OB HESI Questions and Answers

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OB HESI Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct & Verified

A postpartum client experiences dizziness when standing after delivery. What is the best initial action by the nurse?

• Document the finding only

✔✔B. Assist the client to rise slowly and provide support

• Encourage immediate ambulation without help
• Restrict oral fluids

A nurse is assessing a newborn with nasal flaring and grunting. What is the priority action?

• Delay feeding until symptoms resolve

✔✔B. Notify the healthcare provider immediately

• Place the newborn flat in crib
• Swaddle tightly

A client at 32 weeks reports sudden painless vaginal bleeding. What condition is suspected?

• Placental abruption 1 / 4

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✔✔B. Placenta previa

• Preterm labor
• Uterine rupture

A woman in labor reports severe back pain with contractions. What nursing intervention is most helpful?

• Place client in supine position

✔✔B. Apply counterpressure to the sacrum

• Encourage shallow chest breathing
• Restrict movement

A nurse is caring for a client receiving magnesium sulfate for preeclampsia. Which finding requires immediate action?

• 2+ reflexes
• Urine output of 45 mL/hr

✔✔C. Respiratory rate of 10/min

• Mild headache
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A postpartum client has saturated one peripad in 15 minutes. What is the nurse’s first action?✔✔A. Massage the uterus firmly

• Encourage fluids
• Document blood loss
• Apply a warm blanket

A nurse observes variable decelerations on the fetal monitor. What is the priority intervention?

• Notify the provider immediately
• Increase oxytocin infusion

✔✔C. Reposition the client to side-lying

• Apply fundal pressure

A client asks about the purpose of Rho(D) immune globulin after delivery. Which response is correct?

• "It increases your milk supply."

✔✔B. "It prevents Rh incompatibility in future pregnancies."

• "It helps your uterus contract faster."
• "It prevents postpartum depression." 3 / 4

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A nurse notes a boggy uterus that is displaced to the right. What should the nurse do first?✔✔A. Assist the client to empty her bladder

• Notify the healthcare provider
• Document the finding only
• Apply a warm compress

A newborn is placed under a radiant warmer. What assessment is most important?

• Skin color

✔✔B. Axillary temperature

• Weight
• Reflexes

A postpartum mother is hesitant to touch or hold her newborn. What is the best nursing intervention?

• Take the newborn to the nursery

✔✔B. Encourage skin-to-skin contact when ready

• Insist she feeds the baby immediately
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