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Learning System RN 3.0 Maternal Newborn Final Quiz | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified
What is the priority action when a client experiences postpartum chills?✔✔ Provide a warm blanket and monitor for infection
What is the expected finding in a newborn 12 hours after birth?✔✔ Slightly moist umbilical cord stump
What is the correct response if the newborn has a respiratory rate of 68 breaths/min with nasal flaring?✔✔ Notify the provider immediately
What assessment finding suggests a potential postpartum bladder distention?✔✔ Fundus displaced above and to the right of the umbilicus
What finding indicates a need to delay circumcision?✔✔ Newborn has hypospadias 1 / 3
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What is the appropriate response to a client requesting pain relief during active labor?✔✔ Assess cervical dilation and fetal status
What is a contraindication to internal fetal monitoring?✔✔ Active herpes lesion
What is the best position for a client receiving an epidural block?✔✔ Side-lying or upright with curved spine
What finding in a newborn requires immediate intervention?✔✔ Respiratory grunting and intercostal retractions
What is a priority assessment in a client with premature rupture of membranes?✔✔ Monitor for signs of infection
What is the expected fetal heart tone location in a breech presentation?✔✔ Above the maternal umbilicus 2 / 3
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What lab result is most important to review before initiating magnesium sulfate?✔✔ Serum creatinine
What finding suggests magnesium toxicity in a laboring client?✔✔ Absent deep tendon reflexes
What is the appropriate nursing action after administration of terbutaline?✔✔ Monitor maternal heart rate and lung sounds
What should the nurse do if variable decelerations are noted on the fetal monitor?✔✔ Change the mother’s position
What is the priority action if a postpartum client complains of severe headache and visual changes?✔✔ Assess blood pressure immediately
What is the expected finding for a newborn of a mother with gestational diabetes?
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