FREE Maternity Nursing: Postpartum Questions and Answers

Question 1

A woman who has just given birth to a healthy newborn baby is about to receive postpartum care from a postpartum nurse.
The nurse intends to take the mother's vital signs in the early postpartum period:

Accepted Answer

Every 15 minutes during the first hour and then every 30 minutes for the next two hours.

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Every hour for the first 2 hours and then every 4 hours.

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Every 5 minutes for the first 30 minutes and then every hour for the next 4 hours.

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Every 30 minutes during the first hour and then every hour for the next two hours.

Question 2

A woman who just gave birth to a healthy newborn baby four hours ago is having her vital signs taken by a postpartum nurse. The mother's temperature is 100.2°F, the nurse reports. Which of the following would be the best course of action?

Accepted Answer

Increase hydration by encouraging oral fluids

Answer

Document the findings.

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Retake the temperature in 15 minutes.

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Notify the physician

Question 3

Six hours postpartum (PP) after delivering a full-term healthy infant, the client is being evaluated by the nurse. The customer complains to the nurse of feeling lightheaded and faint. Which of the following nurse interventions would be ideal?

Accepted Answer

Instruct the mother to request help when getting out of bed.

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Inform the nursery room nurse to avoid bringing the newborn infant to the mother until the feelings of lightheadedness and dizziness have subsided.

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Obtain hemoglobin and hematocrit levels.

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Elevate the mother’s legs.

Question 4

To conduct a foundational assessment on a postpartum patients, a nurse is getting ready. Which of the following is the first nursing intervention in this assessment?

Accepted Answer

Ask the mother to urinate and empty her bladder.

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Massage the fundus gently before determining the level of the fundus.

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Ask the client to turn on her side.

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Ask the client to lie flat on her back with the knees and legs flat and straight.

Question 5

A day one PP patient's lochia is being evaluated by the nurse. The nurse remarks that the lochia is crimson and smells bad. This evaluation finding is determined to be by the nurse to be:

Accepted Answer

Indicates the presence of infection.

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Indicates the need for increasing oral fluids.

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Indicates the need for increasing ambulation.

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Normal

Question 6

The nurse observes clots in the lochia while conducting a PP assessment on the client. After looking at the clots closely, the nurse determines that they are greater than 1 cm. Which of the following nursing interventions is ideal?

Accepted Answer

Notify the physician.

Answer

Reassess the client in 2 hours.

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Encourage increased intake of fluids.

Answer

Document the findings.

Question 7

A mother is receiving advice from a nurse in a PP unit about lochia and the amount of anticipated lochia drainage. The nurse informs the mother that while the typical dosage of lochia may change, it should never go beyond what is necessary for:

Accepted Answer

Eight peripads per day.

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Three peripads per day.

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Two peripads per day.

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One peripad per day.

A woman who has just given birth to a healthy newborn baby is about to receive postpartum care from a postpartum nurse.The nurse intends to take the mother's vital signs in the early postpartum period:

A woman who has just given birth to a healthy newborn baby is about to receive postpartum care from a postpartum nurse.
The nurse intends to take the mother's vital signs in the early postpartum period: