Exam 10: Promoting a Healthy Pregnancy

A pregnant woman is complaining of urinary frequency and is worried about incontinence.Which teaching strategy should the nurse use when counseling this woman?

A woman admitted in labor asks if she can have a doula present with her.The nurse understands that a doula is which of the following?

A 21-year-old pregnant woman smokes 8 to 10 cigarettes per day.The clinic nurse reviews the patient's diet with her and notes that she does not eat fruits or vegetables.Which action should the nurse recommend to this patient?

A nurse is teaching a nonsmoking pregnant woman about the iron tablets she was just prescribed.What information is most important for the nurse to teach the patient?

A nurse is reviewing the care plan for a woman in the third trimester of her first pregnancy.Which action by the patient best indicates positive adaptation to the pregnancy and impending motherhood?

After questioning a pregnant woman about her fluid intake,the nurse discovers that the patient is drinking four glasses of diet cola per day.Which response by the nurse is best?

A student nurse is working in the OB clinic as part of a preceptorship.The student is counseling a woman in her first trimester who complains of insomnia due to Nasal congestion.Which action by the student warrants intervention by the student's preceptor?

The nurse explains to the prenatal class attendees that at full term about 10 to 11% of the maternal weight gain is attributed to which of the following?

A pregnant woman is being discharged from the hospital after an episode of preterm labor that has resolved.She asks the nurse if she can now return to her low-impact aerobics class.Which response by the nurse is best?

A nurse is helping a pregnant woman prepare for a planned home birth.What action by the nurse takes priority?

The perinatal nurse notes that a patient has the diagnosis of ptyalism.What topic should the nurse include in the patient's teaching plan?

A patient who has a previous diagnosis of round ligament pain is in the clinic for a follow-up visit.Which statement by the patient would indicate that teaching objectives for this problem have been met?

A nurse is assessing a woman pregnant with her third child.She has a history of pregnancy-related varicosities.Which action by the nurse takes priority?

A nurse is explaining childbirth education choices to an expectant couple.The nurse explains that although each method is different,all methods emphasize some similar concepts.Which concepts does the nurse describe as similar across different methodologies?

A woman in her third trimester is complaining of numbness and tingling in her fingers.Which action should the nurse take first?

A woman in the perinatal clinic is upset that her impending childbirth will cause her to lose her job.What assessment question by the nurse would yield the most important information regarding this situation?

An expectant father seems to be ambivalent about the impending birth of his child.Which actions by the nurse are most important?

The prenatal nurse has reviewed a patient's 3-day diet recall and notes that the patient typically eats a deli meat sandwich or hot dog,chips,and an apple for lunch.Breakfast consists of cereal,milk,and juice; and dinner contains meat,a starch,vegetables,and a salad.What action by the nurse is most important? .

A woman's birth plan specifies the Odent method of childbirth.Early in her admission,the woman asks about having an epidural for pain control.Which action by the nurse is best?

A pregnant woman has been brought to the emergency department by the rescue squad with symptoms of heat exhaustion after competing in an outdoor race on a hot day.Before discharge,the nurse teaches about appropriate exercise during pregnancy.The husband asks if the woman's having heat exhaustion will harm the baby.Which response by the nurse is most accurate?