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OB Maternal Newborn Exam East Los Ángeles College Proctored Exam is a nursing-school practice exam with 56 questions. It is written for nursing students preparing for this course exam and for NCLEX-style review. Every question has its own page showing the full stem, all answer options, the correct answer, and a written rationale explaining why each option is right or wrong.
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Start Practice ExamThe nurse observes a new staff member caring for an eclamptic client following a seizure.Which of the following actions by the staff member indicates an understanding of eclampsia?
A client is scheduled for an external version.The nurse would expect to prepare which of the following medications to be administered prior to the procedure?
The primary healthcare provider for a client at 38 1/7 weeks' gestation calls the labor and delivery suite to schedule an induction for the next day.The client is having no medical or pregnancy compli
A client is on magnesium sulfate for pre-eclampsia with severe features.The nurse must notify the attending physician regarding which of the following findings?
Mia is a G7P6 who is 39 weeks and 2 days.She has come to obstetrics (OB) triage complaining of contraction pain every 3 to 5 minutes, has a large amount of bloody show, and tells you her last two deli
During a vaginal delivery, the obstetrician declares that a shoulder dystocia has occurred.Which of the following actions by the nurse is appropriate at this time?
When administering magnesium sulfate to a client with preeclampsia, the nurse understands that this drug is given to:
The nurse is assessing a patient who is a G5P5005 and delivered vaginally four hours ago.The patient's labor history includes a 16-hour oxytocin induction for a macrosomic infant.Assessment findings i
The nurse is assisting the primary care provider (PCP) with the third stage of a vaginal delivery.The patient is multiparous, experienced a precipitous birth, and has a history of hypertension.Which m
There are four clients in active labor in the labor suite.Which of the clients should the nurse monitor carefully for a potential uterine rupture?
A client at 28 weeks' gestation with intact membranes is admitted with the following findings: contractions every 5 minutes lasting 60 seconds, 3 cm dilated, 80% effaced.Which of the following medicat
A preterm labor client at 30 weeks' gestation reported rupture of membranes 4 hours ago.This was confirmed on examination.The nurse prepares to administer IM dexamethasone.When the client asks why she
A client at 37 weeks' gestation has been advised that she is positive for group B streptococcus (GBS). Which of the following comments by the nurse is appropriate at this time?
A patient who is pregnant expresses a desire to attempt a vaginal delivery after a cesarean birth 2 years before.The primary care provider (PCP) initiates trial of labor after cesarean (TOLAC) and vag
Postpartum endometritis is:
The nurse is providing care for a patient in the second phase of labor.After more than 4 hours of pushing, the nurse suspects fetal dystocia.Which is the greatest risk related to the nurse's suspected
A client with pre-eclampsia with severe features at 38 weeks' gestation is being induced with IV oxytocin.Which of the following would warrant the nurse to stop the infusion?
The nurse is assisting the primary care provider (PCP) with a vacuum-assisted delivery because of a prolonged second stage of labor.The nurse will inform the PCP when which guideline of the procedure
A patient who is at 39 weeks' gestation is scheduled for amniotomy.The nurse is aware that which criteria must be met before the procedure?
Included in the definition of tachysystole is:
A nurse is triaging four clients on the labor and delivery unit.Which of the following actions should be a priority for nursing care?
Included in the definition of tachysystole is:
A nurse is triaging four clients on the labor and delivery unit.Which of the following actions should be a priority for nursing care?
The nurse in a prenatal unit is providing care for a patient who experienced preterm premature rupture of the membranes (PPROM) at 32 weeks' gestation.Which assessment does the nurse consider unnecess
The nurse in a prenatal clinic is assessing a patient who is at 37 weeks' gestation for twins.The patient reports increased discomfort and increased lower pelvic pressure.Which action does the nurse t