HESI LPN · HESI LPN Maternal Newborn · LPN Palliative Care Perinatal Loss Case
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A client is 10 minutes postpartum from a forceps delivery of a 4500-gram Down syndrome neonate over a right mediolateral episiotomy. The client is at risk for each of the following nursing diagnoses. Which of the diagnoses is highest priority at this time?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Pain.
The nurse asks a woman about how the woman's husband is dealing with the pregnancy. The nurse concludes that counseling is needed when the woman makes which of the following statements?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: My husband is ready for the pregnancy to end so that we can have sex again.'
A woman has just had a macrosomic baby after a 12-hour labor. For which of the following complications should the woman be carefully monitored?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Uterine atony.
A woman who has had asthma since she was a child and it is under control when the client takes her medication correctly and consistently is now pregnant for the first time. Which of the following client statements concerning asthma during pregnancy indicates the need for further instruction?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Bronchodilators should be used only when necessary because of the risk they present to the fetus.'
A breastfeeding client calls her obstetrician stating that her baby was diagnosed with thrush and that her breasts have become infected as well. Which of the following organisms has caused the baby's and mother's infection?
Expert Explanatory Rationale
Correct Answer: Candida albicans.
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