In the hand-off report, he preceding nurse indicated that the patient's lochia was scant rubra. On initial assessment, the oncoming nurse notes the patient's peripad is saturated with lochia rubra immediately after breastfeeding her infant. What is the nurse's priority action with this finding?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Contact the health care provider.
A mother, 1 day postpartum from a 3-hour labor and a spontaneous vaginal delivery, questions the nurse because her baby's face is"purple."Â Upon examination, the nurse notes petechiae over the scalp, forehead, and cheeks of the baby. The nurse's response should be based on which of the following?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Rapid deliveries can injure the neonatal presenting part.
Four newborns are in the neonatal nursery, none of whom is crying or in distress. Which of the babies should the nurse report to the neonatologist?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: 2-day-old baby who is breathing irregularly at 70 breaths per minute.
During the first 8 hours postpartum, the nurse will demonstrate how to perform a fundal massage and assist with breast-feeding techniques. What other assessment is important at this time?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: assessment of vaginal bleeding
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