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Hesi OB Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
A postpartum client experiences a sudden gush of vaginal blood when standing. What is the nurse’s best action?
- Call for immediate surgery
- Restrict all ambulation
- Provide IV antibiotics
✔✔B. Assess fundal tone and massage if boggy
A laboring woman reports intense back pain with each contraction. What nursing intervention is most helpful?
- Place client in Trendelenburg position
- Administer cold IV fluids
- Encourage hyperventilation
✔✔B. Apply counterpressure to the sacral area
A client at 10 weeks gestation reports nausea each morning. Which suggestion should the nurse provide? 1 / 3
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- Drink coffee before rising
- Skip breakfast to reduce nausea
- Take prenatal vitamins on an empty stomach
✔✔B. Eat dry crackers before getting out of bed
A client at 39 weeks gestation presents with painless bright red vaginal bleeding. What should the nurse suspect?
- Placental abruption
- Preterm labor
- Uterine rupture
✔✔B. Placenta previa
A client in labor is receiving oxytocin. Which finding requires immediate intervention?
- Contractions every 4 minutes
- Fetal heart rate at 150 bpm
- Maternal complaint of mild fatigue
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✔✔C. Contractions lasting 120 seconds each
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A woman in active labor reports feeling the urge to push, but she is only 8 cm dilated. What should the nurse do?
- Encourage her to push with contractions
- Place her in Trendelenburg
- Call for immediate C-section
✔✔B. Instruct her to pant and breathe through contractions
A postpartum woman has a firm fundus at the umbilicus but heavy lochia rubra with clots. What should the nurse suspect?
- Uterine atony
- Retained placenta
- Normal finding
✔✔B. Vaginal laceration
A client at 34 weeks gestation presents with severe hypertension and proteinuria. What is the priority nursing action?
- Encourage ambulation
- Start oxytocin infusion
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✔✔B. Place client on bed rest in side-lying position