Postpartum Assessment Quiz
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You are the nurse reviewing the medical record of a client who experienced a vaginal birth 2 hours ago. The nurse should identify which of the following findings places the client as a risk for postpartum depression?

  • Precipitous birth (correct)
  • Two vessel umbilical cord
  • small for gestational age new birth
  • gestational hypertension
  • A nurse is collecting data from a client who is 3 days postpartum and is breastfeeding. Her fundus is three fingerbreadths below the umbilicus, and her lochia rubra is moderate. Her breasts feel hard and warm. Which of the following recommendations should the nurse give the client?

  • Express milk from both breast (correct)
  • Milk of the mother
  • fundal consistency
  • large pelvic
  • A nurse is preparing to administer methylergonovine IM for a client who had a vaginal delivery earlier that day. The nurse should explain to the client that this medication will help prevent which of the following?

  • Postpartum infection
  • Hypertension
  • Postpartum hemorrhage (correct)
  • Thromboembolic events
  • A nurse is caring for a postpartum client who saturates a perineal pad in 10 min. Which of the following actions should the nurse take first?

    <p>Massage the client's fundus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A nurse is caring for a client who has unrelieved episiotomy pain 8hr following delivery. Which of the following actions should the nurse take?

    <p>Apply an ice pack to the perineum.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    A nurse is assisting with the care of a client who is receiving oxytocin via IV infusion following a vaginal delivery. Which of the following findings should the nurse monitor to evaluate effectiveness of this medication?

    <p>Fundal consistency</p> Signup and view all the answers

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