HESI RN MATERNITY EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Which finding for a client in labor at 41-weeks gestation requires

additional assessment by the nurse?

Cervix dilated 2 cm and 50% effaced.

Score of 8 on the biophysical profile.

Fetal heart rate of 116 beats per minute.

One fetal movement noted in an hour.

A client at 28-weeks gestation arrives at the labor and delivery unit with

a complaint of bright red, painless vaginal bleeding. For which

diagnostic procedure should the nurse prepare the client?

Contraction stress test.

Internal fetal monitoring.

Abdominal ultrasound.

Lecithin-sphingomyelin ratio.

A multiparous client delivered a 7 lb 10 oz infant 5 hours ago. Upon

fundal assessment, the nurse determines the uterus is boggy and is

displaced above and to the right of the umbilicus. Which action should

the nurse implement next?

Document the color of the lochia.

Observe maternal vital signs.

Assist the client to the bathroom.

Notify the healthcare provider.

A multiparous client is experiencing bleeding 2 hours after a vaginal

delivery. What action should the nurse implement next?

Determine the firmness of the fundus.

Give oxytocin (Pitocin) intravenously.

Inform the healthcare provider of the bleeding.

Assess the vital signs for indicators of shock.

The nurse notes a pattern of the fetal heart rate decreasing after each

contraction. What action should the nurse implement?

Give 10 liters of oxygen via face mask.

Prepare for an emergency cesarean section.

Continue to monitor the fetal heart rate pattern.

Obtain an oral maternal temperature.

A client at 28-weeks gestation experiences blunt abdominal trauma.

Which parameter should the nurse assess first for signs of internal

hemorrhage?

Vaginal bleeding.

Complaints of abdominal pain.

Changes in fetal heart rate patterns.

Alteration in maternal blood pressure.

Which client should the nurse report to the healthcare provider as

needing a prescription for Rh Immune Globulin (RhoGAM)?

Woman whose blood group is AB Rh-positive.

Newborn with rising serum bilirubin level.

Newborn whose Coombs test is negative.

Primigravida mother who is Rh-negative.

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