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Question 1 of 5

What complication makes uterine inversion an emergency?

A. shock

B. pain

C. retained placenta

D. hypertension

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: shock

Question 2 of 5

The placenta is diagnosed as retained when it is not delivered in what timeframe after the birth of the infant?

A. 10 minutes

B. 30 minutes

C. 1 hour

D. 2 hours

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: 30 minutes

Question 3 of 5

A new client is seen at the prenatal clinic and says she thinks she is pregnant. The first day of her last menstrual period was April 1, 2014. What is her EDB?

A. ########

B. 1-Jan-15

C. 8-Jan-15

D. 8-Dec-14

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: ########

Question 4 of 5

Observation of a fetal heart rate pattern indicates an increase in heart rate from the prior baseline rate of 152 bpm. Which physiologic mechanisms would account for this situation?

A. Inhibition of epinephrine

B. Inhibition of norepinephrine

C. Stimulation of the vagus nerve

D. Sympathetic stimulation

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: Sympathetic stimulation

Question 5 of 5

What is a condition in which there is an excessive amount of amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus?

A. amniotic fluid embolism

B. gestational diabetes

C. oligohydramnios

D. polyhydramnios

Expert Explanatory Rationale

Correct Answer: polyhydramnios

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