Womens Health Exam 1 Practice

Women's Health Exam # 1 Practice Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Score Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) The patient is admitted in early labor. Her support person tells the nurse that the contractions have the following

pattern: started 1232, ended 1233; started 1235, ended

1236; started 1239, ended 1240; started 1243, ended 1244.From this information, the nurse determines that the frequency of the contractions is?

• every 3 to 4 minutes.
• every 2 to 3 minutes.
• lasting a minute.
• unable to be determined with this information. - Correct

Answers ✅A. every 3 to 4 minutes.The frequency of a contraction is measured from the beginning of one contraction until the beginning of the next contraction. The contractions started at 1232, 1235, 1239, and 1243. This would put the contractions every 3 to 4 minutes. The duration of the contractions is from the beginning of a contraction until the end of the same contraction. The duration for this pattern would be 1 minute.Upon completion of a vaginal examination on a laboring

woman, the nurse records: 50%, 6 cm, ?2-1. Which one of the

following is a correct interpretation of the data?

• Fetal presenting part is 1 cm above the ischial spines.
• Effacement is 4 cm from completion. 1 / 4

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• Dilation is 50% completed.
• Fetus has passed through the ischial spines. - Correct

Answers ✅A. Fetal presenting part is 1 cm above the ischial spines.A station of ?2-1 indicates that the fetal presenting part is above the ischial spines and has not yet passed through the pelvic inlet. A station of 0 would indicate that the presenting part has passed through the inlet and is at the level of the ischial spines or is engaged. Passage through the ischial spines with internal rotation would be indicated by a plus station, such as +1. Progress of effacement is referred to by percentages, with 100% indicating full effacement, and dilation by centimeters (cm), with 10 cm indicating full dilation.The midwife records that the patient's cervix is "100%, 5 cm." The nurse understands that the patient's cervix is

• completely dilated and effaced.
• completely dilated and half-effaced.
• completely effaced and half-dilated.
• half-dilated and half-effaced. - Correct Answers ✅C.

completely effaced and half-dilated. 2 / 4

Women's Health Exam # 1 Practice Questions and Verified Answers, 100% Score Guarantee Pass (Latest 2025) Effacement is measured in percentages. The fully thinned cervix is 100% effaced. The dilation is measured in centimeters; dilation goes from closed to 10 cm. This patient is completely effaced and halfway dilated.To obtain an accurate blood pressure of a woman in labor, the nurse should assess the blood pressure

• between contractions, with the woman lying on her side.
• between contractions, with the woman lying on her back.
• with a contraction while the woman is lying on her side.
• with a contraction while the woman is lying on her back. -

Correct Answers ✅A. between contractions, with the woman lying on her side.During uterine contractions, blood flow to the placenta gradually decreases, causing a relative increase in the woman's blood volume. This temporary change increases her blood pressure slightly. If the woman lies on her back, the weight of the fetus, placenta, and fluid may decrease blood flow, causing supine hypotension. Therefore her blood pressure is more accurate when taken between contractions, with her lying on her side.During active labor, the woman complains about tingling in her hands. The nurse's next action should be to 3 / 4

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• help the woman slow down her breathing and breathe into

her cupped hands.

• assess vital signs for changes.
• check cervical dilation.
• change the woman's position. - Correct Answers ✅A.

help the woman slow down her breathing and breathe into her cupped hands.Hyperventilation may occur during active labor as the woman breathes rapidly. She may feel tingling in her hands and feet and dizziness. By having the woman slow her breathing and breathe into a paper bag or her cupped hands, her carbon dioxide levels will return to normal and relieve the symptoms.During contractions the fetus has mechanisms in place to protect it from the decrease in blood flow. Those mechanisms

include:

• fetal hemoglobin levels that are more resistant to oxygen.

Incorrect

• lower hemoglobin and hematocrit levels.
• a high cardiac output level.
• a higher respiratory level. - Correct Answers ✅C. a high

cardiac output level.

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